Here are some ideas for digital storytelling with primary sources from Mary Johnson's new book: Primary Source Teaching the Web 2.0 Way K-12 (Linworth: 2009):

• Invite a professional storyteller to tell stories and give storytelling tips.
• Create a digital history of the community.
• Create a graphic novel with historic photographs and comic callouts using ToonDoo, Comic  Life (purchased software), or another comic creation tool.
• Illustrate an original work of historical fiction using Scrapblog and primary source images.
• Interview an elderly friend or family member using questions from StoryCorps, edit sound track, add music and transitions, add images of artifacts or photographs.
• Research and record stories about places in the community and link the stories to a map of the community (called StoryMapping). Add short interviews with community members.