If digital stories are going to survive in education, they need to be tied to the curriculum and used to strengthen students' critical thinking, report writing, and media literacy skills (Ohler)
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I agree with this statement. In this new digital age full of digital media, games, and massive computer use, teaching children these skills in the context of academics is a way to teach and keep them focused and having fun. Writing reports is boring; but making it into a photostory is fun and inovative. It gives them the freedom of expression, and gets thier creative minds to work. They are still learning to do research and using critical thinking based on that research, but its fun. To help tie this in and to better judge thier work (for teachers) not only by thier photo story but have them write a small 1-2 page report on what they learned. Peer review is also an excillent way for them to get feed back and validation for thier work. All in all using photo story is cool.
References:
Ohler, J. (2005). The World of Digital Story Telling. Education Leadership, 63(4), (December 2005/January 2006), 44-47.
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I found this article went well with the reading. It reiderates the ideas of using digital storytelling in the classroom as a not only a fun activity but a learning tool as well.
Lunce, C. (2011). Digital Storytelling as an Educational Tool. Indiana Libraries, 30(1), 77-80.
good thoughts and quote.
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