WEB RESOURCES – A few videos to inspire and enlighten

Below is a small selection of video projects that demonstrate some of the possibilities of digital composition, and, in a few cases, make commentary on it. Consider what would be lost if the creators of these messages had to convey them only in text on a page!

Most of the projects were composed using tools that are free or inexpensive and relatively easy to use.

So you want to get a PhD in the humanities?

Have a story idea but not actors? No problem! Animations are now within the reach of everyone who can write a script.

Food for thought: how effective would this message be if conveyed in text-only format.

So you Want to Get a PhD in the Humanities
by: allisonles

See the Chronicle article about this video: So You Think an English Professor’s Life Is a Cartoon? Many academics do—and the online animation site they use has become a tool for teaching as well as satire

Medieval Help Desk

Every new writing technology requires that we adapt…

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The Machine is Us/ing Us

How the web is changing the nature of literacy. Kinda dense if you’re not familiar with the conversation it’s responding to, but we can discuss that!

Read Michael Wesch’s blog entry about the video

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You might also want to browse the videos under: Understanding Digital Literacies or on this page: Digital storytelling examples