Bernajean Porter, who is kind enough to frequently retweet my entries here on A Storied Career, made a lovely comment on yesterday’s entry. Since comments are a bit obscured here, I thought I’d bring it to the forefront as Bernajean deserves much credit for all she does for storytelling:

I have spent the last three years promoting digital storytelling as a means for educators to learn to read/write multimedia AS WELL as discovering the art of storytelling as powerful communication. See my StoryKeepers Gallery for both adult and student digital storytelling @ www.Digitales.us. Many see digital storytelling as an elementary language arts skills — unserious —extra. However as I facilitate their personal journey in finding and sharing a digital storytelling, no one leaves without deeply appreciating the power of storytelling in changing lives, cultures and experiences. YES to the 21st century skill — and much thanks to this site and others who give me a chance to point to the role of storytelling in the professional world beyond school. thank you thank you

Bernajean’s StoryKeepers Gallery is indeed well worth checking out.

Bernajean also conducts fascinating digital-storytelling teaching in Second Life, something I can barely begin to wrap my head around.

I don’t write as much as I could about digital storytelling here because I feel it’s such an explosive growth field that has many other outlets that cover it better than I could. But it’s important to pay respects to some of the pioneers and leaders of the field, like Bernajean.

I love Bernajean’s words about “the power of storytelling in changing lives, cultures and experiences.

Brava, Bernajean!