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
Ken Burns on Teaching History with Story
News in Story Form May Increase Empathy
Teaching Social Studies More Effectively
The Healing Power of Storytelling
5 Levels of Digital Storytelling: Resources for the Classroom
The Psychology of Storytelling
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
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
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
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 in the Classroom
