Digital storytelling is the use of technology to  tell a story. In digital storytelling, it incorporates the form of telling a story with a number of multimedia like audio, video, and Web designing. Digital storytelling  is not relatively new to many individuals. In fact, they have been used in community centers, schools, libraries, businesses, and more. A unique concept is that you can  feel as though you are actually put into a certain place and this can be done by reading,  The Dawn Wall written by The New York Times.  You have the ability to  move your mouse all over this three dimensional picture of a side of a mountain, which  also has more information to the left of it. Digital storytelling creates a new and exciting experience for you, the  audience.  

You can explore more in depth at The New York Times article The Dawn Wall  and Educational Uses of Digital Storytelling.