- VidLit may not fit anyone's idea of a personal memoir or e-portfolio, but watch either of the videos and think about how easy it is becoming to express ourselves with simple images and sound in addition to text. This is fantastic storytelling.
- I'm reading the Narnia series to Ivy right now and last night we read a passage in the Horse and His Boy where C.S. Lewis asks why schools don't teach storytelling -- it would certainly be more useful than learning to write essays.
- Stephen Harlow dug up LifeBits, which sounds like a fascinating experiment and includes all kinds of links to related resources
- Helen had kind words and pointed to StoryCorps, a wonderful project to get people talking to each other and recording their memories
Friday, September 24, 2004
Digital Storytelling
My rambling about how people will be telling their stories for posterity got some attention and generated some other great ideas:
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Great little post that I wanted to save for later:
http://anvil.gsu.edu/EduBlogInsights/discuss/msgReader$688?mode=day
"Memories like this can be cherished and it made me think how everyone does indeed have a story to tell. It doesn't have to cost a steep price and people can begin immediately. Let's get people up and going on blogs.I thought about my mother who had started a blog, Vera's Corner, that contained snippets of her past, her memories. I treasure it. I plan to have it bound in a book and how I wish she had started it earlier so more could be shared."
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