Storytelling

One of the best ways for learning anything is through telling stories. Stories are not new. They have transmitted heritages and values from before the time of the Hellenic epics, the Iliad and the Odyssey. They can be the basis of curricula, as in the case of Socratic Arts' Story-Centered Curriculum, in which students learn by taking on appropriate roles in a simulation, or story. Shell's Global Scenarios are stories designed to aid managers in making decisions.

Digital storytelling carries on the tradition of stories through using various electronic media. One medium is VoiceThread, which allows you to "talk about and share your images, documents, and videos." It can be used in quite a few ways in addition to storytelling, such as:

  • different forms of language practice,
  • presentations, speeches, and debates, and
  • learning, portfolio, and reflections.


For more information on using VoiceThread, see these resources:


Others might want to create their own movies for telling stories. Here are some resources for using camcorders:


For more information on digital storytelling, see these resources:


For those interested in writing (and reading) hypertext stories online, check out Hypertextopia. And there is also Storytron, an interactive storytelling site (in alpha right now).

©2006-2009 Charles Nelson | Last updated September 6, 2009