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July 10, 2008 Collaboration, Digital Storytelling 6 Comments

As many of you know, who follow me on Langwitches, I am working on a Digital Storytelling Guide for Educators.

I will be using Wordle to create a storytelling cloud with words that come to mind when you think what Digital Storytelling means to or for you.

Please contribute keywords, that come to YOUR mind when you think of storytelling in a comment. Don’t hesitate to add duplicate keywords what digital storytelling means to you. That way Wordle will highlight more important keywords.

I will add your reponses through the comments and through Twitter and Plurk to Wordle and add the collaborative cloud to this post and as part of the cover art of the hardcover book that will be available for free download on Lulu.com .

This cloud will be a digital story in itself, told by all of us!

Here is the first cloud – July 10th. Please continue to add your keywords in a comment and I will update the cloud.

Thank you to all who added and contributed keywords. Here is the Word Cloud from July 12th. Please continue adding keyword that come to mind, when YOU think of Storytelling.

Currently there are "6 comments" on this Article:

Skip Zalneraitis says:

10. July, 2008 at 2:31 pm

oral_tradition Homer archetype Langwitches software author gestalt fun
Nancy vonWahlde says:

10. July, 2008 at 7:08 pm

Hi Sylvia,
Thanks for all your work in this area- I will be using your content this fall…

Here are my keywords for digital storytelling:
global audience collaborate share communicate mix edit speak images narratives writing recording music engaging emotion
Mary Rothschild says:

11. July, 2008 at 8:27 am

universal,homogenization,understanding,empathy,disembodied,joy, medium
Jeff Johnson says:

11. July, 2008 at 9:17 am

creativie, personal, authentic, engaging, moral, alternative, culture,
Katie says:

11. July, 2008 at 3:39 pm

Share, plan, drama, humanities, Shakespeare,literature,enjoy,learn,joy,laugh,
express,show, cool-factor,web, blog
O.K. I will stop now!!
Katie says:

11. July, 2008 at 3:42 pm

Oh yes also – Think & move

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