What is a digital story (and what is not)?

I think I've come to a realization about the definition of digital story. don't focus on the digital part--there are digital reports, digital poems, all kinds of digital presentations but it's a digital story if I KNOW the author after viewing it. That "I", that unique personal perspective, needs to be there.

iMovie is a valuable tool for presenting all kinds of work, but don't let the media supersede the story. (same with moviemaker for you pc users, or for any other technology.0

It's the story, first.

Why Let Our Students Blog?

This video also answers the question: why does anyone blog? It's not my work, but it is a great piece.

What Is A Digital Story?

Well, this is a partial definition of what a digital story is, but remember--
1. It's a story.
2. It's personal.
3. It's unique.
4. After you listen, you know something about the storyteller.

Lindsi Learns Her Lesson (and I finish the very 1st, first grader's story)

Love and Forgiveness, oh yeah...

loveandforgive.org My story is here, and I was featured in the newsletter with the big names in love and forgiveness. Cool, and a great reminder to keep up with the loving and forgiving:


April 2008
loveandforgive.org


In This Issue
Campaign Blog: New Orleans Volunteer
Wake Up & Smell the Coffee...Community Spotlight: KEET/Eureka
Elie Wiesel, Thich Nhat Hanh Featured in The Power of Forgiveness Book
Let's Talk About It
Spring: What's New Again
Wake Up & Smell the Coffee...
Community Spotlight: KEET/Eureka's Digital Stories

Do a loved one's habits get on your nerves? How do you summon love or forgiveness when daily irritations get the best of you? Check out Harriet Watson's story of how she got past a "grinding" irritation to find her husband endearing all over again!

Harriet's digital story came out of a workshop sponsored by campaign partner, KEET/Eureka in northern California. In January, participants from the Humboldt Community Breast Health Project and the Dell'Arte School of Physical Theatre came together to transform a brief personal story about love or forgiveness into a digital story.

Participants used their voices, artwork, photos, and even the "Ken Burns effect" to create humorous and serious stories of love and forgiveness. Sample a few for yourself.



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Wake Up & Smell the Coffee

This story's theme is Love and Forgiveness, in this case a small thing that made a big difference.

This is a little story made with funding from the Fetzer Institute and their Campaign for Love and Forgiveness, and with KEET TV, our local PBS station. The story tellers in this project were from the Humboldt Community Breast Health Project or Dell' Arte, and they were amazing. I hope to see their stories broadcast.