Digital Storytelling Guide for Educators

by Midge Frazel

Storytelling is an age-old art form. With Web 2.0 and the tools already available on most computers, students can use text, music, sound effects, videos, and more to create a multimedia presentation that links them to the world beyond the classroom. Storytelling has the potential to unleash creativity, engage, and motivate. Applicable across the curriculum, digital storytelling teaches students to work collaboratively and use new technologies, skills they will be required to have in the workforce of the future. This book offers an overview of digital storytelling as well as its variations, including e-portfolios, digital photo essays, and scrapblogs. The many recommendations, overviews, and explanations of digital storytelling tools, along with lists of additional digital storytelling resources, will help educators to apply this exciting technology in their classrooms. Educators will also discover the ways digital storytelling can be used for their own professional development. Digital Storytelling Guide for Educators provides detailed directions to preparation, production, and presentation, and rounds out with a discussion on creating rubrics and evaluating student work. Readers will come away with an understanding of digital stories and the tools needed to create them. * Assessment rubrics for each stage of digital storytelling
* Aligns digital storytelling to the NETS for Students
* Each chapter includes a list of resources and links Topics -Web 2.0
-multimedia
-presentations
-professional development
-e-portfolios
-web 2.0 tools The International Society for Technology in Education (ISTE) is the trusted source for professional development, knowledge generation, advocacy and leadership for innovation. ISTE is the premier membership association for educators and education leaders engaged in improving teaching and learning by advancing the effective use of technology in PK-12 and teacher education. Home of the National Educational Technology Standards (NETS), the Center for Applied Research in Educational Technology (CARET), and ISTE's annual conference (formerly known as the National Educational Computing Conference, or NECC), ISTE represents more than 100,000 professionals worldwide. We support our members with information, networking opportunities, and guidance as they face the challenge of transforming education. Some of the areas in which we publish
-Web. 2.0 in the classroom-RSS, podcasts, and more
-National Educational Technology Standards (NETS)
-Professional development for educators and administrators
-Integrating technology into the classroom and curriculum
-Safe practices for the Internet and technology
-Educational technology for parents

Genres: Nonfiction

158 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 2010

Reviews

[Midge Frazel]

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[Y.Y. · Rating 4 out of 5]

I started looking into digital storytelling recently and found this book at the local library. It is full of practical ideas and steps on how to get started in teaching digital storytelling. There are so many helpful websites and resources listed at the end of every chapter and I'm excited to explore them and try them all out at some point. I like the idea of using digital storytelling to connect to the community and to learn about family history. I think these topics are rarely talked about or discussed in the regular curriculum. Digital storytelling can definitely be used in inquiry based, problem based, project based, and self-directed learning. It's also incredibly engaging for students to be involved in creating their own digital stories from preparation, production to the presentation stages. I would love to try this with students! I wonder how receptive HK schools and parents would be to this way of teaching but I see a lot of potential in developing a curriculum for this.

[Maricel David · Rating 4 out of 5]

I am thinking of the new project for my homeschooled son, and now I am excited to present him the digital storytelling. Links are useful likewise the styles and processes presented on this book. Can't wait for the new output.

[Lynn · Rating 4 out of 5]

Frazel, like other authors of digital storytelling books, emphasizes that 'storytelling is always about the story;' emphasis on the media fitting the narrative; students write and write and write long before ever sitting at a computer; and that students should know where they got their online images. He devotes a chapter each to Preparation, Production, Presentation, and Evaluation. These correspond nicely to the Big 6. She points out that students need a different skill set when prevention face-to-face rather than online. She discusses family histories, community bridges, and points out that teachers who blog are already doing digital storytelling! She ends with a list of useful, thoughtful questions that any educator should take time to think through before starting a digital project.

[Jeffry · Rating 4 out of 5]

Interesting book with some practical advice and a solid foundation in pedagogy.