I enjoyed learning more this week about how digital storytelling offers an enjoyable, natural means of integrating learning across different curricular subjects. Such a lesson would appeal to pupils of different interests, as the production of a short film using a process such as stop motion would require very different skill sets.
Digital storytelling promotes literacy development both in English and Gaeilge. Pupils must consider aspects such as characters, plot and setting. Story outlines would need to be written, along with scripts and possibly captions. This would allow for drafting and re-drafting to be explored. For pupils drawn more to the Arts subjects in the curriculum, roles include creating sets, models for characters, and props. Appropriate music or background sounds would also have to be selected.
From this perspective, digital storytelling has a little of something for everybody. The challenge facing the teacher is to ensure effective group work is taking place where each child feels he/she has a meaningful role and is making a contribution. This process is more interactive that simply writing a composition in English as the children can see their ideas come to life before their eyes in the finished film, and it can be shared with other classes and parents/guardians as well.
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