Oral History and Digital Storytelling Web Resources
"Baylor University, Institute for Oral History, Introduction to Oral History." Baylor University, A Nationally Ranked Christian University, Undergraduate & Graduate Research Colleges Universities Schools in Texas. http://www.baylor.edu/oral_history/index.php?id=23566 (accessed July 22, 2010). Site provides in-depth information on interviewing techniques and ethical considerations regarding the interviews. This is important information to know as an educator.
"Edublogs - teacher and student blogs." Edublogs - teacher and student blogs. http://www.edublogs.org (accessed July 22, 2010). A site for teachers where they can create and manage a blog for students.
"MapSkip - Places Have Stories!." MapSkip - Places Have Stories!. http://www.mapskip.com (accessed July 22, 2010). A site where you can create and share photos, videos, and sound as stories.
"Oral History in the Teaching of U.S. History. ERIC Digest. ." ERICDigests.Org - Providing full-text access to ERIC Digests. http://www.ericdigests.org/1996-4/oral.htm (accessed July 22, 2010). A comprehensive list of resources.
"Ozge Karaoglu's Blog." Ozge Karaoglu's Blog. http://ozgekaraoglu.edublogs.org (accessed July 22, 2010).A great resource by an educator who lists over one hundred digital storytelling sites.
"Slideshow Maker, Free Online Slideshows, Edit Photos." Slideshow Maker, Free Online Slideshows, Edit Photos. http://kizoa.com (accessed July 22, 2010).Create slideshows with music and voice. Site works seamlessly with blogs and websites.
"Southern Oral History Program - The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill." Southern Oral History Program - The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. http://sohp.org (accessed July 22, 2010). This site provides interview excerpts that you can read and listen to online. Includes detailed instructional information, a well-developed bibliography, and a series of links.
"Storybird - Collaborative storytelling." Storybird - Collaborative storytelling. http://storybird.com (accessed July 22, 2010). Short visual stories you create with others. Stories can be shared via the web or printed as a book. Great teaching tool for elementary school students.
"Telling Their Stories." Telling Their Stories. http://tellingstories.org (accessed July 22, 2010). A site designed by students at The Urban School in San Francisco, California. You can listen and watch archived stories written and produced by students. A great companion to a unit on the Holocaust.
"Tips for Interviewing, Regional Oral History Office." The Bancroft Library. http://bancroft.berkeley.edu/ROHO/resources/rohotips.html (accessed July 22, 2010). Advice from Willa K. Baum, Oral History for the Local Historical Society UC Berkeley.
"Video in the Classroom.com — How To Tips and Tricks." Needleworks Pictures.com. http://www.needleworkspictures.com/vic/make_movies (accessed July 22, 2010).Various digital storytelling rubrics. Each can be amended according to your project.
"digital storytelling." Microsoft Corporation. http://microsoft.com/education/teachers/ (accessed July 22, 2010). Twenty-eight page tutorial using Movie Maker and Photo Story.Clearly written with great examples.
Oral History: Gathering & preserving historical information through recorded interviews. http://oralhistory.org (accessed July 22, 2010). Companion site to the Oral History Society. A nice comprehensive list of resources.
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