Objective:
Get acquainted with digital storytelling without being concerned with file formats, equipment availability, or editing techniques --we'll get to all of that soon enough. In this exercise, we want to focus on the essence of telling a story over time (as compared to telling a story in a single, still photograph). Your search story should have a beginning, a middle, and an end. Something should happen to the main character who is pre-determined in this case to be the person typing the search queries. Your story should match the narrative (typed search) with the visuals (you'll get to choose between search results, maps, images, blogs, etc.). In the process of creating your story, you will have an opportunity to select from pre-set music samples --you must choose, but choose wisely, so the the music complements the rest of the story and accentuates rather than competes with the tone or mood.

In a nutshell, you'll be creating a digital story without breaking a sweat working with the technology. Along the way, you'll also activate your own personal YouTube channel if you haven't already.