Digital Storytelling is a new aspect for me. Before this class, I had never heard of them. Now I’m tasked with telling everyone what a Digital Story is. I started my research by like everyone else; I went to Google. There are a great number of sites out there to explore. What I found out is that basically Digital storytelling can be defined as the use of digital tools to allow ordinary people tell their own real-life stories.Digital stories are short movies (typically 2-3 minutes in length) that combine multimedia elements such as photographs, video, animation, sound, music, text, and voice with a narrative of some kind.
Digital stories should have seven essential elements: 1) point of view, 2) a dramatic question, 3) emotional content, 4) the gift of your voice, 5) the power of soundtrack, 6) economy, and 7) pacing. It should also answer basic questions such as why, how, and what.
Additionally, the aspects of Digital Storytelling (pictures, music, and narration) reinforce ideas and appeal to different students with different learning types. Teachers can use it to introduce projects, themes, or any content area. Teachers can have their students make their own digital stories to share. As an expressive medium in the classroom, Digital Stories can be used to integrate subject matter knowledge and skills from many areas of the curriculum. Students can work individually or collaboratively to produce their own Digital Stories. Once completed, these stories can easily be uploaded to the Web and viewed by a worldwide audience.
The website that I liked the best was created by University of Houston. Their website, The Educational Use of Digital Storytelling is easy to understand and follow. A key part of this page is the video provided to introduce Digital Storytelling. This “video” is actually a Digital Story. This page also provides different examples, gives a list of software tools, such as video, audio, and imaging, provides tips, resources, and links on Digital Storytelling, give examples for educational uses, provides a basic rubric, and details how to release a Digital Story as a podcast, blog, or wiki. The web address is: http://digitalstorytelling.coe.uh.edu/
New technology is scary, but I'm nervously looking forward to creating my own Digital Story!!
Digital stories should have seven essential elements: 1) point of view, 2) a dramatic question, 3) emotional content, 4) the gift of your voice, 5) the power of soundtrack, 6) economy, and 7) pacing. It should also answer basic questions such as why, how, and what. 
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