Presentation for Oklahoma State School Board Association (Celebrate Oklahoma Voices)

This past Saturday morning I (Wesley Fryer) presented with Dawn Danker at the Oklahoma State School Board Association (OSSBA) annual conference in Oklahoma City about our statewide oral history and digital storytelling project, Celebrate Oklahoma Voices. Dawn and I put together a new presentation about our project that was better organized and simpler than sessions [...]

Student Reporter interviews President Obama

Earlier this month student reporter Damon Weaver interviewed President Barack Obama, and the 10 minute interview was posted to YouTube: According to the school’s YouTube channel description: KEC TV is an award winning television news program that is broadcasted to the 500 students at KEC/Canal Point Elementary. The news program is completely produced by a [...]

Digital Witness to the U.S. Presidential Inauguration

Rene Hall’s video, “A Day to Remember,” is one of my favorite digital storytelling examples to share with others about the potential and power of people becoming “digital witnesses.” Find more videos like this on Celebrate Oklahoma Voices! Renee personifies the concept of a “digital witness” in this video because she powerfully communicated with images [...]

Welcome to our Storychasers blog

Welcome to our Storychasers blog! We’ve moved our learning community (in Drupal) over to the subdomain community.storychasers.org, and will be updating that site in the months ahead. Rather than have our learning community as our main website home, we’ve installed WordPress here and will be making numerous additions to it in upcoming weeks. As you [...]