Digital Storytelling
Using multimedia tools, students create digital stories incorporating text, images, audio, and video. This enhances their communication skills in the digital age. It also expands their creativity in using different tools and technology.
This is mind-blowing technology in that it can also be applied to students without advanced English language skills. According to Creative Educator, “For students who aren’t yet strong readers or confident speakers, or are new to the English language, creating digital stories provides an authentic opportunity to practice fluency. Digital stories are meant to be shown and shared; if you give your young learners headset microphones, they can record, listen, and rerecord until they are comfortable with their fluency and ready to incorporate their narration into the digital story.” This also helps kids begin their craft of writing, reading, and carefully listening (Creative Educator).