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If someone has shared a Google Drive folder with you, and you plan to access the folder often and/or add your own files to it, you should add the folder …

FALL 2015 STUDENTS: See this updated help page. NOTE: This page is still under development, but you should find enough here to get you started with creating a comic …

WHAT IS “WEB READY” FORMAT? iMovie and Windows MovieMaker are non-linear video editing systems, which means that they allow you to assemble video projects from a variety of media files …

For a definition of “new media writing,” see: ABOUT – What is New Media Writing? Here is a “big picture” guide to the kind of apps and web sites you …

ABOUT MIND MAPS Mind maps are incredibly helpful as planning tools, but you can also use them to present concepts to an audience. Mind maps typically follow a hierarchical structure, …

You can use the apps on this page to create presentations with beautiful templates and simple animations as well as slideshows with music or captions. Also see: WEB APPS for …

Here are the Learning Units & Goals for my Storytelling through New Media class, as of January 2015. Return to the Learning Goals page for links to my Writing & …

ABOUT ANIMATION: To learn more about different forms of animation, see this guide: Different Approaches to Animation For more animation apps, see: Desktop & Mobile Apps for Animation STOP MOTION …

QUOTES ON STORYTELLING “Telling weak stories with technology is like giving a bad guitar player a bigger amplifier.” “Writing is the primary tool used to plan and create a digital …

ABOUT ANIMATION: To learn more about different forms of animation, see this guide: Different Approaches to Animation DESKTOP APPS Animated Stories Plotagon (Mac, Windows, iPad; free) invites you to enter …

Apps for working with images come in two varieties: pixel-based and vector-based. Pixel-based apps are best for editing photos and making images out of layers, while vector-based apps are best …

Overview In order to create an audio story or essay, or to create an audio voiceover for a video, you’ll need two things: (1) a recording device (a laptop with …

BLOGS WordPress.com (by far the most popular free blogging platform) Tumblr (a close second in popularity to WP and gaining; much more limited interface, but super easy to use) WIKIS …

Infographics have long been popular ways to share information in visual formats, but only recently have tools emerged that allow anyone to create an infographic without needing access to professional …

Jaima, a Fall 2014 student, made this comic to educate viewers about the differences between “gay” and “queer” as identities.

A Fall 2014 student made this educational comic, using Pixton. If the speech bubbles are too small to read on the page, you can click on each image for a …

Two Fall 2014 students made this comic, using Pixton. Students’ Preface In chapter 2 Garbacik discusses how the construction of gender roles originated. One contributing factor was Darwin and his …

Eunice, a Fall 2014 student, made this comic to illustrate how we learn gender roles. Student’s Commentary This comic provides a overall summary/snapshot of the first section in Chapter 4 …

A group of Fall 2014 students made this animation (using the free animation maker at GoAnimate.com) to clarify the difference between sex and gender. Student Commentary The entire first chapter …

A Fall 2014 student made this animation (using the free animation maker at GoAnimate.com) to illustrate how gender policing can happen in schools. Student’s Commentary How do gender stereotypes get …

Below you’ll find an overview of three common approaches to storytelling through new media. Each of these approaches allows you to make an emotional connection with your audience in different …

(this post is under development – will add content to go with the samples later)

Below you’ll find links to pages in the WordPress.com Help Center. Also check out the help pages I published here: HOW TO – Set up your new WordPress.com blog HOW …

NOTE: I wrote these instructions for students who were using a class blog I set up on my own domain name, using the full self-hosted version of WordPress. But the …

If you’re using blogs in a class, chances are you’ll need to read and comment on classmates’ blogs on a regular basis, so I recommend that you find an easy …

ABOUT THIS PROMPT: This page compiles together a variety of prompts I’ve used in previous classes, most of which fall under the category of “moments” or “memories.”Many of the sample …

ABOUT THIS PROMPT: The prompts below are from Joe Lambert’s book, Digital Storytelling: Capturing Lives, Creating Community, with some modifications to adapt them to a handout. Lambert is a founder …

Students in my Storytelling through New Media class write flash memoirs as one of many types of personal storytelling popularized through new media formats. I collected these resources for the …

Re-posted from: http://createyourlifestory.com/motivation/what-to-talk-about-prompts/ Welcome To Episode Seven of Create Your Life Story So you want to talk to someone or you want to record yourself, but what are you going …

Re-posted from: https://dailypost.wordpress.com/dp_writing_challenge/memoir-madness/ MEMOIR PROMPTS –Allison K Williams Memories, memories! Help me get started! Here are some ideas on excavating your memory for new material. • Your first day of …

NOTE: This page combines material that previously appeared on my syllabi for WRTG 3020: The Rhetoric of Gender and Sexuality in New Media and for WRTG 3090: Storytelling Through New …

Re-posted from: http://captura.llanogrande.org/writer.html Activity: Drawing Out Critical Moments w/ Moment Maps One activity we have used to help people think about the story they want to share digitally involves an …

ABOUT THIS PROMPT: As best as I can tell from my shamefully poor notes, the brainstorming prompts below are adapted from a piece by Dinty Moore. The memoir interprets, analyzes, …

RELATED RESOURCES: HOW TO – Share links on our G+ community QUICK ACCESS AND SETTINGS WRTG 3020 students can find a link to our G+ community on the sidebar of …

Re-posted from: http://leemartinauthor.com/blog/2012/04/from-the-creative-nonfiction-workshop-week-4/ From the Creative Nonfiction Workshop: Week 4 Posted on April 18, 2012 by Lee Martin Last week, we talked about turning oneself into a character in creative …

Re-posted from: http://leemartinauthor.com/blog/2012/04/from-the-creative-nonfiction-workshop-week-3/ From the Creative Nonfiction Workshop: Week 3 Posted on April 10, 2012 by Lee Martin Our conversation in workshop today centered on Phillip Lopate’s craft article, “Writing …

UPDATE on 9/21: I no longer recommend using Tumblr for a class blog given that it the platform does not have a fully functioning commenting system. Those who want to …

NOTE: As of 9/20, I no longer recommend Tumblr as a blog platform for my students. But I’m leaving these instructions here for those who use Tumblr for their own …

Here are three common purposes for communicating with others: To connect with an audience through personal experience To help an audience better understand a concept or issue To persuade an …