Digital+Story+Telling+in+Education

by Nansei Hansen

Digital story telling is telling a story using text, images, and/or audio. Students and teachers can work together, a group of students or an individual can create fictional stories and/or non-fiction such as historical events, a day trip to the capital city of Japan, or a butterfly’s life cycle. Thus, it can be used for any subject. It also encourages students to be more involved in what they are learning. Story telling requires students “to reflect what they know” and apply their knowledge to create a story. It also not only allows students to revise their stories as often as they need, but also permits teachers to assess the students’ understanding and progress.In addition, Digital Story Telling allows students and teachers to connect with others from all over the world since digital stories can be shared with anyone in the world over the Internet.

There are many free web 2.0 tools for creating digital storytelling. Teachers can use appropriate tools according to the students’ age and technology skills. In addition to how it can be used in education, a few examples can be found below.

Digital Story Telling tools:

 * 1) 50 + Web 2.0 to use Telling a Story: http://50ways.wikispaces.com/
 * 2) Animoto: []
 * 3) Dvolver Movie Maker: []
 * 4) Extranomal: []
 * 5) Pixson (comic maker) [|http://www.pixton.com]
 * 6) Comic Life: http://comiclife.com/education
 * 7) Suggested methods for assessing digital storytelling (primary school): http://hubforteachers.discoveryeducation.com/taking-it-digital/rubrics-storyboards.cfm

__**The Seven Elements of Digital Storytelling**__

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Resources:
The University of Huston (2011). Educational Use of Digital Story Telling: [] Matthews-DeNatale. G (2008): //Digital storytelling.Tips and resources//. https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B39QmhZrfjG4N1JBT2hkQVZobHM/edit?pli=1