Digital Story Telling Benefits!

“When done as a part of programming, digital story telling can help build the 21st century skills that students will need to succeed in school and eventually in the modern workforce” (Czarnecki 2009). This is our job as educators; to prepare students for the modern workforce. If we are not using technology in the classroom we are hurting our students learning experience, hence hurting our future leaders of tomorrow. Along with many other software programs digital story telling is a great way to incorporate technology into the curriculum. Students will use images, audio, video, and many other applications to create a story. The students will be more engaged and the final product can be shared with a large audience. Students in the Online Leadership program run by Global Kids partnered with the New York Public Library and created digital stories. Their stories were presented at an annual festival for the public were they engaged their audience with the use of technology and displayed what they had learned and been able to do.

I wish I had quick time so I could have placed this video in my blog but unfortunetly I do not.
http://www.dtc.scott.k12.ky.us/technology/digitalstorytelling/garth911_T1.mov

You can also find more digital stories that students created from Georgetown, Kentucky at:
http://www.dtc.scott.k12.ky.us/technology/digitalstorytelling/studentstories.html


Reference:
Czarnecki, K. (2009). How digital story telling builds 21st century skills. Library Technology Reports, 45 (7), 15-19

Digital Storytelling

Digital storytelling is a multimedia project that can be used by most teachers to supplement their lesson plans because:

 It provides an opportunity to integrate technology into standard base classroom curriculum. For example student can learn how to use the digital camera to take a picture of images to develop and participate a a particular lesson. Click on URL:
http://polaris.umuc.edu/~jdasilva/edtc/Eagle.Harbor.html and it will further demonstrate how you can use the digital camera to capture very resourceful images.

 If the appropriate software is selected it can enhance pedagogical skills and stimulate student learning on a need-by-need basis. For example it can match the needs to develop the senses and potential for students with different learning abilities, such as seeing and hearing impairment students.

 Digital stories can be created to teach various subject areas and other topical issues that are required to promote student learning. For example this media can be used to conduct classroom tutorials with step-by-step instructions to promote further visual education awareness activities.


Question: Do think digital storytelling is a multimedia project that can be used by most teachers to supplement their lesson plans? Why?