Digital storytelling

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Digital storytelling is very common now a day, movies, pop singer, commercial advertising, politics and many others use this type of media to share information or experience with others. What is digital storytelling? In 7 Things You Should Know About Digital Storytelling, it explained as the practice of combining narrative with digital content including images, sound, and video, to create a short movie, typically with a strong emotional component. Beginning with a script, the storyteller then assembles rich media to support the ideas and emotions in that script, including music or other audio effects, personal or public domain images, animations or video, and other electronic elements.

I would assign my students to try making digital story on some specific topics to keep them familiar with the multimedia and technologies. This not only teaches students that technologies can be combined in all fields, but also gives them a chance to present themselves and explore in other possibilities. Students will also be more motivated in the subject, and while they are searching more materials, they gain more insight of the topic they are researching..

I would use digital story telling in both individual and group project.  The Educational Uses of Digital Storytelling mentioned that the storytelling range from personal tales to the recounting of historical events, from exploring life in one's own community to the search for life in other corners of the universe, and literally, everything in between. Thus, students can

Individual work: I will assign students individual project before trying group project. I will assign them topics such like introducing their favorite movie star or pop singer, introduce their favorite or special hobby, tell a story about your most unforgettable experience or memory, a wonderful trip they took before or so on. I want every one of them to try their best to make their own stories and get more familiar with digital storytelling.

Group work: After everyone had made their own project and showed to the rest of the class, I will assign them a more difficult and longer storytelling with topics related to the course subjects. Topics will be like WWII, Gandhi, Pompeii, the great canyon and many others. Students in groups are required to gather information about the topic, including interviews, videos, songs or other manners they can find. The video must contain everyone’s work and the quality of the film must meet a certain standard.