Digital Storytelling

What immediately pops into my head in responding to the prompt is to point out and recall the digital storytelling component to a creative non-fiction class I took here at Marylhurst where we learned about the genre of digital storytelling and proceeded to learn how to make our our digital story.  This was an amazing and enlightening experience for me, in particular, because I was not used to using anything close to photos or film or audio on a computer or anywhere else in my life.  We wrote our short story (250 words or less) and then spent part of a class recording our voices in the basement of the library. We also played with Imovie here in this room and created beautiful memoirs and narratives. Little did I know what a great experience this would be.  I now know that I will use this type of storytelling again and again for myself and for the high school students I work with who might not feel comfortable with writing, or who might better express themselves with visual and audio.  I had no idea how creative I could be and how many ways there are to tell a story.