Joel – thanks for enjoying my post. I am feeling really bad for my readers as I am still in the middle of writing about Web 2.0 tools with students and have side tracked with sharing online video tools plus the famous multi-task post. I suggest you also check out our etools and tips for educators community. But I think I have already mentioned this to you? Bad news about MotionBox.

Alan – I checked out MyPick digital story. What can I say!!! Bugger would have made the list yesterday!

Well now story telling and what I do. ROFL well if you have watched my videos on my podcast site or any of my audio podcasts you would definitely know that I had no idea with planning – I just do!

Top Dog award well earned – hopefully some other readers will tell me if WA is the only State showing on their computer.

Kate – maybe we should get you to give us some lessons on the artist side. Happy with you to work on the audio with me – bearing in mind that I have a speech problem it will be interesting. I agree I think the JumpCut was the best.

Regarding the glimpses of Sue and her life this was all inspired Kate by your video which I had been meaning to do.

Sue

Motion Box has obvious advantages with the different file formats available. I’ll take this one for a spin using my smartphone, but I’m concerned at a couple of comments on crashing.

I found your JumpCut vid the best myself, but it stuttered a bit on my G4.

And thanks for a little look at you, your favourite chair, family, and Perth!

There is a blurry line between the video editing tools and the ones that allow audio narrated slideshows, which are, to me, actually a bit easier to create (no video camera needed) and to edit. I just played with myPlick (http://www.myplick.com/) which was about the easiest of ones I have tried for doing the synchronizing of sound to visual.

I would say however, that while my example I have used to try the tools puts it into the “digital storytelling camp”, my approach is that there are less differences than you think between that and what your aims are. I am totally interested in content of all kinds…. Some of my Voice Threads efforts are more audio explanation over a tour of screens, e.g. http://voicethread.com/maker.php?b=2957

The point is, whether you are doing a personal story or a how to clean a fish tank content piece, the process of planning your “story” ahead of time (an outline, storyboard, even a sketch on a napkin), and acquiring your assets *before* starting the media creation will give you more success in the end. Even a “training” segment has a purpose, and end in mind, as much as a story has an arc.

Anyhow, kudos to you for putting some effort into trying this, and as your comments show, inspiring some interest in others.

PS- Thanks for the top dog award, but its really just the limit of your monitor resolution