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PUBLIC MARKS from jlesage with tags tools & Narrative

November 2006

Visuarios: broadcast your skills

how-to videos or, more commonly, audio/slideshows; useful rhetorically for both technical writing and instructional video learning; web2.0 sharing of video that is perhaps instructionally more useful than YouTube.

Mojiti-video commentary software

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useful for teachers making clips to analyze in class; "personalize any video with your story. With visual spotlights, you can narrate your personal videos, add captions or subtitles, or comment on any scene."

StorySprawl Hyperfiction Story Creator

ongoing fiction sites that readers can contribute chapters to

Storytelling in Flickr on Flickr

various modes of flickr storytelling are described, and the keywords needed to get to them

Video History Project: Resources

information from/about practitioners and groups of videomakers; technical explanations of early video formats and equipment

The Thirty-Six Dramatic Situations - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

"descriptive list which was created by Georges Polti to categorize every dramatic situation which might occur in a story or performance"; tips for screenwriters looking for ideas

Digital Storytelling: A Tutorial in 10 Easy Steps

basic tips by J.D. Lasica on preparing for doing an audio/slideshow in narrative form, perhaps a first person recollection, tightly crafted. Makes a good handout.

October 2006

Self Publishing Blog: 101 Resources for Self Published Writers

tips for creative folks looking for story ideas, fiction or non fiction; links to many sites that stimulate writing

Audio slide show: Bluegrass music's man of steel

example of how to incorporate personal history, music, and slides in portrait of dobro player and singer; also shows effectiveness of short, under three minute, audio slide show documentaries.

Types of Stories for the Telling

useful for writers and teachers; screenwriters will find a lot of basic story types to exploit

Lesson Plans for Digital Storytelling

this is a lesson plan that could be adapted for different ages or kinds of classes, e.g., composition or video production or narrative arts

MemoryMiner - Digital Storytelling Software - Homepage

"digital storytelling application that lets you zero in on the stories depicted in your photos by linking them to each other"

Tech Head Stories

big list of links for many aspects of digital storytelling; regularly updated

Soundslides

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low cost software to create your own simple audio/slideshow for the web

September 2006

KQED

major station hosts digital storytelling initiative; good examples, handbook, model

August 2006

Daily Script - Movie Scripts and Movie Screenplays

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one of a number of sites that have screenplays to download

July 2006

BBC Cumbria - Digital Lives

important video autobiography project for UK television

MemoryMiner - Digital Storytelling Software - Software

"Photos as individual frames in an endless story board, allowing sound, video, documents and URLs added to each frame. "