Digital Storytelling

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OK...I am not breaking new ground here. Digital Storytelling has been around for a while and there are a lot of resources to help understand how they work. What I do believe, is that they are not be used enough. Students have a natural attraction to different media and digital stories offers them the opportunity to really bring out their creative side while also getting them to write. Take a look at this LINK for example. Here we have a group of grade 7 and 8 boys creating a quick story that is, A) in their interest area, and B)giving them a reason to want to write.

They also have an authentic audience to receive their product via the wikispace that has been created to house their material.

Using digital storytelling in any class; math to teach a math concept, social studies to show routes of explorers or science to show experiments and labs will engage the student in the classroom and provide a more meaningful learning experience.