When I hear the word [storytelling] the first thought that comes to mind is bedtime… ~LyndseyLu My Take on [digital]Storytelling Romance, adventure, terror, endless love, knight in shining armor, evil villains, damsel in distress, compassion, fate. Storytelling is a way to express hope, quests for truth, morals, rational thinking and sometimes even irrational thinking. Storytelling enables us to escape from reality. Giving hopes and dreams a second chance. Stories can be told anywhere, anyplace, anytime; by many means such as, verbal, visual, and a combination of both. Placing the word [digital] in front of storytelling allows for a greater experience of that story; enabling it to in some cases come to life. Making a story … Continue reading →

When the word storytelling comes to mind, it instantly brings back memories of my elementary school years.  Storytelling to me is a way in which people can share their imagination.  Some storytelling can be based on real life experiences while … Continue reading →

The first two weeks of class was a big fail for me.  Nothing was making sense, and computer problems made it all worse.  But I’m here now, and I finally set up my blog the way I like it (for … Continue reading →

If I defined storytelling in my own words I would say it’s: an expression of events told with presenter bias, directed at a general or specified audience. Storytelling doesn’t make me think of specific images, people, places or sounds because it’s very broad and can entail almost anything; real, imaginary, exciting, boring, detail, generalizations, it depends on the storyteller. When adding digital to the word storytelling I think the definition becomes slightly more specific, I think the definition would then become: an expression of events told with presenter bias through digital medias, directed at a larger, possibly online audience. I think storytelling in general is usually presented to known audiences, while ...

Rob Nyland shared his 30 second story  with kinetic typography. I love stories told through video, especially using kinetic typography. This was almost comical to me because it was literally a story in like three sentences. Which i guess proves that … Continue reading →

Storytelling is a very clear concept in my head, yet it takes very different forms. The first thing I think about when I think of storytelling is sitting on the carpet in a circleish form around my teacher and listening … Continue reading →

… on a fairly new website, a blog post about storytelling started out with a ridiculously cliched title. The author of said blog post squinted at the screen. An -ly adverb? I use way too many of those, she thought, that’s lazy writing right there. Augh! Did it again. Typical, too, getting bogged down in ...

I’ve been griping recently about my phone, the LG-VN150 Revere, being unable to download images to my PC even though it came with a nifty little data cable. Turns out the phone’s not built with any kind of hardware-based data transfer capabilities–you have to use digital data transfers for everything, which ramps up your data ...

What is storytelling?  It’s life.  Remembering.  Laughing.  Crying.  It’s bringing someone back to the time you fell down the stairs your first day of sixth grade (which i didn’t do…yes i did).  It’s a way to hold onto the past, and … Continue reading →

What does storytelling mean to me?  I can start with one word: creativity.  I believe that the best kinds of stories are those that allow you an insight into the readers mind.  A story allows one to emulate their thoughts … Continue reading →

Today’s Daily Create was to “Whisper a message of hope by candlelight(or flashlight)”. I chose to display my own message in a different way: A moment of silence for the people that lost their lives and the countless others whose live...

The word storytelling makes me think of Indians sitting around a fire sharing tales of their lives. And minus the indians and the fire that’s basically what storytelling is to me. It is sharing life with the people around you. … Continue reading →

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When I think about storytelling I think of being a little kid again. Whether it be my mom telling be a bedtime story so I would have peaceful dreams, or me telling her a story about eating all my dinner so  I could have dessert. Storytelling was a big part of my childhood, my mom ...