October 2006
Project 365: How to Take a Photo a Day and See Your Life in a Whole New Way
by 1 otheralways looking for new ways to interest students in certain kinds of projects involving visual narrative, autobiography, documentary
Martin Ryder
extensive links in and coverage of topics around the sociology of knowledge
Photobus
audio/slideshows
September 2006
One sentence that relates something true
good for autobiographers, bloggers, screenwriters--folks who want to write pithy impactful accounts of their and others experiences.
Popular Tags on Flickr Photo Sharing
by 1 otherFor teaching film, popular tags to follow include "narrative," "fiction," "story." It makes a good early Easy assignment: ask students to do a photo narrative, which now can be posted in Flickr and tagged with a class title, e.g., "101lesage"--teacher mu
digital storytelling links
from Digital Storytelling Festival site, current links sept 06, variety of categories
KQED
major station hosts digital storytelling initiative; good examples, handbook, model
www.jonasmekas.com
by 1 otherpatriarch of New American Cinema now has a daily blog, need to pay to subscribe; new step by father of autobiographical film
One Sentence - True stories, told in one sentence.
Like one of my favorite sites, postsecrets, this has a kind of documentary wit that resides in brevity and style.
WorkBook
See Sept 1, 06, for teaching carnival for college teachers
Lens On Lebanon
"documentary material, photo narratives, and video diaries of daily life conceived, produced, and contributed by residents of Lebanon"
July 2006
Educational Uses of Digital Storytelling
well designed portal site with lots of examples and tips
KQED - About Our Workshops
"The Art, Skill, Craft, and Magic of Digital Storytelling: A How-Come, How-To Guide"--pdf file
MemoryMiner - Digital Storytelling Software - Software
"Photos as individual frames in an endless story board, allowing sound, video, documents and URLs added to each frame. "
learn storytelling-learn to tell stories-learn about storytelling-learn use of storytelling-role of storytelling
overview of storytelling, partly from a business perspective
Home-Maker // Jeanie Finlay
The housebound talk about artefacts collected over a lifetime that represent memories. The panoramic format echoes their enclosed worlds.
other people's stories
" Every story on OPS is a story a contributor heard from someone else. These stories have been overheard and misheard, told and re-told and sometimes refined over time. They do not shy from hearsay, gossip, myth or guys we knew in high school."
Kevin Kelly -- Home
by 1 otherinteresting blogger with a wide variety of categories covered in site
Soothcircuit
a fun personalized daily creation of poetic advice just for you, visitable many times
cinematicfilm experimental film video art
by 1 otherdatabase of experimental film available on web, over 1000 films
StoryCorps - Interview Your Loved Ones
Go with a friend to a storybooth and have her interview so you can tell your story. On of the most important audio autobiography projects.
