Education Faculty Publications

Digital Storytelling: Extending the Potential for Struggling Writers

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

2009

Journal Title

The Reading Teacher

Volume

63

First Page

384

Last Page

395

Abstract

The article presents information about understanding and using digital technologies in the classroom to enhance the learning process. Some of the new literacies used in the classroom that require understanding include technological or computer literacy, visual literacy, media literacy, and information literacy. The article explains the value to students in creating digital stories, stories consisting of still images with a narrated soundtrack. An explanation of the use of digital stories to improve student writing is also presented.

Keywords

Digital storytelling, teaching methods, information literacy

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