Bernajean Porter defines digital storytelling as “a very special genre…organized around the author’s  own voice as the centerpiece of content …mixed with multisensory elements like movie, stills, and sound…about personal understandings of self or family maybe knowledge, ideas, or experiences…merged through the power of technical tools.”

Bernajean Porter has become synonymous with Digital Storytelling.  She is described as “ a digital storytelling guide” on the DigiTales website at http://www.digitales.us/about/about_bernajean.php.

In Bernajean Porter’s interview with Tim Wilson, she talks about the skills attained through the implementation of Digital Storytelling.  An excerpt from this podcast can be found at http://www.birdville.k12.tx.us/instech/podcast/mcknight/ , titled Digital Storytelling Skills, The Baker’s Dozen.  The baker’s dozen skills include:

1.       Cognitive Apprenticeship

2.       Creative / Inventive Thinking

3.       Higher Order Thinking

4.       Enduring Understanding

5.       Visual Literacy

6.       Technology Skills

7.       Information Literacy

8.       Communication

9.       Multiple Intelligence

10.   Team Work / Collaboration

11.   Project Management

12.   Exploiting Infinity

 The entire interview with Tim Wilson, The Savvy Technologist, can be accessed at http://technosavvy.org/2006/04/18/bernajean-porter-digital-storytelling-part-2/.