Digital storytelling originates in Berkeley, California at the Center for Digital Storytelling (http://www.storycenter.org). Influenced by popular education, third world cinema, and the community documentary movement, digital storytelling values the power of story as a tool for self-discovery and reflection, community building and education, organizing, and advocacy. Digital stories (usually 2-5 minutes in length) are based on participants own experiences and told through their own first-person perspectives. Participants voices are recorded and integrated with photographs, letters, home videos, and other artifacts.