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THE POWER OF STORYTELLING

"We were creatures of Story prior to the popular novels of the 18th century. ..We'll still be even if technology and strained attention spans make novels obsolete..."

"...The Story People prevail. The Story People are us"

- Jonathan Gottschall,  The Storytelling Animal

Resource LINKS



25 Things You Should Know About Storytelling

Are all Historians Storytellers?

Historians Neglecting Storytelling Role

Howard Zinn: Historian as Storyteller

"History is About People" by Terry Deary

22 Rules of Storytelling According to Pixar

University of Houston's Definitive Digital Storytelling Site

Connectivism and Empathy in Assessment

How to Create a Digital Story (Steps)

Digital Storytelling with the iPad

Digital Storytelling: A Tool for the YouTube Generation

5 Considerations For Digital Storytelling

How to Weave a Story

Ken Burns on Teaching History with Story

News  in Story Form May Increase Empathy

Historians and Storytellers

Teaching Social Studies More Effectively

The Healing Power of Storytelling

5 Levels of Digital Storytelling: Resources for the Classroom

The Psychology of Storytelling

World Storytelling Day Wiki

Story Structure Diagrams

 

 



Video LINKS



Stephen Fry's Planet Word: The Power and the Glory

Ira Glass on Storytelling (4 part series)

TED ED: How Fiction Can Change Reality

Making the French Revolution Meaningful (teacher's unit plan)

Cannes Winner: Three Little Pigs Remix

Susan Greenfield on Storytelling (41 min)

David Starkey on History and the Hoard (Jamie's Dream School)

TED: Joe Sabia, The Technology of Storytelling

TEDxBG: Michael Brown, How Stories Transform Us

Stoneage Artists Created Prehistoric "Movies"

TEDxNYEd: Henry Jenkins and Participatory Culture

TED ED: The Power of a Great Introduction

Introduction to Digital Storytelling Video Montage

What is Digital Storytelling?

Empathy, Neurochemistry, and the Dramatic Arc 

Future of Storytelling.org 's YouTube Channel



Ideas LINKS



History of New York in 50 Objects

The 4 Icon Challenge (for the classroom)

Stories as Minimalistic Posters

Napoleon 101 Podcast

Australian Centre for the Moving Image Generator

Beyond the Bubble (History lessons from Stanford)

Building StoryWorlds: The Art, Craft, and Biz of Storytelling in 21c

Spreaker: Create your Own Radio / Podcast

Welsh History teacher's costumed Vodcasts

Jim Groom's DS106 online digital storytelling open course

Social Studies Digital Storytelling (U. of Houston)

U.S. National Archives: create videos and posters

31 Digital Storytelling Sites for the Classroom

Stories in Quilts

Different Techniques for Digital Storytelling - exemplars

Create Speaking Avatars with Voki

9th Battalion Y&L War Diaries Blog

50+ Web 2.0 Ways to Tell a Story

 



Recommended Reading LINKS



The Storytelling Animal: How Stories Make Us Human

Why Storytelling is the Ultimate Weapon (about Gottschall's work)

Why Lyrics Last: Evolution, Cognition, and Shakespeare's Sonnets

Stephen Fry: The Future's In the Past

Web 2.0 Storytelling: the Emergence of a New Genre (Alan Levine)

Stories and Neuroscience (Exp.lore blog post)

Digital Storytelling Cookbook

Digital Storytelling in the Classroom

The Future of Storytelling

"Why Do We Need to Learn This?""

"You're Not  Just Creating a Story but a History"

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