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In this paper, the authors present some of the most important lessons they have learned from teaching courses, conducting workshops, writing articles and supervising graduate student research on educational uses of digital storytelling. We examine...

This paper describes the results of a research study about DISTCO 2008, the first in a series of digital storytelling contests. DISTCO 2008 was designed as a pilot project for the inaugural DISTCO planned for spring 2009. These contests are open to...

The tremenduous versatility of telecommunications services is one reason why so many teacher educators find them useful. So useful, in fact, that last year the telecommunications section of the Annual was split into two sections: one for graduate...

This panel will focus on ways that digital storytelling continues to push the envelope as a pedagogical resource and means to increase learners’ knowledge in K-12 classrooms, universities and community initiatives. Innovative work includes...

For the past six years, graduate students enrolled in an Instructional Technology web design course at the University of Houston have been learning technology skills by working on authentic educational web projects with community-based arts...

To help attract new graduate students and also to help integrate technology into content area courses, faculty members at the University of Houston began teaching “linked” pairs of courses in 2006, by combining a graduate course on digital...

The purpose of this research study was to determine how educators, students and others around the world are using digital storytelling to support the educational process. This study provides a general framework about educational uses of digital...

The focus of this panel discussion is to examine how art museums are creating partnerships with schools, universities, and teachers to design and develop technology-based instructional resources that can be used by students, in-service teachers,...

This paper describes some steps toward the implementation of an electronic newsletter in an educational setting. The strategies of selecting appropriate material for the intended audience and how electronic distribution of information can facilitate ...

The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston and the University of Houston have collaborated on the design and development of multi-faceted web sites related to both permanent and traveling exhibitions. In this paper, stakeholders from the museum and the...

This paper presents results of a research study conducted at the University of Houston, in which a group of in-service elementary, middle, and high school teachers learned to use digital storytelling through a series of summer workshops conducted by ...

Over the last two decades, the growth of the Internet has truly been staggering. Electronic communities have flourished as hardware, software, and network infrastructures have become more accessible, more affordable, and simpler to use. In education,...

Faculty and graduate students at the University of Houston have been using digital storytelling in courses, workshops and special projects since the late 1990s. Building on a history of working with community partners that contribute content in...

The purpose of this session is to give participants hands-on experience locating and using digital video clips from the web. Participants will learn to find and download educational video clips from using freely available Web 2.0 resources that do...

In Virginia, a statewide public school computing network, Virginia’s Public Education Network (Virginia’s PEN) is available to any public school educator who wants an account and has access to a computer, a modem, and a telephone line. Virginia’s...

Fifteen years ago, in 1979, teacher educators interested in teaching about information technology quickly discovered that relevant software resources were quite limited. Applications software such as word processors and spreadsheets could be adapted ...

Now in its second year, the Houston Consortium of Urban Professional Development and Technology Schools Project is continuing its development of a telecommunications infrastructure for its members. Funded by a grant from the Texas Education Agency,...

This paper presents a description of multimedia-enhanced educational projects developed using the Webscape design model. This model has evolved from an instructor-led experience to a more student-centered, collaborative approach. Currently, the...

The use of Digital Storytelling as a multimedia tool for teaching and learning has greatly increased over the past year in the College of Education, as well as in other colleges at the University of Houston, K-12 schools, and community organizations....

Digital Storytelling is a relatively new multimedia tool which can be both an effective instructional aid for teachers and an effective learning tool for students. It is created by using commonly available computer-based tools and usually includes a ...