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Unit I--Lesson III--The Educational Benefits of Digital Storytelling

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Digital storytelling offers many educational benefits when incorporated into the curriculum. These include:

  1. Allowing students express themselves not only with their own words but also in their own voices, fostering a sense of individuality and of “owning” their creations.
  2. Providing a natural fit for e-portfolios (see the minicourse: E-Portfolio) by allowing students to not only select representative artifacts from their academic careers, but also to create compelling resources that demonstrate their learning and growth.
  3. Appealing to various intelligences. These include the visual intelligence through the use of images. Linguistic intelligences through the use of text. Audio learning through the use of music and narration, and kinesthetic intelligence by enabling students to "learn by doing." (see the minicourse: Teaching to Multiple Intelligences)
  4. Motivating and engaging students by relating to their personal experiences, interests, and learning styles.
  5. Enhancing writing, presentation, problem-solving, organization, and assessment skills.

UNIT I TASK 3

You just learned about some of the educational benefits of digital storytelling. Do you feel that any have been left out?

  1. What additional benefits do you think digital storytelling adds to the classroom?

After completing the discussion, click the link in the discussion area that says "Return to UNIT I-- WHAT IS DIGITAL STORYTELLING." Then from the Unit I main page, click lesson III to return to this page and continue to the reflection.

Continue to Unit I--Reflection .

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