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Update: I was very surprised to find my very first digital storytelling project listed in this book on page 40. It is the one run in 2006 in Belleville, Ontario.Gareth Morlais talked about this book on his blog a while back and after trying to find the least expensive price, it has arrived today. I think this may be the book I've been waiting for.As I've mentioned before, I got hooked on digital storytelling back in 2004 when I discovered the Scott County digital stories. Just a year later during

"The most powerful way to immerse students in critical thinking using digital video is to engage them in student authorship - - that is, creating video. As students compose a documentary using historical artifacts, they learn the content, develop their research and primary-source analysis skills, and even come to understand the interpretive nature of historical accounts."Quote by T.C. Hammond and J. LeeWith the 65 anniversary of D Day just a couple of days away - "The sun was just coming up over

One of my favourite reference guides in my digital storytelling library is a book by Sherri Sheridan: Developing Digital Short Films.The book is divided into 4 parts with part 1 devoted to Digital Storytelling. This section is packed with ideas, quotes, graphics, charts, notes, and suggestions.Here are a couple of quotes from page 18:The first and primary goal of a filmmaker is to evoke a series of strong emotional responses from the audience throughout the entire story.You engage the audience when

I was very encouraged to see the June/July 2009 Learning & Leading with Technology magazine's Learning Connections segment.This month's segment devotes a full 10 pages to using video in the classroom. Here's the link to my favourite of the lot.Telling Stories with Video by Carl A. Young and Sara KajderProfessors Young and Kajder write about how important video is as a part of students' multimodal learning. Here's a quote from the article."integrating visual images with written text, as done in

Digital Storytelling Workshops - E.T.F.O. ProvincialI've been accepted as an E.T.F.O. Presenter on the Road for the 2009-2010 school year. What this means is that if your school or district would like to conduct a digital storytelling workshop then all you would need to do is download and complete this workshop request form.My original proposal was to conduct day long workshops. During my conversation yesterday with E.T.F.O. provincial, there was some interest in after school sessions.Hope to see