The following are the links to articles, blog posts, YouTube videos, TED Talks, books, and other resources that I have explored in my pursuit of improving my ability to tell a good story and hopefully change the world.
Why Learning Environments Need to Change
Why do so many prefer passive learning?
Why You Need to Rethink Your Role as an Educator
Why AI Should Scare Some Educators and Not Others
My Why & How I Got to Now
Resonate: Present Visual Stories That Transform Audience
Nancy Duarte’s Guide to Persuasive Presentations – https://www.duarte.com/resonate-book/
This is the link to the free online version of the book that will require you to provide your name and email address to gain access to the book. I have a copy of this book on my bookshelf and on Kindle. If you were to have only one book on presentations this would be it.
Nancy Duarte uncovers the common structure of greatest communicators
If you don’t have time to read the book Resonate – Duarte’s TED talk will provide a great summary of the key elements of the book.
The transformative power of classical music | Benjamin Zander
One of the amazing presentations highlighted in Resonate
Digital Storytelling Cookbook
This is an older, but still relevant, abridged version of the Digital Storytelling Cookbook. A most recent full version can be purchased from the Story Center at https://www.storycenter.org/inventory/digital-storytelling-cookbook
My first Digital Storytelling result:
Not Suited for School But Suited for Learning
Presentation Considerations:
How to avoid Death By PowerPoint | David JP Phillips | TEDxStockholmSalon
Nancy Duarte: How to Create Better Visual Presentations
Five Simple Rules for Creating World-Changing Presentations
Every Presentation Ever: Communication FAIL
The magical science of storytelling | David JP Phillips | TEDxStockholm
REMEMBER – Change Takes Time & Multiple Sources of Influence
Why TED Talks don’t change people’s behaviors: Tom Asacker at TEDxCambridge
If you are going to create a slide presentation or video for your digital story then consider the following resources and tools:
Dwayne’s DIY Video Setup – Part 6: To Script or Not To Script…
Dwayne’s DIY Video Setup – Part 5 Audio & Lighting Update
Words Per Minutes Guidelines
http://www.speechinminutes.com/
Best Video Editing Software for Mac – 2021 Review!
Best Video Editing Software for Windows PC – 2021 Review!
Free Music Archivehttps://freemusicarchive.org/
Reflection on the Importance of Learning
The revolution of self-directed learning | Sean Bengry
Josh Kaufman | 20 Hours to Learn Anything
Why Constant Learners All Embrace the 5 Hour Rule
Our work doesn’t have to be obtuse to be important
Experts connect dots not just collect dots
Revised August 2021
