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**Camping**
by Lisa D'Angelo

We all know it can be scary to try new things. My story is about a 14 year old girl named Julie and her family. Her mom has the idea to go on a family camping trip and Julie is not so sure about it. This inspiration for this story came from my own sister who went through a similar experience.

The new skill I learned was how to use VoiceThread. First, I set up an account at voicethread.com, it was fast, easy, and FREE! I clicked on the Create tab and I was ready to get started. I had already saved all of my images from flickr in a folder, so I uploaded them using the Upload button along the side of the screen. By clicking and dragging I could move the images into the correct order for my story. Once I had that all done I had to figure out how to add narration to my story. Below the Upload button is a Comment button, with that I added audio. At first I had some trouble figguring out how to set up my headset and recording so I looked for help. I found tutorial videos under the MyVoice tab. There was one for a mac and a pc that helped me troubleshoot. The video showed me how to set up my microphone and how to add comments to each image, it was a very quick and easy process. After all of my comments were saved I was done! VoiceThread is a very simple program that I would recommend to anyone, especially those just entering the digital storytelling world. It is very basic, but with other features, such as the video doodling, I'm sure one can create much more.