Digital Storytelling in the ClassroomNew Media Pathways to Literacy, Learning and Creativity
- Jason Ohler
- Corwin Press 2008
Jason Ohler is an ELA teacher at heart. Although this book is about technology and how to use it to enhance storytelling, it is always about the story first. How can we get our students to tell powerful stories, whether personal narratives, documentaries, family tales or any other kind of story? This book has practical advice to help bring out the stories from idea, to planning, to writing and then amplifying them through the use of technology. For the technologically challenged, he walks you through the tools with recommendations on how to use them. As Ohler says,
Are there rules about digital storytelling? Perhaps one: story without digital works, but digital without story doesn't.
Media literacy is an important component of the English Language Arts programme. Ohler introduces the grammar of media so that teachers can help their students make effective use of the multiple modes which make up a digital story. The production process is well-articulated from planning through to sharing. He also talks about assessment and what to look at when evaluating a media production.
Visit Jason Ohler's website - many of the materials in the book are available on the site.
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