Digital Storytelling Readings

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Introduction to the Multimodal Literacy and Digital Storytelling Workshop

Dalton, B. (2013). Multimodal Composition and the Common Core State Standards. Reading Teacher, 66(4), 333-339.

Media Literacy and Multimodal Rhetoric

Dahlström, H., & Damber, U. (2020). Meanings Made in Students’ Multimodal Digital Stories: Resources, Popular Culture, and Values. Designs for Learning12(1), 45–55.

Ohler, J. (2013) Chapter 14: Media Grammar for Teachers.  Digital Storytelling in the Classroom. Thousand Oaks, CA : Corwin. pp. 226-244.

Dezuanni, M. (2015). The building blocks of digital media literacy: socio-material participation and the production of media knowledge. Journal Of Curriculum Studies47(3), 416-439.

Dezuanni, M. (2018). Minecraft and children’s digital making: implications for media literacy education. Learning, Media And Technology, 1-14.

Digital Storytelling Workshop

Lambert, J. (2012) Chapter 5: Seven Steps of Digital Storytelling, Digital Storytelling: Capturing Lives, Creating Community. (4th Edition). Routledge : New York, NY. pp. 53-69.

Mini-LectureSeven Steps of Digital Storytelling

Lambert, J. (2012) Chapter 7: Approaches to the Scripting Process and Chapter 8: Storyboarding, Digital Storytelling: Capturing Lives, Creating Community. (4th Edition). Routledge : New York, NY. pp. 88-101.

Digital Storytelling & Assessment

Ohler, J. (2013) Chapter 4: Assessing Digital Stories.  Digital Storytelling in the Classroom. Thousand Oaks, CA : Corwin. pp. 83-91.


Digital Storytelling Across the Curriculum / Selected Readings in the Content Areas

Early Childhood

Bratitsis, T., & Mantellou, M. (2020). Using digital storytelling for teaching the subtraction algorithm to 2nd grade pupils. Themes in E-Learning13, 55–68.

Undheim, M., & Jernes, M. (2020). Teachers’ pedagogical strategies when creating digital stories with young children. European Early Childhood Education Research Journal28(2), 256–271.

Lisenbee, P. S., & Ford, C. M. (2018). Engaging Students in Traditional and Digital Storytelling to Make Connections Between Pedagogy and Children’s Experiences. Early Childhood Education Journal46(1), 129–139.

Maureen, I. Y., van der Meij, H., & de Jong, T. (2020). Enhancing Storytelling Activities to Support Early (Digital) Literacy Development in Early Childhood Education. International Journal of Early Childhood52(1), 55–76.

Husbye, N. E., Buchholz, B., Coggin, L., Powell, C. W., & Wohlwend, K. E. (2012). Critical Lessons and Playful Literacies: Digital Media in PK-2 Classrooms. Language Arts, 90(2), 82-92.

Kervin, L. & Mantei, J. (2016). Digital storytelling: Capturing children’s participation in preschool activities. Issues in Educational Research26(2), 225–240. 

Lisenbee, P. & Ford, C. (2018). Engaging Students in Traditional and Digital Storytelling to Make Connections Between Pedagogy and Children’s Experiences. Early Childhood Education Journal46(1), 129–139.

YAMAÇ, A., & ULUSOY, M. (2016). The Effect of Digital Storytelling in Improving the Third Graders’ Writing Skills. International Electronic Journal of Elementary Education9(1), 59–86.

Middle Child

Science 

Doyle, K., & Dezuanni, M. (2014). Children participating in science through digital-media literacies. Literacy Learning: The Middle Years22(3), 42-54.

Math

Gould, D., & Schmidt, D. (2010). Trigonometry comes alive through DIGITAL STORYTELLING. The Mathematics Teacher, 104(4), 296-301.

Albano, G., Coppola, C., Dello Iacono, U., Fiorentino, G., Pierri, A., & Polo, M. (2020). Technology to enable new paradigms of teaching/learning in mathematics: the digital interactive storytelling case. Journal of E-Learning & Knowledge Society16(1), 65–71.

ELA & Social Studies

Batsila, M., & Tsihouridis, C. (2016). “Once upon a Time there was…” A Digital World for Junior High School Learners. International Journal of Emerging Technologies in Learning11(3), 42–50. 

Miller, S. et. al. (2012) A Literacy Pedagogy for Multimodal Compositing. In: Suzanne Miller and Mary McVee (eds.). Multimodal Composition in Classrooms: Learning and Teaching for the Digital World. pp. 114-129.

Adolescent & Young Adult

Staley, B., & Freeman, L. A. (2017). Digital storytelling as student-centered pedagogy: empowering high school students to frame their futures. Research and Practice in Technology Enhanced Learning12(1), 21.

Science

Hoban, G., Nielsen, W., & Shepherd, A. (2013). Explaining and communicating science using student-created blended media. Teaching Science: The Journal of The Australian Science Teachers Association59(1), 32-35.

Yuksekyalcin, G., Tanriseven, I., & Sancar-Tokmak, H. (2016). Mathematics and science teachers’ perceptions about using drama during the digital story creation process. Educational Media International53(3), 216–227. 

Math

Albano, G., Coppola, C., Dello Iacono, U., Fiorentino, G., Pierri, A., & Polo, M. (2020). Technology to enable new paradigms of teaching/learning in mathematics: the digital interactive storytelling case. Journal of E-Learning & Knowledge Society16(1), 65–71.

Gould, D., & Schmidt, D. (2010). Trigonometry comes alive through DIGITAL STORYTELLING. The Mathematics Teacher, 104(4), 296-301.

Yuksekyalcin, G., Tanriseven, I., & Sancar-Tokmak, H. (2016). Mathematics and science teachers’ perceptions about using drama during the digital story creation process. Educational Media International53(3), 216–227. 

ELA & Social Studies

Miller, S. et. al. (2012) A Literacy Pedagogy for Multimodal Compositing. In: Suzanne Miller and Mary McVee (eds.). Multimodal Composition in Classrooms: Learning and Teaching for the Digital World. pp. 114-129.

Hildebrandt, K., Lewis, P., Kreuger, C., Naytowhow, J., Tupper, J., Couros, A., & Montgomery, K. (2016). Digital Storytelling for Historical Understanding: Treaty Education for Reconciliation. Journal of Social Science Education15(1), 15–26.