"The 21 Steps" follows a character through a journey on Google Maps and includes points of interest along the way.
"Slice" follows Lisa through a family move to London via her personal blog posts and Tweets as well as her parents' blog and Tweets.
Other formats for the stories include choose your own adventure, writing in real time, and telling a non-fiction story through graphic means. Any of these digital stories would make a great template for a class project. English, history, geography, science...the options are unlimited!
"The 21 Steps" is especially adaptable to many different subject areas. Using Google Maps or any other mapping software, students can create a digital tour of their city, state, or the country highlighting historical sites, geographical places of interest, or literary sites. Science classes could use this idea to map butterfly or bird migration, map constellations with Google Sky.
We Tell Stories was awarded Best in Show at the South by Southwest Web Awards in 2008 (BBC article).
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