Digital Storytelling

Hello bloggers,

Digital Storytelling (DS) is authentic way of learning. Each story takes only a few minitues long, but it contains powerful message. There are some kinds of DS, narrative way of demonstrating and historical stories. Those stories can cover variety of topics that are; Maths, Language Arts, Medicine, History etc (Bernard, 2008).

I watched several DS on Marco's web site, some were dramatic and unforgettable. I felt that was very realistic, explicit and also persuasive. The visual information and the auditory information made me to consider what message the story contains, . I learned directly what I saw and hear then felt from the story.

They are technologically suvvy 21st learners. DS is suits for both learner and teacher for their learning (Central Queensland University, 2009).

To make DS, it is challenging task students have to have higher-level thinking, task analysis and problem solving skills (Moore, D & Powell, N, 2005). I think this activity is appropreate to university students or Year11, 12 students.


Regards,

Shiho


References


Bernard, R. (2008). The educational uses of digital story telling. Retrieved on September 11, 2009, from http://digitalstorytelling.coe.uh.edu/index.html


Central Queensland University. (2009). Student-centred technologies. Retrieved on September 18, 2009, from http://moodle.cqu.edu.au/mod/resource/view.php?id=696

Moore, D & Powell, N. (2005). Digital story telling? Retrieved on September 11, 2009, from http://www.district87.org/technology/dv/