Digital Storytelling is a means of creating a technological narrative through the use of pictures, video, voice and text. The use of this innovative tool always professors, teachers, students and the everyday technologically aware person to put emotion and depth into their work. In the article,
Educause. the author states, "Digital stories can be instructional, persuasive, historical, or reflective" and "can be applied to nearly any subject."It is said that digital story telling is best done by a single individual, making it more personal, but can be applied to group projects.
How to get started:From Educause
- Start with a script.
- "The storyteller then assembles rich media to support the ideas and emotions in that script, including music or other audio effects, personal or public-
domain images, animations or video, and other electronic elements. "
- "The storyteller pieces together and edits the digital story, creating a short movie, usually about two to four minutes long, in one of various file formats."
The use of digital story telling can be used across a wide variety of subject areas and ages. From inside the classroom subjects, to more personal at-home projects this tool can showcase vacations, study abroad experiences for students, or other personally showcased ideas. When it comes to this tool, resources and possibilities are virtually endless.
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I hope you get the chance to explore some of these endless possibilities with your own students. It is often amazing how creative many students can be.
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