Monday, June 15, 2009

Digital Storytelling

A great example of digital storytelling is Brenda Dyck's "Find a story, Map a story, and Tell a story" website. Dyck created a website to help people get started with storytelling by using different online resources. Online storytelling enables a teacher to provide effective guidelines to aid children in using online resources to create their stories. The site provides a step by step rubric on how to set up an online storytelling map.

Another example of digital story telling is by using power point. Power point is a great tool that allows students and teachers to create their own story telling resource. By using power point, a student can embed videos, voice threads, and photos to make their stories with digital effects. These different resources help make digital storytelling a part of project-based learning. The student will collect data to draw conclusions and impact their research. All of the researched theories can be transposed onto the power point.

Digital storytelling is extremely effective because it allows students to learn inside and outside the classroom. A teacher can support and structure what the child is learning. Also, digital storytelling can foster comprehension development by allowing the children to research on their own.

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