We must be quite familiar with storytelling
because when we were little babies, our sleep was accompanied with storytelling
done by our mom. As we grow up, our world is filled up by storytelling of
others and ourselves. But what is digital storytelling?
According to Educational Uses of Digital Storytelling, digital storytelling is the practice of
using computer-based tools to tell stories. What makes Digital Storytelling different
with the traditional storytelling is that the former one is developed through
the combination of the latter one and digital content, including images, sound,
and video.
From 7 Things You Should Know about Digital Storytelling we know that digital stories can be instructional,
persuasive, historical, or reflective. Therefore, digital storytelling can be
used as a part of classroom instruction between the teacher and students. For
teachers, it is a novel way of arousing students’ interest, involving students’
participation and awakening their creative potentials. Since most of our future
students must grow up with electronic products, combining traditional
storytelling with what they like and use a lot is a good way to arouse their
interest. With the new element, they are eager to participate and explore more.
During the process of producing their own stories, they must gain some new
skills or understanding about either the story topic or digital contents. For students, they could open their eyes and be interactive with
other classmates by sharing different digital contents and views from the same
story. Also, digital storytelling could be an impetus for them to explore more multimedia
tools to assist their study.
From the brief introduction and further
discussion of the use of digital storytelling, why don’t we try the new way of
storytelling in the classroom setting?
I hope that digital-storytelling proves to be as motivational as you make it sound!
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