Digital storytelling in the classroom : new media pathways to literacy, learning, and creativity by Ohler, Jason

Digital storytelling in the classroom : new media pathways to literacy, learning, and creativity (#0629LJ4)

by Ohler, Jason
Paperback Corwin, 2013

Price: USD 42.95

Dewey: 372.67; Audience: Professional
Description: xvii, 285 pages : illustrations; 26 cm


Product Overview
From Follett
Includes bibliographical references (pages 276-278) and index. Explains how teachers can use digital storytelling to help students build their literacy skills, offering tips on using the latest digital medias to inspire students to relate their stories and help them understand new media technologies.
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A must-read for incorporating digital literacy into your classroom!

As the saying goes, "If you want someone to remember something, tell them a story." But if you really want your students to remember what they learn, then let them create their own digital stories.

Digital storytelling empowers your students to be confident communicators and creators of media as they gain essential 21st-century literacy skills and reach deeper understandings in all areas of the curriculum. Aligned with refreshed ISTE and Common Core standards, this new edition of Digital Storytelling in the Classroom includes:

  • Practical techniques for combining storytelling with your curriculum content
  • Tips for exploring effective storytelling principles through emerging digital media as well as via traditional literacy skills in reading, writing, speaking, and art
  • Information on relevant copyright and fair use laws
  • Visual aids and video clips that illustrate best practices in multimedia composition

A world leader in digital storytelling and a lifelong digital humanist, author Jason Ohler opens the door to a new world of creative teaching and learning for you and your students. Praise for the first edition:"Ohler illuminates the very heart of learning and digital technology: storytelling. His is the story of how the networked computer amplifies our human capacity to learn through tools of expression."--Walter Bender, PresidentOne Laptop per Child Foundation

"Essential for integrating learning, literacy, and new media in and out of the classroom. Jason Ohler is a world leader in digital storytelling, and a master teacher, and a global communicator."--Bernard J. Luskin, Professor and Director of Media ProgramsFielding Graduate University

Product Details
  • Publisher: Corwin
  • Publication Date: March 26, 2013
  • Format: Paperback
  • Edition: Second edition.
  • Dewey: 372.67
  • Classifications: Nonfiction
  • Description: xvii, 285 pages : illustrations; 26 cm
  • ISBN-10: 1-45226-825-8
  • ISBN-13: 978-1-45226-825-5
  • LCCN: 2013-002371
  • Follett Number: 0629LJ4
  • Audience: Professional