This document provides a summary of various digital storytelling tools categorized as slideshow/presentation tools, timeline tools, mapping tools, comic tools, media tools, scrapbook tools, and mixer tools. Brief descriptions are given for tools like SlideShare, Google Presentations, XTimeline, Google Maps, Kerpoof, Eyespot, Scrapblog, VoiceThread, and BubblePLY. These tools can be used to create, share, and collaborate on digital stories and multimedia projects online.

1. Digital Storytelling 2.0 Jennifer Carrier Dorman http://jdorman.wikispaces.com/PETEC2008

2. Tell me and I forget. Teach me and remember. Involve me and I learn. - Benjamin Franklin

3. Storytelling 2.0 Categories Slideshow / Presentation tools Timeline tools Mapping tools Comic tools Scrapbook tools Media tools Mixer tools Category titles from Alan Levin http://cogdogroo.wikispaces.com/StoryTools

4. SlideShow and Presentation Tools

5. SlideShare SlideShare is the world's largest community for sharing presentations & slideshows. Users can upload PowerPoint, OpenOffice, Keynote or PDF files, tag them, embed them into blogs or websites, browse others' presentations, and comment on individual slides. Transcripts of your presentation will be indexed by internet search engines and show up in search results. http://www.slideshare.net/

6. SlideCasting with SlideShare Slidecasting is a new multimedia format for viewing slide decks synchronized with an audio file. It is for conference talks, musical slideshows, audio picture books or whatever else you can imagine. http://www.slideshare.net/slidecasts

7. Slide Create slide shows with images, captions, stickers, themes, and music Share the slide shows online and embed them into web sites, blogs, wikis, and social networks http://www.slide.com/

8. BubbleShare Every photo is a story - an adventure, a piece of solitude, a relationship, or a tall tale. BubbleShare's mission is to help you tell your story using fun Web-based tools that make your photo sharing experience easy and entertaining http://www.bubbleshare.com/

9. BubbleShare

10. One True Media First, you upload your content (photos, video, music) into your One True Media account. Second, use the content you just uploaded to create a Montage, Slideshow or Photo Book. Third, share your creation with others online or with TiVo and/or buy a DVD copy of your Montage, a Photo Book or other great gifts (such as posters, mugs and calendars). http://www.onetruemedia.com/

11. One True Media

12. Slideroll Slideroll is online slideshow software that allows people to create smooth, video-like slide shows and publish them on the web. Slideroll is unique because it has all of the power of a desktop application, plus all of the connectivity benefits of being online. Slideroll even allows you to easily put Flash movies on your site without having to learn Flash http://www.slideroll.com

13. Slideroll Features at a Glance Import your Flickr photos! Make real video from your slideshows! Drag & drop photo uploads. Publish slideshows to the web. E-mail slideshows to friends. Post the slideshows on your own web site. Add music to your slideshows. Create slideshows of any size and shape.

14. Slideroll

15. Slideroll Slideroll Video Creator is a PC application that turns your Slideroll slideshows into true video. Once you make a Slideroll Video, you can use it in your Video CD and DVD projects, and even upload it to a hosting service to broadcast to the world! http://www.slideroll.com/videocreator.php

16. Google Presentations Google Presentations is part of the Google Docs suite Presentations can be created within Google or can be uploaded to Google Presentations can be edited collaboratively and shared online through permanent URLs and by embedding into blogs, wikis, or other websites http://docs.google.com/

17. Google Presentations Presentations in Google can be edited simultaneously, thus allowing for collaborative storytelling

18. Google Presentations

19. Google Presentations

20. Timeline Tools

21. XTimeline Making a timeline is a unique way of expressing yourself and sharing your knowledge with the world. public service resource for history education debate over current issues biographical timelines http://www.xtimeline.com

23. XTimeline Features Groups Work together on creating timelines Find other users who share your interests RSS and CSV import Upload your favorite blogs or newsfeeds into a timeline Export to XML and CSV files

24. OurStory Save Stories, Photos, and Videos on a Collaborative Timeline. http://www.ourstory.com

25. OurStory How it Works: Make your timeline about anything Collaborate with family and friends Share it with whomever you want Add your timeline to blog or website

26. Dandelife Dandelife is a social biography network. Dandelife is a social network built around the telling of your life's stories. You can use Dandelife to create your own personal biography and then share that with the rest of the world. Imagine all your own notes on all the people you've met, the places you've been, the events you've gone to and the stories you could tell about them all. http://dandelife.com/

27. Dandelife

28. Mapping Tools

29. Google Maps Google Maps – My Maps allows users to create personalized maps with embedded content and share their maps with others http://maps.google.com/

30. Google Maps

31. Google Maps Google Maps allows users to collaborate on the creation and maintenance of maps

32. Mapwing Mapwing is a Web application that makes it easy to build, share, and explore virtual tours. Build, share, and explore virtual tours Turn your photos into virtual tours that include interactive maps, images, and comments Share your virtual tours with friends, clients, or the entire world Browse a global gallery of virtual tours Connect with a growing network of people http://www.mapwing.com/

33. Mapwing

34. Wayfaring Create Create a map of your life Build a map for your event Make a travelogue Create a map with photos and videos http://www.wayfaring.com/

35. Wayfaring Share Email your maps to your friends Publish your maps on your blog Track your favorite users and maps http://www.wayfaring.com/

36. Wayfaring Explore Browse for the maps Search for maps and waypoints Track what users are up to http://www.wayfaring.com/

37. Wayfaring

38. Comic Tools

39. Comic Strips PikiStrips http://www.comeeko.com/ Make Beliefs Comix http://www.makebeliefscomix.com/ Toonlet http://toonlet.com/ ToonDo http://www.toondoo.com/

41. Kerpoof What is Kerpoof? The answer to that is not so simple. Kerpoof is always changing, and Kerpoof means different things to different people. In fact, Kerpoof presents different things to different people according to what they do. http://www.kerpoof.com/

44. Media Tools

45. Online Video Editors Eyespot http://www.eyespot.com/ Jumpcut http://www.jumpcut.com/ Cuts http://www.cuts.com/ JayCut http://jaycut.com/

46. Online Image Editors Phixr http://www.phixr.com Picnik http://www.picnik.com SlashUp http://www.splashup.com/ FotoFlexer http://fotoflexer.com

47. Image Manipulation Mr. Picassohead http://www.mrpicassohead.com/create.html BeFunky http://www.befunky.com/

48. SceneCaster Scenecaster is the ultimate destination for creating and sharing 3D scenes on the web. A scene is a 3D space that you design for your own entertainment or for professional reasons. It can be reality or fantasy, at home or at work, insider of outside.it is limitless. Scenes may even include a voice narrative that describes the scene or tells some kind of entertaining story. http://www.scenecaster.com

49. SceneCaster

50. Bookr Bookr is a tool to create and share photo books using Flickr images http://www.pimpampum.net/bookr/

51. Vuvox VUVOX can enable you create personal, collaborative & emotive expressions using your own digital media – including video, photos, music and text. VUVOX reflects your life. Publish your creations to your own website, blog or wiki. http://www.vuvox.com/

52. Vuvox

53. Scrapbook Tools

54. Scrapblog Combine photos, video, audio, and text to create stunning multimedia scrapbooks Create multimedia scrapblogs – drag and drop Share creations with friends, family, or the world Keep or give creations as photo books, DVDs, etc. Take a virtual tour of Scrapblog http://scrapblog.com/tour/tour.aspx http://scrapblog.com/

55. Scrapblog

56. Tabblo A tabblo is a collection of photos and words brought together by a stylized template that can be customized A tabblo lives at a permanent URL and can be private or public Tabblos can be published to blogs, wikis, and other websites http://www.tabblo.com

57. Tabblo

58. Mixer Tools

59. VoiceThread A VoiceThread is an online media album that allows people to make comments, either audio or text, and share them with anyone they wish. A VoiceThread allows an entire group's story to be told and collected in one place. VoiceThreads can be embedded into blogs, wikis, and other web sites. http://voicethread.com/

60. VoiceThread

61. MixerCast Create Design widgets and mashups by combining your brand media with custom themes Mix Add interactivity by allowing people to mix in their media, comments or votes Network Distribute and track your widgets and mashups across the web http://www.mixercast.com/

62. BubblePLY BubblePLY is a free online annotating service where anyone can experiment with creating and/or viewing layers (PLYs) of bubbles that are synchronized with a video on a player. Users can expand their viewing experience by adding personal comments or thoughts in the form of captions (bubbles) http://www.bubbleply.com

63. BubblyPLY http://www.bubbleply.com/demo.aspx

64. Moonk http://www.moonk.com/

65. SplashCast SplashCast enables anyone to create streaming media 'channels' that combine video, music, photos, narration, text and RSS feeds. These user-generated channels can be played and easily syndicated on any web site, blog, or social network page. When channel owners modify their channel, their content is automatically updated across all the web pages 'tuned' to that channel. http://www.splashcastmedia.com/

66. SplashCast Channel