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The CTE Digital Storytelling Program (DST) – Spring 2010

Introduction

Each of us has our own stories. For centuries, stories have served as means of recording events, conveying wisdom and sharing a perspective about the world around us. Through the power of narrative, a story can unfold and tell who we are and relate the significance of events or ideas to listeners in a deeply personal way. Stories can give us a new perspective, and cause us to care about issues and/or challenge us to learn and inspire us to change.

The essence of personal story is in the narrative. Telling stories with the addition of images and sounds allows the narrative to take on new dimension and the storyteller to economize on the use of words. Twenty first century storytellers are able use digital technologies to create and distribute short and powerful multimedia stories to any location throughout the world, with the most popular means of distribution, being the Internet.

Below are a few links that provide some introductory information about digital storytelling:

• “7 Things You Should Know About Digital Storytelling” a brief two-page document for EDUCAUSE that provides an overview of digital storytelling in education. Link
• “Web 2.0 Storytelling: Emergence of a New Genre” by Bryan Alexander and Alan Levine. Link
• The Center for Digital Storytelling Link