The Threads of Reading Blog » digital story telling http://www.threadsofreading.com/blog Weaving the Threads of Reading in K-12 Classrooms Sat, 14 Jan 2012 23:38:21 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Digital Story Telling http://www.threadsofreading.com/blog/2009/12/29/digital-story-telling/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=digital-story-telling http://www.threadsofreading.com/blog/2009/12/29/digital-story-telling/#comments Tue, 29 Dec 2009 19:20:18 +0000 KTankersley http://threadsofreading.com/blog/?p=102 If you are looking for ways to motivate children to improve their writing and thinking skills, consider having students produce digital stories. A digital story is a multi-media text consisting of pictures and video clips embedded in a document like a Power Point that is enhanced by a narrated soundtrack that tells the story. According to the research of Burn and Reed (1999) digital story telling can be a great motivator for even the most reluctant of reader. Digital story telling can be used for presenting both fiction as well as non-fiction text on a topic of interest in the content classroom. Digital story telling helps students organize their thinking, have a purpose for writing, and develops pride and self-confidence as the completed work is shared with other students. Digital story telling can be done either in groups or by individuals and even the most reluctant reader and writer will be motivated to complete a digital story project.

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