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1. "In a fast changing digital age, English language learners face increasing demands to advance their familiarities with a variety of online tools" ( Conole, 2008).

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2.With  digital storytelling, learners use personal artifacts and a variety of multimedia tools to narrate their story, describing and sharing with others significant life events in an innovative way (Porter, 2005).

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3. Seven elements of digital stories:
1. Point of view;
2. Emphasis on the dramatic question;
3. Emotional content;
4. The gift of the storyteller's voice;
5. Soundtrack;
6. Economy;
7. Pacing;
( Lambert, 2002)

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4. Stories can be created by online app VoiceThread

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5. Project objectives:
- engage learners with multiliteracies;
- develop digital story elements;
-encourage collaborative learning;
-increase students' electronic skills
-raise awareness of copyright;

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6. Project description:
Length: 4 weeks
Participants: 48 undergraduate
Chinese and Korean students. They are 18-21 years old learners.
Task: to create a
digital story about certain events in their life or the life of someone that
they know.

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7. Stages:
Week 1;
Week 2;
Week 3;
Week 4;

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8. Week 1:
Introduce project;
Discuss process of story telling;
Brainstorm ideas;
Write narrative and receive peer feedback;
Create a VoiceThread account;

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10. Week 3:
Get pictures and artifacts;
Discuss copyright free sources;
Create storyboard;
Written draft peer-response;

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9. Week 2:
Digital story elements;
Focus on introductions and conclusions;
Introduce cause-effect relationship;
Transition words activity;
First written draft;

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11. Week 4:
In-class VoiceThread demonstration;
Commenting techniques;
Commenting cartoon activity;
Finish and share slideshow;
Voicethread online discussion;

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12. Assessment:
Evaluation criteria:
- all parts completed and suitted on time;
-material (20 points);
-images and voice (20 points);
-organizarion (20 points);
-expression (10 points);
Voicethread discussion (15 points);
Correctness (15 points);

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13. Conclusion:
Instrumental design of the project should be improved:
1. Students need to be aware of difference between written and oral media;
2. Students should be taught to select relevant images for their story;