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Podcast Launch Features New Year’s Resolutions

We are pleased to announce the launch of the Ancestry Project podcast. The first episode is “New Year’s Resolutions” and features student and teacher PDF and audio streams and downloads (free MP3 download for registered users). The episode discusses an article by psychologist David DeSteno. In the excerpt, read by Mike Simpson, the concept of…

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How Narrative and Storytelling Engage Memory and Inspire Learning

The Edutopia article “The Neuroscience of Narrative and Memory,” by Judy Willis, offers some insights into the value of storytelling in classroom instruction. Willis is an author, neurologist and educator, who has presented on video games and education at TedX. Her books include: “Teaching the Brain to Read: Strategies for Improving Fluency, Vocabulary, and Comprehension,”…

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Story Center Webinars on Digital Storytelling 2017

Note: As of May 10, 2017, Ancestry Project’s first free course, “Introduction to Digital Storytelling is live and open to new participants. Register to join the course now (free throughout 2017). Are you interested in learning more about digital storytelling? Why not take a one hour webinar with the famed Center for Digital Storytelling? Throughout…