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Der digitale Geschichtenerzähler ist - wie schon im ersten und zweiten Teil dieser Serie beschrieben - nicht nur ein erfahrener Social Web Admin (Administrator und Kommunikationsexperte in Accounts von Facebook, Twitter, YouTube,...) und Experte in Web-Medien-Produktion, sondern verfügt auch über das Know How und das Fingerspitzengefühl, ein transmediales Projekt und die daran beteiligten Partner zu managen.

According to Google CEO Eric Schmidt, by the end of today the web will fill up with more information than what had existed in entirety prior to 2003. Much of this deluge is being created by ordinary netizens, rather than by corporations. The web has become a raging river filled with tweets, status updates, photos and videos.

We discussed the challenges and opportunities facing individuals and organizations and how we can steer experiences to foster meaningful engagement, relationships, and impact. His perspective very much defines how we must weave compelling and engaging storytelling to foster the convergence of media and the future of unscripted drama on the web.

There are many great websites that provide opportunities for students to develop language skills, tell stories, and share back their knowledge in fun, creative, and meaningful ways each using a computer.  There are also terrific websites and portals which have links to excellent online interactives which can be used in the classroom  with an interactive whiteboard.  Below are links and short descriptions of these sites.

Trailmeme is a way to tell stories with Web content.

Masterpiece 2.0 is a social media art project by Baschz and Selfcontrolfreak and the first ever unique painting made with a Web 2.0 approach. In the summer and fall of 2009 a multilayered canvas and animation was created which could be influenced and followed by website visitors online 24 hours a day

Turn what people post on social media into compelling stories. You collect the best photos, video, tweets and more to publish them as simple, beautiful stories that can be embedded anywhere.

Die Internetoper ist ein Projekt des Musiktheaters im Revier Gelsenkirchen in Zusammenarbeit mit RUHR.2010 Das Henze-Projekt Neue Musik für eine Metropole. Bei der Internetoper seid Ihr die Regisseure, Darsteller, Bühnenbildner, Filmkünstler. Ihr könnt die Szenen der „Affäre Manon", der Liebesgeschichte zwischen der jungen, luxusliebenden Manon Lescaut und dem armen Studenten Armand Des Grieux nach Euren Vorstellungen und mit Euren Bildern auf die virtuelle Bühne bringen.

"Täglich werden rund um die Welt 50 Millionen Tweets ausgesendet. Einige unter ihnen machen Schlagzeilen, viele verbreiten Poesie, sie stiften Verwirrung im Parlament oder erzählen große Dramen. Genau diese Tweets suchen wir. Tweets, die neben ihren 140 Zeichen auch noch eine Geschichte enthalten. "

A very nice movie advert for an advertising agency. An old couple reminiscing about the good old times when they were still doing campaigns on long forgotten media such as Fakebook... (unfortunately for English (and German speakers) it is in Swiss German)

Karen Barley is a horror story told on Twitter with tweets linking out to YouTube videos and photos. It's the creative brainchild of Kristi Barnett and during its three week run in July earned some impressive stats for a low-budget independent production including almost 700 followers on Twitter and over 5000 words in press coverage plus a spot on BBC TV.

Digital storytelling is using technology to tell stories.  It's a great way to develop visual and media literacy, promote reflection, engage students in their own learning, improve speaking and writing skills, to collaborate, reflect and evaluate.   Here are the first 25 digital storytelling tools that you can use in your classes or just to tell your digital story. I'm sure you are already familiar with some of them and I hope you can find new tools to use.