" ...images are intrinsic to digital storytelling’s communicative possibilities. Students use images to construct arguments connecting theory, history and story in their projects. "
Amerigo Vespucci
by Cavazos 2007
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Have you wondered why our continents are named after the Italian navigator Amerigo Vespucci instead of the Italian navigator Christopher Columbus? Learn how and why "America" got its name from Amerigo Vespucci
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<iframe width=640 height=480 frameborder=0 src=http://digitalstorytelling.coe.uh.edu/ds/dsembed.cfm?vid=87&w=640&h=480>
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