"For example, students learned that it takes courage to share their stories publicly; they risk judgment from others. But once they develop confidence and commitment to the storytelling process, students can generate many new insights related to media production as a vehicle for engagement with culture identity work through producing short videos and by remixing and repurposing existing media content to tell new stories."
What a great thing to instill in our students - confidence!! In addition to the skills they learn through the digital storytelling process, the ability to instill the confidence to tell their story is something that will stay with them their whole life and do more to promote success than almost anything else they gain in school. I also liked another point that was made in this article, and that is that creating a digital story is an important part of critical media literacy in that the creative process helps students gain an even better understanding of digital media.
Ramist, R., Doerr-Stevens, C., & Jacobs, W. (2010). The pedagogy of digital storytelling in the college classroom. seminar.net International Journal of Media, Technology & Lifelong Learning,6(2), Retrieved from http://www.seminar.net/index.php/volume-6-issue-2-2010/145-the-pedagogy-of-digital-storytelling-in-the-college-classroom
I like this video because it gives teachers the students' perspective on why digital storytelling is meaningful to them...
micornhusker. (2009).Digital storytelling - student perspective. [Web Video]. Retrieved from http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BU1SkaTsv78
This was interesting to watch! Thank-you!
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