What are good methods/platforms/approaches to telling stories–whether they are historical, narrative, fictional, autobiographical–in digital forms? What are characteristics of digital stories and how do they differ from other types of non-digital stories? What effective digital storytelling assignments have you encountered?

While I’d rather discuss innovative assignments using cutting edge technologies, I’ve discovered one of the real challenges of digital pedagogy is figuring out how to assess learning outcomes and evaluate students’ work. Yes, let’s use Twitter in the classroom, create maps from datasets, and edit Wikipedia pages. But how do we assess it in a transparent and meaningful way for both students and ourselves?