Access your bookmarks anywhere. 10 Tools for Digital Storytelling in Class. Digital storytelling is simply using computer-based tools to tell stories.
There are many different ways to do this – from making movies, recording voices, creating animations or electronic books. In schools they can help to take a task that might be seen as mundane – write a report, write a story, explain a process, describe an experiment – and turn it into something a whole lot more interesting. There are a great many tools out there that could be used for digital storytelling. I am going to give you just a few: 20 Technology Skills that Every Educator Should Have. By Laura Turner In 2005 I wrote a similar article and have had requests to write an update.
Technology has changed a great deal in the last 5-6 years. Although, realistically, you would not use all of these technologies, you should be knowledgeable in what each of the following technology is and how it could be/might be used in a classroom. Story Wheel - Tell the story behind your pictures.