Digital storytelling devised by the digital storytelling center is defined
the idea of combining the longstanding art of telling stories with various multimedia tools, including graphics, audio, video animation, and Web publishing. Digital storytell...
Digital storytelling devised by the digital storytelling center is defined
the idea of combining the longstanding art of telling stories with various multimedia tools, including graphics, audio, video animation, and Web publishing. Digital storytelling represents a challenging way of creating bridge between traditional storytelling and a form of communication adopted by modern media and information technology.
The purpose of this thesis is to study English teaching methods through digital storytelling
The findings of this study were as follow:
First, definition and goal of digital storytelling were studied and previous studies on digital storytelling were revised.
Second, production methods of digital story telling to apply in English class and roles of teacher were represented. Teachers in the classroom where digital storytelling plays a role like narrators who show, tell, and explain tasks. They play an important role as coordinators to impose coherence.
Third, three kinds of English teaching models through the digital storytelling were designed. In addition, teaching plans for each teaching model were represented. Teaching model Ⅰ was designed by Digital storytelling center. It is original version to make digital storytelling, but it takes long time and is needed a variety of equipments. So, Teaching model Ⅱ and Ⅲ
were designed. In these models, teachers prepared with media materials and used key expression in text book. This makes students cut short their time and use excellent learning materials.
Digital storytelling is powerful educational tools if used appropriately. It may have a strong motivation to influence on the students. It can be directly contribute to learning objectives related to competition, cooperation, and teamwork. It can be good for intergating learning across a number of subject areas with joy and immersion.
Future study will include a refinement and examination in the effects of digital storytelling in digital medias. Futhermore, the effects will be verified by applying digital storytelling to a wide variety of applications. This will provide the teachers or students with a better understanding of the applicability of digital storytelling as teaching methods. The future and long- term goal will be to develop general design guideline for applications in digital storytelling.