Category Archives: RESOURCES: Digital Storytelling

GUIDE – Examples of Showing vs. Telling

Every writer has heard the phrase “show, don’t tell,” but figuring out exactly what that means can take a while. This guide provides a strategy for deciding what to show …

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HOW TO – Estimate Script Length for Audio Voiceover

Working on a project that will include audio voiceover? Here’s how to estimate how long the voiceover will be, based on the number of words in your script: Choose a …

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GUIDE – Using Narrative Strategies for Digital Storytelling

Related resource: GUIDE – Examples of Showing vs. Telling Digital storytelling falls under the larger category of creative nonfiction, which makes use of narrative strategies from fiction and filmmaking. This …

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GUIDE – Understanding the Art of Digital Storytelling

QUOTES ON STORYTELLING “Telling weak stories with technology is like giving a bad guitar player a bigger amplifier.” “Writing is the primary tool used to plan and create a digital …

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Approaches to Storytelling: Verbal, Graphic, and Cinematic

Below you’ll find an overview of three common approaches to storytelling through new media. Each of these approaches allows you to make an emotional connection with your audience in different …

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A variety of prompts for CDS-style digital storytelling

ABOUT THIS PROMPT: The prompts below are from Joe Lambert’s book, Digital Storytelling: Capturing Lives, Creating Community, with some modifications to adapt them to a handout. Lambert is a founder …

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RESOURCES – On writing flash memoirs

Students in my Storytelling through New Media class write flash memoirs as one of many types of personal storytelling popularized through new media formats. I collected these resources for the …

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RESOURCES – Collections of digital stories to read, watch, and listen to

I collected these links for student in the Fall 2014 section of my Digital Storytelling class and thought I should share them here as well. Stories to Read Cowbird – …

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WEB APPS for Composing Photo Stories

You can also use presentation tools to compose photo stories. See: WEB APPS for Creating Presentations & Slideshows The web apps available for composing photo stories are typically classified as …

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GUIDE – Evaluation Criteria for Audio Narratives

NOTE: These are the criteria I used to evaluate audio narratives for students in the Fall 2013 section of New Media Storytelling, but they also work well as a set …

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GUIDE – Tips on Developing an Audio Essay (TIB or StoryCorps Approaches)

NOTE: The tips below are from a calendar entry for my Fall 2013 sections of WRTG 3020, but they should be helpful to anyone planning to compose an audio essay. …

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APPROACH – StoryCorps Interviews

The StoryCorps approach works well for students who are interested in storytelling and who would like to try composing an audio narrative or a live video interview. About StoryCorps is …

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GUIDE – Approach to Digital Storytelling (From Fall 2012 Syllabus)

NOTE: The material below is from a syllabus page for my Fall 2012 digital storytelling class. Our primary goal across all projects is to explore contemporary ways of engaging in …

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GUIDE – The Elements of Digital Storytelling

Below are some of the many notes I’ve taken and passages I’ve saved in the process of doing web research on digital storytelling. Most of the wording and all of …

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TIPS – Composing Strategies for CDS-Style Digital Stories

The following tips and strategies apply specifically to CDS-Style digital stories created in video editing apps like iMovie and MovieMaker. For instructions on how to apply the effects described below, …

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LINKS – Collections of Digital Storytelling Projects

Also see this more recent post: Collections of digital and new media stories to read, watch, and listen to STORY COLLECTIONS ON THE WEB On these pages you can access …

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TIPS – Improving audio essays

I wrote this handout for students in my 2010 sections of WRTG 1150 as well as my Spring 2011 section of WRTG 2090, to help them with the digital literacy …

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