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Tell a Story,
Become a
Lifelong Learner
When the ancient tradition of storytelling meets
the digital age, learning blossoms.
Digital Storytelling Learning Projects
Contents
Tell a Story,
Become a
Lifelong Learner
Digital Storytelling Learning Projects: A Great Way to Engage and Inspire Students ...................1
The Learning Power of Digital Storytelling .........................................................................................3
Great Synergy: Collaborative Learning Projects Plus Digital Storytelling .......................................4
Digital Storytelling Learning Projects Basics 1: A Good Story ..........................................................7
Digital Storytelling Learning Projects Basics 2: A Clear Collaborative Process ..............................9
Tools for Telling a Great Digital Story ...............................................................................................12
Try These Microsoft Ofice PowerPoint Digital Storytelling Projects ...........................................................13
Try These Photo Story Digital Storytelling Projects ...........................................................................................17
Try These Windows Live Movie Maker Digital Storytelling Projects ............................................................20
More Ideas for Digital Storytelling Projects ..........................................................................................................23
The Power of Stories in the 21st Century ..........................................................................................25
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Writing digital stories
ignites a love of learning
and creates powerful
teaching stories for others
to share and enjoy.
“Teach me in new ways. Connect with me.”
“Be THAT teacher.”
“I want to be creative. Let people hear my voice.”
“Believe in my ability. I’m not looking for Hollywood.”
“I want to be a storyteller.”
“Train me.”
Digital Storytelling
Learning Projects
A Great Way to Engage
and Inspire Students
These words, from a digital story a student created, speak for many students today. Students want
to be engaged in their own learning and inspired to develop their skills and talents, and they
want to tell stories using technology. Watch this powerful plea to teachers,
.
By incorporating digital storytelling projects into learning, you can reach today’s students and,
at the same time, help them to develop the skills they need to be successful in our complex,
technology-rich world.
Digital storytelling learning projects may not be a cure-all for reluctant learners, bored students,
students who have trouble retaining information, or those who are chronically late – but the
experience of students and teachers in classrooms around the world conirms that this approach
to learning is an exciting and compelling way to engage students in the learning process and to
inspire them to become lifelong learners.
Tell a Story, Become a Lifelong Learner
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Project learning
helps students.
• Learn by doing
• Learn together
• Learn conlict resolution
• Invest in their
own learning
• Develop their creativity
• Learn according
to their needs
• Learn how to learn
• Network and publish
their indings
Students at Life Academy in the San Francisco Bay Area – having worked together on a digital writing project about
immigration in which they interviewed family members, wrote and revised scripts, and produced videos that they
presented to a public audience – responded enthusiastically to this learning process. Several spoke of how proud they
were of what they had written and produced. Others noted that they voluntarily put in more time and effort because
they were dealing with issues that mattered to them.
to hear these students and their two teachers talk about what made this semester-long
history project so powerful for the class and the community.
Their experience shows many of the educational beneits of digital storytelling learning projects in action – engagement
with real-world issues, careful analysis, excitement about learning, investment in their own performance, conlict
resolution, community connections, and much more.
Teachers and education experts are as enthusiastic as students are about this approach to learning. Many teachers have
noted their
when they work on digital storytelling projects. They may also be more likely to do
their homework and to come to class eager to work. In the
Yumi Matsui
cites another advantage: “Digital Stories give voice to those who don’t always participate in class.” And, as National
Writing Project experts reported in a
using digital media in the classroom improves
lifelong learning.
As this book will demonstrate, you don’t need trained consultants, expensive equipment, or an entire semester to give
your students the opportunity to participate in digital storytelling learning projects and to become lifelong learners. With
just two or three class periods, a few good ideas and guidelines, and readily available software and digital equipment,
they can create digital stories that both you and they can be proud of.
Project learning has already proven itself.
Students who work together on long-term projects are less likely to be absent. They also develop cooperation and
communication skills, practice problem-solving and critical-thinking skills, and improve their test scores. When students
integrate technology into their projects, these beneits increase.
Telling digital stories enhances technology-rich project learning. Ask most students which they would rather do – write a
traditional paper or create a digital story that presents their research and learning – and they will tell you, “Create a digistory!”
Students of all ages enjoy creating stories, and more and more students are eager to use technological tools to create those
stories. Digital storytelling, the art of combining storytelling with some mixture of digital graphics, text, recorded audio
narration, video, and music to communicate information about a speciic theme or topic, enables them to do both at once.
But digital storytelling is not just frivolous play; it is serious play with a big educational payoff, because the process of
constructing digital stories inspires students to dig deeper into their subject, to think more complexly about it, and to
communicate what they have learned in a more creative way. When students write scripts together, for example,
they have to decide how to blend different languages, voices, and ideas, and they have to agree on what tone and
angle to use.
More information.
Project learning concepts,
educational beneits, and
examples.
How the real-world approach
of project learning motivates
students.
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