Digital Storytelling

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The Premise

This computing integration focuses on supporting teacher candidates to engage in and teach with and through digital storytelling.

Background

Digital tools and computing have changed the nature of storytelling and literacy! There are so many ways to tell stories that persuade, entertain, express one’s identity, experiences and passions, and help one make sense of and share ideas related to the content areas. Digital stories can take the form of presentations, games, non-linear storytelling, location-based storytelling, virtual timelines, maps, infographics, and so many more! Your artifact should help teachers engage with these ideas.

Courses that would lend themselves to this integration

1. Foundations
  1. To tell stories about: communities and contexts, learning and development journeys
2. Methods
  1. To tell stories within and about content area concepts
3. Fieldwork
  1. To tell one’s own story to support career pathways (ePortfolios, personal website etc)
  2. To communicate with stakeholders in school environments

Potential Conversations and Activities

Teaching in this area could support teacher candidates to teach and learn with and through digital storytelling.

These are ONLY ideas and suggestions for conversation topics and activities your design might engage — your teaching artifact does NOT need to include all of these!

About computing/tech	To support teacher learning Discuss the idea that literacies in the 21st century are multilingual, multimodal Consider how code can be an expressive medium To integrate into teacher pedagogy To talk about the opportunities and challenges of creating digital stories, and why people out in the world make digital stories
With computing/tech	To support teacher learning Create stories/knowledge using collaborative digital platforms AND/OR code to support learning about content in teacher education Use digital portfolios to tell their own stories to support them as they go on the job market To integrate into teacher pedagogy To expose students to different kinds of digital stories to support their content learning, identity development, and so on.
Through computing/tech	To support teacher learning Use tools to create their own digital stories to learn about teacher education content Use code and computing practices (like data analysis) to produce/remix their own digital stories to learn about teacher education content To integrate into teacher pedagogy Encourage students to use tools to create their own digital stories to learn about teacher education content Encourage students to use code and computing practices (like data analysis) t to produce their own digital stories
Against computing/tech	To support teacher learning Analyze the bias and point of view of digital storytelling texts and media sources from critical perspectives To integrate into teacher pedagogy Support students to analyze the bias and point of view of digital storytelling texts and media sources from critical perspectives Discuss when it might be better to use non-digital means to tell stories

Summer 2022 Professional Development Workshops Related to Digital Storytelling

Thursday, July 14, 10am-12pm, Let Me Count the Ways! Why and How to Embed Computer Science in ELA and Literacy Methods Courses, Hosted by Tom Lynch
Wednesday, July 20, 2pm-4pm, Split Breakout Workshops, Join Kathryn Lanouette’s Breakout
Tuesday, July 26, 2pm-4pm, K12 Equitable CS: Practices, Implementation, and a Vision for the Future, Hosted by Shana White & Frieda McAlear