Storytelling--Let's do it in digital ways

You can learned some basic concepts of digital storytelling in "7 Things You Should Know About Digital Storytelling". By combining the art of telling stories with graphic, audio, video and Web publishing,

we created digital storytelling. The resources available to incorporate into a digital story are virtually limitless; they made digital stories instructional, persuasive, historical or reflective.

Digital storytelling can be used to facilitate various learning styles and connect to students’ interest in technology. There are storytelling programs promoting the notion that user with little or technical background should be able to create digital stories. In fact, a number of simple applications can be used to make digital stories, for example VoiceTread. The storyteller can use a script and add audio effects or images into the story to rich and support the emotions and ideas in it.

Creating digital stories would benefit students from thinking critically about effective combinations among audio and visual elements. It’s not just combining things together in whatever ways. Students have to think how to use them to support their ideas and consider how their audience would be attracted into their stories. Thus they could improve their logic thinking and challenge themselves to do their best while searching for resources and making decisions to accomplish their goals.

Digital storytelling can be used both by teachers and students. As I said above, digital storytelling could be a good way to assign students to tasks such like presentations and brainstorms. Students would share their stories and get feedback from others. They can improve communicating skills and competences of expressing ideas. Teachers could use digital storytelling to connect students’ interests with various topics. A history story would not be boring with pictures and sound effects in early childhood education. You could find more inspiration in "The educational uses of storytelling."