Digital Storytelling

We all have stories about the events, people, and places in our lives. In a group process, the sharing of these stories connects people in special ways. People often come to our workshops feeling insecure about their writing, about the technology, about their design sensibility. Many of the stories we show as examples in our workshops are directly connected to the images that one collects in a life's journey. But our primary concern is encouraging thoughtful and emotionally direct writing. At the end of the workshops, when the stories our presented, there is a bit of magic as the fruits of their own work, and those around them, surprise and inspire the participants. AAM-Colorado's Assistant Director Chris Jennings and the Center for Digital Storytelling's Daniel Weinshenker will discuss Digital Storytelling.

The Center for Digital Storytelling's Web site can be found at http://www.storycenter.org/.

Voices of America

Post-News Educational Services features Voices of America, a free series of oral histories telling the stories of real-life witnesses to our nation’s past. This 16-installment educational program includes a teacher’s guide, CSAP-style questions, journals for students to save their stories, and weekly writing prompts that encourage them to collect their own oral histories. The program is also available in Spanish. Denver Newspaper Agency's Jill Armstrong and Dana Plewka discuss the Voices of America program.

The Post-News Educational Services Web site is located at http://post-newseducation.com/.

Anticipated audience: Educators of grade 4 through adult.