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=Welcome to Digital Storytelling - Maybe you want Global Education= Digital Storytelling takes the ancient art of oral storytelling and engages a palette of technical tools to weave personal tales using images, graphics, music and sound mixed together with the author's own story voice. Digital storytelling - it's heart- is telling stories in the traditions of countless generations before us - and using cutting edge technology to do so. Digital storytelling is an emerging art form of personal, heartful expression that enables individuals and communities to reclaim their personal cultures while exploring their artistic creativity. While the heart and power of the digital story is shaping a personal digital story about self, family, ideas, or experiences, the technology tools also invite writers and artists to think and invent new types of communication outside the realm of traditional linear narratives.

What can digital storytelling achieve in your classroom? Digital storytelling:
 * engages students and motivates them to learn core content
 * addresses the need for relevancy in learning for today's K-12 students
 * provides an active hands-on learning format, helping educators meet the needs of diverse groups of students
 * promotes group activities in the classroom
 * can be individualized within the context of a class assignment
 * provides students with opportunities to apply emerging technologies as part of their learning.
 * can support team teaching and learning across the curriculum. (Frazel pp 2-3)

Digital Storytelling is a process that blends media to enrich and enhance the written or spoken word.

Preparing your Digital Story
Preparation Production Presentation