Digital Storytelling

Digital storytelling is the act of using technology resources to create a story on the computer. Digital storytelling allows educators to teach children the elements of storytelling and topics in a way that allows them to be creative and enjoy the lesson. The stories can be created by all students on any subject. The student can find media pieces, images, audio, text, and or music to create a digital story. Digital storytelling motivates children to express themselves and their learning in creative ways. It can be done on programs like imovie. I really appreciate that the digital storytelling challenges the children in new ways while teaching them basics about writing skills that will be essential for their future. Digital storytelling is beneficial in the classroom in a multitude of ways. It is an innovative way for children to develop their abilities as a writer, establish voice, confidence, and structured, organized and sequenced writing.

Here are some of the useful websites I found on digital storytelling:

http://www.infotoday.com/MMSchools/jan02/banaszewski.htm

http://electronicportfolios.com/digistory/

http://digitalstorytelling.coe.uh.edu/