EME5050 Advantages of digital storytelling

1. Digital Storytelling Inviting the Past into the Future By Linda Cucinella

2. Storytelling was the original means to: Teach Entertain Recall History Explain culture, religion and family relations Storytelling Through the Ages

3. Through oral tradition until civilizations developed written communication. Then Gutenberg created the first printing press in 1450. Stories were told…

4. has continued to evolve to meet the needs of today’s digital native. Storytelling of today…

5. Computers MP3 Players Skype Video Games Social Networking Text is now competing with…

7. Cognitive &

8. Communicative …styles have been brought on by the pervasiveness of digital media (Gunter, 2008). Digital Storytelling is…

10. Exploring various genres

11. Expressing writing skills

12. Developing a love of literacy

13. Demonstrating technology capabilities

14. Collaboration

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