I have kicked off the first “Plurknovela” a collective digital story told by Plurkers around the world. Wanna join in the fun? Join in here: Melissa was much older than her …

Be sure to include the word “Plurknovela” at the start of each new digital story so that we can search on them (inside Plurk) and document them in our wikis, social bookmarks and such. I have created a wiki page to collect and share these Plurknovelas. Please add yours too! Plurknovela Wiki. Diigo and del.icio.us users: be sure to tag your Plurknovelas with “plurknovela” and “eduplurk” in your social bookmarking and other sites (see post comment from Claudia for more details).

Also, check out another Plurk! initiative, the Plurk-Book-Talk series. So with Plurk! you can collaborate on a fictional digital storytelling novela with a Plurknovela or discuss a book with P-B-T.

Frank-metaweb wants to start a routine of Plurknovelas. Digital Storytelling with a plurktwist. Let the fiction begin! – Plurk.com

How about sharing your thoughts on Web 2.0 with Brian Van Dyck (aka the PodPirate), Mike and others from Grand Canyon University and around the world. See the larger original Voicethread.

Related Resources:

• Want to make  your very own voicethread with your students or for professional development? Then see this helpful online Voicethread guide from Silvia of Langwitches fame.
• Looking for great resources on digital storytelling?
• EFL Voicethread forum community, Voicethreads for Learning English.

Been looking for that perfect moment to dive into digital storytelling? Here it is!

http://www.ausculti.org/

Great opportunity to start a digital storytelling project with your students.

The Center for Digital Storytelling is based in Berkeley, California. CDS is a non-profit training, project development, and research organization dedicated to assisting people in using digital media to tell meaningful stories from their lives. Our focus is on developing large-scale projects for community, educational, and business institutions, using the methods and principles of the Digital Storytelling Workshop. We also offer workshops for organizations and individuals and serve as an international clearinghouse of information and resources about storytelling and new media.

Other digital storytelling resources:

Digital Storytelling Links
Sample Lessons: Digital Storytelling
Educational Uses of Digital Storytelling
50 Web 2.0 Ways to Tell a Story
NAIS – Digital Storytelling Adventures
Terraminds Twitter Search: Digital Storytelling
del.icio.us Digital Storytelling tags
Google Blog Search: Digital Storytelling
The Connected Classroom Links
Digital Stories
Discovery Education Network streaming resource for Digital Storytelling
Engaging Digital Natives with Digital Storytelling
Digital Storytelling Carnival #3
Lisa Huff’s Wiki – Digital Storytelling (& more)

Please add more Digital Storytelling resource links in the comments area. Thanks!

This looks like a lot of fun .. gonna give it a try ….

MAKE BELIEFS COMIX! Online Educational Comic Generator for Kids of All Ages

Posted for Bill Zimmerman at wmz@aol.com

Dear Reader,

I want to share with you news of my newest educational
project and also ask for your help to make it succeed.

A year ago I launched a new web site
http://www.makebeliefscomix.com where children and
adults can create their own comic strips. They can
select from 15 fun characters with different moods –
happy, sad, angry, worried – and write words for blank
talk and thought balloons to make their characters
talk and think. There also are story ideas and prompts
to help users create graphic stories.

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