We have partnered on VoiceThread, Animoto and Xtranormal projects in my former elementary school, and we had fun with Voki and Blabberize in another school. Even though teachers want to incorporate more technology into projects, I have never been able to convince a teacher to abandon paper posters and use Glogster to create "live" projects! Unfortunately, these collaborative forays into the digital storytelling realm have not all been smooth and golden! I think that the problem is that technology can be so undependable, and we cannot depend on the tools to work smoothly in the 30 or 40-minute periods in which we have to create the magic! Even as I created the above Glogster presentation as a trial for an upcoming music class, I encountered glitches and delays. Multiply this by 25 students, and things could get messy. That being said, using Power Point as an introduction to digital projects has helped teachers and students turn from paper and pencil presentations to m...