Digital storytelling is an innovative way to teach concepts in the classroom through a medium with which students are both familiar and motivated to use. The beauty of digital storytelling is that it can serve as a dynamic teaching tool for educators as well as an exciting learning tool for student-based projects.
Story MapThe story map is the first step in the process of creating a digital story. It lays out the story from beginning to end, providing an overview of the transformational change that drives the action and makes the story worth telling.
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Story scriptThe story script lays out the foundation for the narration of the digital story and serves as the template for the story table.
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story tableThe story table maps the plan for pairing the dialogue and visual images before production of the digital story begins.
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Reflection |
Digital storytelling rubric |
A personal reflection on using digital storytelling with students and how new media projects inform the lives of students as digital citizens.
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A sample rubric for evaluating a new media memoir project assigned to students in an 8th grade English classroom.
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