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With students, I've looked at different examples of digital storytelling (including work of past students) to brainstorm what catches their eye, their heart, and makes them think afterwards. The students really get into it and it helps them, especially since it can feel new depending on the approach to the content.

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Mimics the writing process, creating additional opportunities to hone students' craft and voice

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There have been great lessons in ELA classes discussing what "theme" can be related to digital storytelling and how we use music to represent the mood we want the audience to feel/experience. It has to be taught!

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Students are developing content for an authentic audience that must listen to what is being shared with them through a powerful narrative, images, and music - all of which evoke a certain emotion.

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Many MS and HS students have tried a digital storytelling tool (like Adobe Spark Video) in one class and then used it as an optional format in a different class. They're learning different ways to present information, which is awesome!

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Forces students (and teachers!) to move beyond the traditional research paper and instead, read between the lines more (getting more into the material), and learn how to convey information to a specific audience

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Teachers can easily learn new styles and tricks from students as they get more "fancy" with the final project

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Gr7 ELA - book trailers, novel character diaries, historical figures interviewed, etc.

Gr6 Spanish - Spanish country interviews (students talking in first person as the country), Biography projects, etc.

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Students are producing creative content that meets all interest levels since it combines writing, images, music, etc.

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Give students the opportunity to connect with the subject matter in a way that becomes more personal the more you delve in

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An opportunity for students to collaborate on a project that easily allows for differentiation no matter what the tool being used is.

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Combines the tradition of telling stories - whether memoir or relating the story of a fictional or real life person - with digital formats