1. Amanda Kasey Langston-Wilson Dr. Toledo EDUC 7107-2 Diffusion of Technology Digital Storytelling

2.  According to CDS, digital storytelling is a short, first person video-narrative created by combining recorded voice, still and moving images, and music or other sounds.

3.  Element #1—Why was there a need for Digital Storytelling  Element #2—The Research leading to Digital Storytelling  Element #3—Development of Digital Storytelling  Element #4—How and when introduced to the public

4.  People needed a way to tell a story using video.  Technology enabled those to produce works that told a story using images and sound that were very similar to a movie.

5.  A group of media artists, designers, and practitioners, including Joe Lambert and Dana Atchley, came together in the early 1990’s to San Francisco to explore how personal narrative and storytelling could be incorporated in a form of technology.  Digital Storytelling was also used by Ken Burns in the documentary “The Civil War” Joe Lambert discussing digital storytelling

6. Reference: Rogers, E. M. (2003). Diffusion of innovations (5th ed.). New York, NY: Free Press.

8. Reference: Center for Digital Storytelling (2005). Retrieved December 20, 2011, from http://www.storycenter.org/timeline.html

9.  The intended users were film makers and people wanting to create and to share personal narratives.

10.  primary and secondary education  higher education  public health, social services, and international development  museums  libraries

13. Reference: Kieler, L. (2010). A Reflection: Trials in Using Digital Storytelling Effectively With the Gifted. Gifted Child Today, 33(3), 48-52. Retreived from http://ezp.waldenulibrary.org/login?url=http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=trh&AN=52217362&site=ehost- live&scope=site http://ezp.waldenulibrary.org/login?url=http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=trh&AN=52217362&site=ehost- live&scope=site