Digital storytelling involves crafting meaningful stories into media productions. It integrates narrative expression with various media formats. Storytelling has long been used for teaching, as it engages listeners and makes ideas clear. Digital storytelling aims to develop one's unique voice and use technology skills to publish stories for broader audiences. It takes many voices to fully convey a single story. With nurturing, people's natural storytelling abilities can produce remarkable results.

1. storytelling creed I believe that imagination is stronger than knowledge, That myth is more potent than history, That dreams are more powerful than facts, That hope always triumphs over experience, That laughter is the only cure for grief, And I believe that love is stronger than death. -Robert Fulghum

2. Digital storytelling is a form of narrative expression that is crafted into a media production.

3. Digital storytelling integrates meaningful stories with media.

5. Long before there was formal schooling grandparents and parents told the stories that provided children with the knowledge base they needed to survive as adults. With the introduction of the printing press and the the development of formal schools the role of storytelling in education was diminished. Yet, we still know how a powerful story can capture out attention, fire our imagination, and make clear an idea . http://www.teachingteachers.com/story.htm

6. Purpose: To use your talents to tell stories of your own.

7. Purpose: To learn to tell your stories using words, visuals, and multi-media.

9. Purpose: To develop your own unique voice drawing from your talents and interests.

10. Purpose: To learn story writing techniques: story elements, editing, revision, sequencing, character development.

11. Purpose: To learn computer skills and online technologies to increase the power of your story.

12. Purpose: To publish your work on the Internet for viewing by others.

13. Purpose: To learn how to write collaboratively with a group.

14. It takes a thousand voices to tell a single story. Native American saying

15. Because there is a natural storytelling urge and ability in all human beings, even just a little nurturing of this impulse can bring about astonishing and delightful results. Nancy Mellon, The Art of Storytelling

16. Point of View http://www.storycenter.org/memvoice/pages/cookbook.html

17. A Dramatic Question http://www.storycenter.org/memvoice/pages/cookbook.html

18. Emotional Content http://www.storycenter.org/memvoice/pages/cookbook.html

19. The Gift of Your Voice http://www.storycenter.org/memvoice/pages/cookbook.html

21. The Power of Sound http://www.storycenter.org/memvoice/pages/cookbook.html

22. Economy http://www.storycenter.org/memvoice/pages/cookbook.html

23. Pacing http://www.storycenter.org/memvoice/pages/cookbook.html

24. We want a story that starts out with an earthquake and works its way up to a climax. Samuel Goldwyn

25. Writing a story or a novel is one way of discovering sequence in experience, of stumbling upon cause and effect in the happenings of a writer's own life. -Eudora Welty

26. Write! Beginning Exciting Event Rising Action Climax Falling Action Ending From: http://ywp.nanowrimo.org/workbooks

28. 3-D Setting Pico Crickets

29. Storyboarding http://www.tikatok.com/

30. Writing the Script Aaron Shepard’s Tips on Scripting Aaron Shepard’s Sample Scripts

31. Writing & Recording a Theme Song Microsoft Songsmith The Three Islanders Theme Song

32. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3yU8zE5LBBY Discovering Digital Stories

33. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_srQzAr_KXY

34. When a digital story is finished it should be remembered for its soul, not the bells and whistles of the technology tools. Bernajean Porter

35. Example Digital Stories http://www.dtc.scott.k12.ky. us/technology/digitalstorytelling/studentstories .html http://www.digitales.us/gallery/gallery_living_memories.php

36. Storytelling is the most powerful way to put ideas into the world today. Robert McAfee Brown