Salon #13: Researching and Evaluating Digital Storytelling as a Deep Learning Tool (Helen C. Barrett)

Digital storytelling is a great tool to get students engaged. Instead of sitting their listening to a teacher explain a war that wasn't to interesting, a photostory can take it to a whole other level. You can add music and pictures that make it more intriguing, as we saw in the Komagata Maru photostory. In our discussion many people spoke about how they use it and the effectiveness in their classroom. I teach math so I think it would be a little more difficult for me to try and incorporate this but for other subjects it is wonderful! Stories are always better when accompanied with pictures. It makes more of a connection.