What is digital storytelling?
Digital storytelling simple means the use of something digital when telling a story. In assence digital stories are those that makes use of photographs, video, animation, sound, music and text.
Storytelling can of course , be about the production of an existing story or creation of your own. For a child , this allows the the coming together of skills they are learning in language, art& design and computing, providing endless opportunities.
What opportunities does digital storytelling offer to a child?
Digital storytelling is a great way to build a teacher and a child's confidence. Creating something as a team or alone is equally a wonderful way to support self-esteem development as children discover they really can come up with and/or deliver their stories.
The breadth of digital options means that children aren't restricted by their ability to draw, write or act,as there are so many other option to explore too.
Language and literacy
Digital storytelling in some forms could be criticised for taking children away from writing and language development but this does not have to be the case.
We would encourage digital storytelling to retain a written element and look for their opportunities to extend writing, spelling and skills through digital storytelling.
