For me as a History/English teacher I could use digital storytelling in assessments and everyday classes by asking students to act out their own interpretation of a book or a significant event in History. This allows the student to be creative with their learning, which would in turn encourage them further in their education. Creating a digital story would be beneficial to all different learning styles as there are many different stages to the creation of the story. These stages include planning, production, presentation and assessment (a more detailed explanation of these stages are found at this digital storytelling site). It also allows the students to relate, create and donate as it allows the student to relate it to a real time experience, create this event and to present (donate) it for feedback (Aldred, 2010).
References
Digital Storytelling. (2009). Digital Storytelling for Educators. Retrieved from http://old.lubbockisd.org/sfirenza/storytelling/
Aldred, S. (2010). Revisiting Learning Engagement Theory. In Beginning your teaching portfolio. Rockhampton, Australia. CQUniveristy. Retrieved from CQUniveristy e-courses, FAHE11001 Managing e-Learning, http://moodle.cqu.edu.au
I agree with how you could use this in a classroom. Using a variety of methods to assess where our students are helps us to assess all of our students in all aspects of their studies and development. Schooling isn't just about writing essays anymore it's all about getting in there and showing skills in all areas.
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