On this page you’ll find links to sample digital storytelling projects by CU students as well as by other students and storytellers around the web. Most of these projects are in video format, following the traditional approach by the Center for Digital Storytelling.
For links to sample projects in other digital composition genres, including audio essays, see: Digital Composition Samples.
For more resources, see the Digital Storytelling FYI page as well as the relevant tags and categories on the sidebar.
SAMPLES BY CU STUDENTS
The projects below were created by students in my classes. As more of my colleagues start to assign digital storytelling projects, I’ll add links to their students’ work here as well.
- by students in my WRTG 3020 on gender and sexuality
- by students in my Fall 2012 section of ALTS 3519/WRTG 3090
SAMPLES SHARED BY WORKSHOP PARTICIPANTS
Below are some digital storytelling examples that were selected by participants in several of my workshops, for a variety of reasons, but the most common reason was that the story connected with the viewer in a deeply personal way. Not surprisingly, many of these stories were made in workshops sponsored by the Center for Digital Storytelling.
- Deep Water
- Home Movies
- Caregiver
- Let’s Call Her Michelle
- Reunion - with many images
- Reunion - with few images
- When the Student is Ready
- About a friend named Tonya
- Story of Domino
STORY COLLECTIONS
On these pages you can access a wide variety of samples that will help broaden your understanding of what digital storytelling is all about.
- Center for Digital Storytelling group on Vimeo
- Center for Digital Storytelling channel on YouTube
- Stories for Change
- StoryCorps YouTube Channel
- Creative Narrations: Digital Story Collection
- Examples from the Maricopa Digital Storytelling Workshop
- Two stories made by educators, along with storyboards and reflections
- Student Projects from a class on Educational Uses of Digital Video
- Student projects on Pop Culture
- ViewChange.org - “stories powering progress”
- Digital Storytelling Asia YouTube Channel
- UMN student blog postings about digital storytelling projects (with links to many); also see their course projects
- Incite Digital Stories (from Australia)
- List of Digital Storytelling examples
- Information Stories: Sustaining Democracy in the Digital Age
- Deaf Girls’ Digital Storytelling Projects
- StoryChasers oral histories project: Celebrate Texas, Celebrate Kansas, and Celebrate Oklahoma (see in particular: Lillie and John)
- BBC Family History stories and Stories from Devon
- Digital Storytelling Toronto
- Political Remix Videos
- Pop Culture Pirate (remix videos)
- Interactive Narratives
STORIES ABOUT GENDER AND SEXUALITY
I’ve gathered these links specifically for my WRTG 3020 students, but they may also be of interest to other visitors:
- Amy’s story: This is what a lesbian looks like (made to serve as a demo for students)
- Fabled Asp: Stories of Disabled Lesbians
- Women of Color Resource Center Digital Stories (see more on their Blip.tv channel)
- Incite Stories about LGBT issues
- Rainbow Family Tree Videos
- Take Back the Tech - Feminist Digital Storytelling Projects
- Stories by people living with HIV (the next page on this site has a few more)
- Stories by women in Africa (hover over the Digital Stories tab to access more)
- Breaking the Silence: LGBTQ Foster Youth Tell Their Stories
- Planned Parenthood’s International Training with digital storytelling
- Paul’s Story: Those Were Our First Gay Pride Marches
- The Awakening - A story about coming out and finding your true self
- The Arizona LGBT Storytelling Project (requires iTunes)
- Queer Voices of the North (Canada)
- LGBT Youth videos on CastTV (not all count as digital storytelling)
- Rainbow Touchstones: LGBT people talk about mental health
