Brief Q & A with media theorist Douglas Rushkoff and his thoughts on how digital innovation has changed the definition of narrative and how that impacts learning in the classroom (and beyond)
Jason Ohler's article on power of digital storytelling
While several of these are in fact ads or efforts at establishing brand identity, they are all superb examples of visual storytelling & provide a number of different ways to to think about narrative
Exceptionally creative. Consider how might your students/users create their own version of this same within the scope of their abilities/resources? What is core here?
While an ad for Getty Images, it provides descriptors and examples of the four factors behind an engaging, powerful image. How might students use these criteria in the creation of their visual stories?
One example of fairy tale as infographic
We can learn so much about how to appeal to audience, how to tell story, and how to communicate meaning by looking at the professional graphic designers who do it every day
The title says it all; BuzzFeed can be a great source of visual media; have to be selective & curate your own collection (try Diigo or Pocket or FlipBoard) and items like this become tremendous mentor texts