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"Welcome to Storyboard's first annual year-end roundup of top storytelling: 34 of our favorite pieces in audio, magazines, newspapers and online, "

Given the recent rise in podcast popularity, it's no surprise that audio narratives are making their way into the classroom. They offer an engaging way for teachers to merge project-based learning with digital media analysis and production skills. That's why we're announcing our first-ever Student Podcast Contest, in which we invite students to submit original podcasts, five minutes long or less, inspired by one of our 1,000-plus writing prompts. The contest will run from April 26 to May 25, so stay tuned for our official contest announcement next week In anticipation of that contest, the mini-unit below walks students through the process of analyzing the techniques that make for good storytelling, interviewing and podcasting. The activities culminate in students producing their own original podcasts.

Audio testimonials about writing from teachers and famous writers.

This site contains a teacher's guide, reader's guide, and an audio discussion (featuring Horton Foote and Sandra Day O'Connor). It's from the National Endowment for the Arts

Transcript of an audio file on TKAM featuring Sandra Day O'Connor, Horton Foote, Robert Duvall and others.

"This is the first installment in an audio series featuring teachers reflecting on one of their most challenging students-counterbalanced by the student's version of the same events."

"Often poetry is able to say what prose cannot. We've been seeking poets and poetry to provide fresh insights for our programs. We're collecting the results of those efforts here, whether they're from our programs, blogs, or special features."