Before doing the readings I merely
thought of digital storytelling as someone presenting a story of some type via
a video on the internet. Digital storytelling is so much more broad than just a
video on YouTube. It expands the way stories have been told in the past, broadening
the horizon to reach people those stories would have never before. People have
been telling different types of stories since the beginning of time. This
started with etching stories on cave walls, continued with writing books, and
as technology has advanced it has expanded into different types of digital
storytelling. If you have a computer or some type of mobile device, you have access
to an endless catalog of digital stories. Digital stories can be created from
different platforms. Bryan Alexander lists some examples of podcasts, games,
blog novels, and even stories done tweet by tweet on Twitter. You can create a
digital story with photos, music, writing, video, or a combination of all. The
key is that a form of digital media is being used to present a story of some
sort. On your mobile device you can easily see stories from business trying to
advertise a product, people telling their own personal stories, and journalists
telling stories that are happening in our world.
Just browsing your social media
accounts you can see many different types of digital stories. Facebook is where
I found the digital story I am sharing today. I have seen this story on
Facebook many times and every time I’ve stopped to watch it. It makes me tear
every time I watch it and I think it is a beautiful example of a digital story.
This example of digital storytelling is created by a person showing a story of
a dog’s last day of life. Robyn Arouty is the photographer who took the photos
of Dukey (whom was the dog of her friend Jordan). Here is the link to the video
https://youtu.be/bDpLBPcrGBE . The
story can also be seen on Robyn’s website, http://www.robynarouty.com/i-died-today/.
Arouty, Robyn. Robyn Arouty Photography. Web.
<http://www.robynarouty.com/>.
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