Digital storytelling offers several benefits for students and teachers. It allows for sharing stories flexibly from any location. Students can learn technology skills while creating digital stories to demonstrate their ideas without presenting live. Digital stories appeal to visual learners by presenting information graphically using animation and multimedia. Teachers can use digital stories to explain difficult subjects through tutorials students can view anytime, and class presentations using readily available data projectors.

1. Irarissa Allen EME 5050

2. Benefits of Digital Storytelling Allows the sharing of stories any time and any place Can control exactly what viewers see Takes the fear out of presentations Welcomes creativity Appeals to a variety of learning styles

3. For Students… Can use digital storytelling to share stories and ideas Can learn how to use different types of technology ex. Digital cameras, podcasts, power points and different software programs Don’t have to worry about presenting in front of a class

4. Digital Storytelling will benefit those students who are visual learners. As stated on page 273 of the text. These types of learners learn better if they are able to see the information presented graphically. Digital storytelling would be a fun tool to use when introducing a lesson because of the various graphics and the use of animation that could be used, to grab students’ attention.

5. Digital Storytelling would be especially helpful when teaching difficult subjects such as math Teachers can make a presentation into the form of a tutorial for students to view at any time, for comprehension of content In the classroom presentations would be presented on data projectors. Most schools have these readily available. As stated in the text, the price for these have come down significantly.