Why Choose Visual Stories

Single Images (Still photos, paintings, etc) convey strong emotion, a single point or mood

They can speak more loudly than words, especially in this image-centered era

Images can show things differently, and show different things.

Digital Tools

Soundslide  (It is not free, but what professionals use; also invites audio)

Look at Alan Levine's List of Storytelling Tools

Publishing

• Calendars
• Artshows (Visions of the Now and of the Future) Example of an Online Exhibition

• Photo-stories pinned to map in town (or online via Community Almanac)
• Postcards or eCards  Example from Minnesota
• Slide-stories (Stories in Five Images)  Example from Minnesota and from Maine
• Before-and-After Photo Displays in the library, at school, in the newspaper
• Comic stories online or in a 'zine
• Collages as Posters or Online (glogster example)
• Murals about town    Example from Canada, another from Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan, one from Philadephia, one from Duke University's Face Up! Project, from high school students in Denver--a mural club,  a series from Chemainus, British Columbia
• Digital & Mural Combinations  UCLA example
• At a story klatch, bring photos to stir the conversation/story pot