Stories have been told since the beginning of time. People gathering to tell and exchange tales of life or adventure. Spoken stories turned to books and books to movies and now digital story telling is the newest means through which stories are told. Digital story telling is a method that utilizes apps to tell a story combining audio, pictures, video, music, sound effects, etc. This method combines a multitude of elements to create a story experience. Digital story telling is a valuable tool in the classroom. It can be most useful as students learn how to create sequence, telling a story step by step. Students can work on retelling stories, practice writing skills, identify parts of a story, use and apply academic vocabulary and much more. Literacy is a critical skill that all students must learn in the classroom. Digital story telling is an engaging and authentic way to support student's skills. Students have an almost limitless potential to create using digital story telling methods. For example, the website storybird.com allows to students to select pictures, arrange them, and write the text to a story. Students build and practice writing skills, work on sequencing, and are able to share their work. Again students can utilize the app Chatterpix Kids. This app allows students to select a picture, draw a line for a mouth, record audio, and the mouth will speak it. This could be especially useful for giving an oral report. Students can use this app and many other digital story telling apps to practice the four areas of language learning: reading, writing, listening, and speaking. Here is an example of an innovative use of digital story telling:
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AuthorMolly Goltl Archives
April 2017
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