After reading the University of Houston Education Department's website on Digital Storytelling, I learned a lot about this movement in education. Digital Storytelling involves using all kinds of multi-media to tell various types of story. It utilizes a broad range of technology such as videos, music, narration, text, and images to portray a story. It keeps alive the love of storytelling even when physical books are rarely, if ever, used. This tool also can create collaboration between students as students can make their own digital story and allow others to see. Students also must go out and find resources from information to videos to picture and employ technology to put this all together into a polished product. There are many different resources that teachers and students can use to make these products as seen in Christopher Pappas's 18 Digital StoryTelling Tools For Teachers and Students. This includes apps like the ACMI Generator and Storybird.
Example 1: Digital Stories can be about a variety of topics. Click the link below to view a digital story that is a personal reflection on how watching television shows on television inspired this author to pursue a career in that field:
http://digitalstorytelling.coe.uh.edu/video/Medical%20Shows-Bethany%20Sacks.mp4
Example 2: Digital Stories can be about a variety of topics. Click the link below to view a digital story that explores what constitutes a historical hero:
Example 3: Digital Stories can be about a variety of topics. Click the link below to view a digital story that explores how the camera was developed.
http://digitalstorytelling.coe.uh.edu/video/camera%20obscura.mp4
Bonus Content: V.R. and A.R. in Digital Storytelling
One really cool trend with Digital Storytelling is the use of virtual and augmented reality. Not only can viewers hear and see the stories, but also either 'digitally transport' themselves there or view the story with their current environment. Students can now be fully immersed in digital stories and I think that this aspect of Digital Storytelling will engage modern-day students more than books could.
http://digitalstorytelling.coe.uh.edu/video/camera%20obscura.mp4
Bonus Content: V.R. and A.R. in Digital Storytelling
One really cool trend with Digital Storytelling is the use of virtual and augmented reality. Not only can viewers hear and see the stories, but also either 'digitally transport' themselves there or view the story with their current environment. Students can now be fully immersed in digital stories and I think that this aspect of Digital Storytelling will engage modern-day students more than books could.
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