This is my final posting for my digital storytelling class. I wanted to create a collage of the six projects I have worked on this semester but most of the collage sites were really slideshow style software and I’ve worked on enough of those this semester. Then I found the site timetoast.com. This site allowed me to create a timeline of my projects with pictures and direct links to my blog pages where the projects are shown. The site was very easy to use. You pick a date range and then choose specific dates and use URL’s and uploaded images to create a digital timeline. I love the way that with web 2.0 tools the user is allowed to share information in a linear way and then a viewer can click for more details. It takes the timelines from a two dimensional linear world to a multi-dimensional sharing experience. The timetoast.com site could be used very effectively for a business production schedule with the shared timeline feature that could have clickable projects and further agenda items. The view can also change from timeline to list which is very handy for quickly viewing agenda items.
I have loved using this blog as a notebook for telling digital versions of my original short essay/story “Bedtime at the Bears”. I specifically enjoyed the use of zooburst.com and toondoo.com. The site Bubblr.com was not my favorite because none of the photographs were mine. I don’t think that project really came to together as something cohesive.
The ability to use web 2.0 tools to create digital stories is amazing to me. I have always meshed text with graphics but only with offline software like Photoshop Elements. I never knew all these tools existed and I am grateful for a class schedule that forced me to take the time to explore them.
Click here to view the project:
www.timetoast.com/timelines/100711
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