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NIce slideshare about digital storytelling and the use of voicethread to accomplish that. Slide 2 quote: "In educationeze, it's Multimodal Writing. While any use of a computer to help present a story could be called digital storytelling, it's now a term of art for a presentation with a scripted voice-over narration which is illustrated by a series of mostly still images, sometimes with brief video clips, often with a musical background added." A little not taking oneself too seriously with what I think is a good description of digital storytelling.

"A story is told by one person or by a creative team to an audience that is usually quiet, even receptive. Or at least that's what a story used to be, and that's how a story used to be told. Today, with digital networks and social media, this pattern is changing. Stories now are open-ended, branching, hyperlinked, cross-media, participatory, exploratory, and unpredictable. And they are told in new ways: Web 2.0 storytelling picks up these new types of stories and runs with them, accelerating the pace of creation and participation while revealing new directions for narratives to flow." Storytelling is changing how are you going to let your students tell stories? Great article, especially if you've never thought about digital storytelling before. I like the idea that storytelling is no longer a passive reception, but an inclusive/participatory activity when expanded into remixing or open-ended. Presents lots of different possible modes, so you can pick one and go with it, open it up for students, and expand your horizons as students use tools differently than you to achieve their story.

Another digital storytelling resource. This resource focus' on using the modality for content storytelling, so if you've been reluctant to explore digital storytelling in your classroom, then think again. It's a great set of ideas for developing rigorous stories for content of multiple grades and content areas.

Nice set of digital storytelling tools.

Digital storytelling site for sharing stories. 

Digital storytelling continues to evolve and grow, yet another post on some really interesting tools that you can use to create digital stories. 

How to digital storytelling

Very comprehensive list of digital storytelling sites. 

ZooBurst is a digital storytelling tool that lets anyone easily create his or her own 3D pop-up books.

Resource and great uses for digital storytelling from University of Houston shared by Monica Osborne.

Another digital storytelling approach.

Another digital storytelling site. I've not gone through the process with this site, but sharing it.

The art of personal storytelling. Great how to resource in PDF form on the site

A digital storytelling tool, similar to Xtranormal but not as good at this point. The site is still in alpha, so it will likely evolve. 

More tools for digital storytelling from Ozge

Digital Story telling examples including Scott County Kentucky's DS examples

New tool for drawing. The drawing can be 'replayed' allowing students/teachers to tell a story or to make connections between parts of the drawing. Great visual imagery tool! Great for modeling multiple representations in mathematics.