The University of Houston's Digital Story Website is a website about Digital Stories. A Digital Story is
the practice of using computer-based tools to tell stories. A Digital Story can also be called a Digital
Documentary, a Computer-Based Narrative, a Digital Essay, and Electronic Memoirs, or an Interactive
Storytelling Method. The website tells its viewers about the website. The website was created in 2004
by Faculty Members and Graduate Students from the University of Houston College of Education.
The website is updated and maintained presently. The University of Houston is the publishing body of
the site and there is no bias that is needed or found for a site such as this. The site mentions an
Educational Fair Use policy that states that the site stresses to their students that when making Digital
Stories that they should create their own original materials. The site says that this is the policy however
that some of the images and videos that are used on the site do come from some internet sources and
electronic databases that are not owned by the University of Houston. The site also has a statement that
gives educators the permission to use any and all of the material on the site including text, images,
digital stories, and other resources, for personal, educational, and/or non-commercial purposes. The
only requirement is that an appropriate citation is used, (Robin, B (2013) The Educational Uses of
Digital Storytelling Website. http://digitalstorytelling.coe.uh.edu ).
The Website is an accurate site because it is basically instructing people on how to make and use
Digital Storytelling. The act of making a Digital Story and the included information can be inaccurate,
but this is up to the author and is not reflective of this site.
The website offers a background on Digital Storytelling and gives a list of the 7 elements that make up
a Digital Story.
The Website provides links to Web 2.0 Resources such as Blogs, Podcasts, and Wikis all based on
Digital Storytelling. It gives great insight to teachers for using Digital Storytelling their classrooms
under Educational Uses.
The website provides example stories for visitors that range from subjects like Art all the way to
Health and Science. The site has a "how to" section on how to actually make a Digital Story of your
own. This site is a great resource for teachers when they are looking for a fresh way to present
material. The site helps with ideas, building, and background knowledge about the ways teachers can
use Digital Storytelling in their classrooms. I would rate this website as a positive site and recommend
to fellow students and teachers.
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