DS+Samples

//The term can also be a broader journalistic reference to the variety of emergent new forms of digital narratives (web-based stories,// [|//interactive//] //stories, hypertexts, and narrative// [|//computer//] //games).// //As an emerging area of creative work, the definition of digital storytelling is still the subject of much debate. ---// [|//Definition provided by Wikipedia: Digital storytelling//]** (Thanks @dmantz!)
 * //"Digital Storytelling" is an emerging term, one that arises from a// [|//grassroots//] //movement that uses new digital tools to help ordinary people tell their own 'true stories' in a compelling and emotionally engaging form. These stories usually take the form of a relatively short story (less than 8 minutes) and can involve interactivity.//

The following examples were created in different applications proving that the application isn't the important piece...the story being told is.

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C/O onionskin.fliggo.com "This is a project my son created for his gifted project at school. I am SOOO proud of him because he thought of the idea to do this -- beyond the typical tri-fold display board. He told me what he envisioned, and I just provided him the tools. He did all of the planning, image collection and editing, greenscreen and alpha tool work, scripting, recording of narrations, special effects and final editing. This truly is HIS project -- and he had to do the narrations THREE times before the tech piece worked correctly! I share this proudly for him here." He was 9 at the time he created this.

Future Teachers of Kansas Ning

Here's a project from Senegal:

=1st graders and The Water Cycle=

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Discovery Streaming's Boom De Ya Da challenge: media type="file" key="Boom DaYa.mov" align="center" width="300" height="300"

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media type="custom" key="4703697"BSP Boom De Ya Da  English çlass assignment and presentation at Sungkyunkwan University in South Korea xkcd comic

[|5th graders]

==[|Voicethread Collaboration Project] ==