StoryMaps (an Esri product) is an online software that allows you to combine maps, photos, videos, and audio files to tell a story. There are free and paid versions of StoryMaps. This guide created by a librarian at USG has information and resources for creating a StoryMap. You can also find help on Esri's StoryMap Resources page. Below are examples of StoryMaps.
Poster Sessions: a research poster should be designed so that the importance of the project and what the findings mean can be explained quickly and clearly.
More details: please refer to the Priddy Library Workshop Guide on Research Posters for tips on creating and presenting your research poster.
Omeka is perhaps the most well known and widely used open-source web-publishing platform for libraries, museums, archives, and storytelling enthusiasts
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A podcast is a serial audio event in which talk hosts lead discussions about given issues. Some of the most popular or famous podcasts come from publishers like NPR (“This American Life”), The New York Times (“The Daily”), and iHeart Radio (“Stuff You Should Know”). Podcasts are taped using audio recording software (i.e. Adobe Audition) and broadcast on RSS feeds such as Spotify.
Podcasts are usually disseminated in a serial format (i.e. one episode a week). Users download podcast episodes over the Internet using a variety of apps (i.e. Apple Podcasts).
To get set up to record and disseminate a podcast, all you will need is a computer, an audio recording software, and a microphone. Bring stories to life.
“Those Who Were There” (Museum of Jewish Heritage):
“Those Who Were There: Voices from the Holocaust is the only Holocaust history podcast dedicated to bringing the firsthand testimony of Holocaust survivors, liberators, and witnesses out of the archives. This season features 10 survivor testimonies recorded by the Museum of Jewish Heritage – A Living Memorial to the Holocaust in affiliation with the Fortunoff Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies. This season’s episodes are described below.”
“12 Years That Shook the World” (United States Holocaust Memorial Museum):
“12 Years That Shook the World explores stories of real people, the choices they made, and specific moments in Holocaust history from 1933–1945. This podcast is released annually.”
“On the Holocaust” (The World Holocaust Remembrance Center):
“'On the Holocaust' brings together historians and experts from Yad Vashem - the World Holocaust Remembrance Center, who present new perspectives on the Holocaust, exploring its untold stories and unknown heroes.”
Documentaries about the holocaust abound. Some of the most prominent examples include:
Shoah (Lansmann, 1985).
Night and Fog (Resnais, 1956).
The Last Days (1998).
Memory of the Camps (1985).
Documentary films use a variety of techniques to bring history to life. Some of these strategies include:
Parallax historical photography animation: an animation technique that divides a still photograph into depth layers to make it seem like the image is moving within itself.
Ken Burns Effect: A video technique that makes still images come to life by resizing them or moving them across the screen.
Video montage: a series of moving images spliced together to make a new meaning from disparate parts.
Voiceover: An audio narrative layered over moving images bringing context/explanation to the video
Interview: A documentary technique in which primary source observers or witnesses are asked questions by the filmmaker (usually off-screen or unseen) to bring the story to life.
Reenactment: A storytelling technique in which a real event is recast in a fictional environment by actors on a set.
Some of the most commonly used video editing software are:
Adobe Premiere
iMovie (mac)
Windows Movie Maker (PC)
Vegas (PC)