The combination of storytelling with technology is innovative and awesome, and a great resource to educators for effective teaching and learning to take place. I was happy to learn the following from the article: "The Educational Uses of Digital Storytelling" by Robin that characterize digital storytelling:
- Stories are only a few minutes long
- Author's point of view must be stated
- A Dramatic Question is to be answered at the end of the story
- Presentation of serious matters that touch us personally and powerfully
- Music or sound to support the storyline
- Sufficient information to tell the story (no overload of the viewer)
- Pace of the story (quickly or slowly)
- Creation by educators or students
Furthermore, as educators digital storytelling helps to promote narrative and informative writing. The use of digital storytelling is recommended as an attention grabber at the beginning of a lesson. Most importantly, the students via digital storytelling learn "Twenty-first Century Literacy":
- Digital Literacy
- Global Literacy
- Technology Literacy
- Visual Literacy
- Information Literacy
However, there is the need for students, according to Ohler in "The World of Digital Storytelling" to focus on making their stories powerful instead of focussing on the technology. This important idea is also expressed in the article: "Instructional Planning Activity Types as Vehicles for Curriculum-Based TPACK Development" by Hofer and Harris.
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