Digital Storytelling!
Digital
storytelling can be explained as multimedia movies that combine photographs,
video, animation, sound effects, music, text, and voice over. This type of
technology can be made to meet various classroom needs. Digital storytelling can
be implemented in the following ways: a virtual tour of a country or historical
place, public service announcement, storyboard, to show new knowledge, simulate
an interview of a historical character, explain classroom rules, book summary
or review, and even social stories. By the looks of all of the needs that can
be met with digital storytelling, it would be crazy for any teacher to not use
digital storytelling in the classroom! Digital storytelling can be tailored to
meet the needs of both lower and higher elementary grades, as well as with any
subject area. Some digital storytelling apps include the following: Storybird
(free), Animation & Drawing Doink ($4.99), Mystory (free), and Teallagami
(free). All of these are great digital storytelling apps, and this is not even
half of the apps that are out there for this purpose. There are so many more
digital storytelling apps out there, it just depends on what your personal
preference is, and what your students are creating with them. I really like the
Teallagami storytelling app. I feel that this one is very user friendly, and
that it meets the needs of the digital storytelling activities I would like to implement
in my classroom. I can see myself using Teallagami to provide digital
storytelling experiences in my classroom by implementing activities such as: virtual tours of a country or historical places,
to simulate an interview of a historical character, book reviews, and social
stories. Digital storytelling creates endless opportunities for the students in
the classroom. The students are able to share their knowledge that they gained
from the content in the instruction, share their knowledge in unique ways, and
create a product that engages the students while also leading them to another
learning experience as they are creating their digital story. Digital
storytelling also allows the students to learn important 21st
century skills. The students are able to be creative as they create their digital
story and use the many features that are included to personalize their digital story.
Critical thinking is used as they brainstorm the topic they are addressing, and
how the design and layout needs to be for their digital story. The students are
also communicating, as they are recording their voice to serve as the voice
over for the digital story. Lastly, the students are collaborating as they work
in cooperative groups to make decisions with their peers as they create their digital
story. After students create these digital stories, the students can then
present their stories to the class. This opportunity would also allow for the
skills of communication and collaboration to be used once more in this learning
experience. Digital storytelling allows students to explore different ways of how
to show their knowledge, while also being able to express their self and put
their own creative touch into the product.
The link below lists the top 17 free apps for digital storytelling! Browse through them and see which app is the best one for your students!
Still need some more reasons as to why implementing digital storytelling in your classroom is such a great idea? Well check out this link to read 6 more reasons why digital storytelling is so great!
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