I visited Tapped-In today and came across another tool for educators that I hadn’t noticed before………..the library.  In the library, I found resources for digital storytelling.  From there, I found another link where I learned about why digital storytelling has become such an important tool for classrooms.  This website referred to digital story as a new genre……..I found this very interesting that telling stories through the use of technology has now become its own genre.  Here is the definition I found on Adobe’s website:

digital storytelling is a special genre organized around using the author’s own voice as the centerpiece of content while artistically dancing multisensory elements into personal understandings about self, family, knowledge, ideas, events, or experiences. http://www.adobe.com/education/digkids/storytelling/allthebuzz.html

I feel like a digital story is really just a personal narrative or memoir that has been improved by incorporating technology into it. Why is it it’s own genre?  Is it because the audience can actually hear the author’s voice?  Any thoughts?