Chapter4

In this chapter, we begin to explore what it means to craft writing when working with multimedia. By exploring the craft of creating photoessays, podcasts, and digital stories, we can begin to frame digital writing expectations for our students in ways that help them understand the many audiences they can reach, the media they can use, and the purposes for which they can compose.

In what ways do you invite students to compose multimedia texts? What are some of the challenges and opportunities of writing multimedia?


 * __[|NCTE 21st Century Literacies: A Policy Statement]__
 * __[|ISTE National Education Technology Standards]__
 * __[|Michigan High School Content Expectations]__
 * __[|Photovoice]__
 * __[|WHYSUP Oakland]__
 * Photosharing sites such as __[|Flickr]__, __[|Picasa]__, __[|Facebook]__, and __[|Voicethread]__
 * __[|Tell a Story in Five Frames Flickr Group]__
 * Podcasting sites such as __[|Odeo]__ and __[|Podomatic]__
 * Copyright free music and sounds at __[|Freeplaymusic]__ and __[|Freesound]__
 * National Public Radio's __[|This I Believe Series]__
 * Dawn Reed's __[|This I Believe Project Student Essays]__
 * Bob Sprankle's Class Podcast: __[|Room 208]__
 * Educause's __[|7 Things You Should Know About Digital Storytelling]__
 * __[|Digitales: The Art of Telling Digital Stories]__
 * Shannon Powell's Digital Story: __[|Meet Vinnie]__
 * Sharon Murchie's __Senior Project__
 * Online video editor: __[|Movie Masher]__
 * __[|Jing Screencasting Tool]__