Digital Storytelling

10 Tips for Dramatically Improving Your Videojournalism Stories
Many of these tips also apply to digital storytelling.

A1 Free Sound Effects
This site offers both free and for-fee sound effects. I have linked to the "free" homepage, but you will be able to find the others if you need to with a little navigation.

Capture Wales
An outstanding example of digital storytelling.

Center for Digital Storytelling
Interviews and articles.

Constructing Digital Stories
This 3-page article explains the basic steps. Access requires Adobe Reader.

DigiTales
Everything you need to help students craft a digital story is here: models, procedures, rubrics.

Digital Storytelling
This collection of links includes classroom applications and an FAQ list.

Digital Storytelling
This site offers practical tips with wit and insight.

Digital Storytelling Finds its Place in the Classroom
A teacher talks about digital storytelling in his classroom and offers step-by-step advice for those who'd like to try it in theirs.

Educational Uses of Digital Storytelling
It's all here: introduction, getting started, examples, resources, and more.

Round Robin Writing
Starting with a digital image, students work in teams of four to write collaborative stories.

Storytellers of the New Millennium
I liked this site from the opening paragraph: "If you don't have a good story to tell you might as well save yourself the expensive digital bells and whistles and go back to your writing table. Content is still, thankfully, king."

That's the Story of My Life: Creating Storyboards for Graphic Novels About Adolescence
Students consider stories about adolescence and adolescents, and then fictionalize a scene from their lives in storyboards for graphic novels.