Article: How to Use Digital Storytelling in Your Classroom by Jennifer New
A brief article discussing seven key concepts to digital storytelling that involve
1) 1. learning by watching (character development, camera framing, what attracts or detracts from movie)
2) 2. Don’t teach about technology, but about the art of telling the story
3) 3. Learn to be a teacher and a student in the classroom
4) 4. Don’t be afraid to make mistakes
5) 5. Work out assignment requirements
6) 6. Establish boundaries
7) 7. Show their work
Article: Educational Expression:Creating Connections Through Stories by Elena Aguilar
A fantastically inspiring teacher who blogs about various educational topics but has a passion for storytelling and wants to instill that passion within her students. Point of interest to be mentioned:
-Discusses the relationship between telling stories and the interconnectedness that begins to develop from it.
-Continually inspiring students with readings, music, poetry and then asking for their stories.
-The importance of giving students the right tools to create their representations of the life they know.
-Engages students to be honest and forgiving with themselves.
-Introduces their work to the community to provide positive feedback.
Article: Online Opportunity: Documentaries and the Power of the Image by Milton Chen
Focuses on the documentary’s strength in teaching core concepts of visual success. Chen discusses the history lessons learned from watching Remember the Alamo. He also emphasizes the tremendous effect video/the internet will have on the future of education to his conference audiences. The effect already in place that not only affects the resources educators use but also how educators will communicate with each other and the networking that will increase. Chen cites Union City, NJ as an example of a school that incorporated technology and went from the bottom to the top of the state’s most successful schools.
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