Open source Storyboard tool

When you are writing scenarios for your educational video or your digital storytelling project I found a nice tool to support you.



The tool, that can be used for Windows, Linux and Mac OS, is available in 20 languages including Chinese, Russian and Dutch. It is free to download.

On the website they say about it:

Celtx is the world's first fully integrated solution for media pre-production and collaboration. It replaces old fashioned 'paper, pen & binder' media creation with a digital approach to writing and organizing that's more complete, simpler to work with, and easier to share.

I'm not sure if they are the first but I know for sure that this application works intuitive and it is a very complete environment. You can even add functionality if you are using the (paid) webservices.

But even without the webservice you get a complete set of useful functionalities. You can use Celtx in the different production phases, the main areas where you can use it:

- WRITING TOOLS (scripting, index cards, etc.)
- PRE-VISUALIZATION TOOLS (storyboarding, etc.)
- ORGANIZATION TOOLS (scheduling, back up, etc.)

So far I used mainly the storyboarding tool and that one is enough reason to download the package.

Want to be a cartoon master?

If you have the wish to become a 'Cartoon Master', you can start with this funny and interesting e-Learning module.

You can walk through this tutorial for free and will learn all the basic principles on how to create cartoon like animations. It is a clear explanation with a great use of animations to explain the concepts. The style of this tutorial is fun but it also holds sound information.

So if you are using cartoon animations for e.g. you digital storytelling, this one is for you. If you are interested in the use of animations to explain concepts, this is also an example for you.

They also promise a new tutorial on how to create animations on the computer, I can't wait! Beep beep, here I come!

Number of physicians per 1000 people?

Data are hard to understand for a lot of people. Above a certain number it is hard to realize what it means exactly. Enormous list and endless graphs clarify it a bit but still…

The website Gapminder presents lots of information in a very attractive and effective way. You will find things like lectures but one of the parts I like the most is the Gapminder World 2006. This website, powered by Trendalyzer, enables you to explore the changing world from your own computer. Moving graphics show how the development of all countries by the indicators you choose.


It is a very flexible and interactive way to explore data. You can compare different countries (look for your own!), you can compare population, number of internet users, physicians per 1000 people etc. And you see these parameters evolve over the years. Great!

Click here to see an example.