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Creative Education 2012. Vol.3, No.1, 96-100 Published Online February 2012 in SciRes (http://www.SciRP.org/journal/ce) /10.4236/ce.2012.31016 Digital Renaissance: The Creative Potential of Narrative Technology in Education Tony Hall School of Education, National University of Ireland, Galway, Ireland Email: tony.hall@nuigalway.ie Received November 12th th th , 2011; revised December 10 , 2011; accepted December 26 , 2011 This paper outlines research which explores the potential of narrative technology: the synergy of storytel- ling and computing to enhance creativity and creative education. The paper outlines the theoretical basis of the research: nöogenic narrative, which is informed by contemporary debates and themes in the educa- tional sciences. These include narrativity and storytelling in education; and positive and humanistic psy- chology. Furthermore, from an empirical/practical perspective, a number of examples of narrative tech- nology are presented and discussed. These exemplify the principal ways in which narrative technology has been deployed in the research-enhanced teaching outlined in this paper: as both a pedagogical, and as a reflective methodology. The paper concludes with insights regarding the deployment of narrative tech- nology to enhance creativity and creative education; and how the synergy of storytelling and compu