I've had fun with my young niece and nephew using Photostory to make "videos" (animated digital pictures with written captions, voice narration and music) of events, activities and visits, and mentioned before in this blog how easy it is to use...
Stenhouse have just published a new book which you can preview in entirety online : Make Me a Story Teaching Writing Through Digital Storytelling by Lisa C. Miller
Browse the entire book online!
"Digital storytelling uses computers and software to marry text with art -- photographs, drawings, paintings, and video -- as well as narration and music. Lisa leads teachers step‐bystep through the process of creating a digital story in an accessible (even for the computer neophyte), instructional, and entertaining way."
See also the website The Educational Uses of Digital Storytelling http://digitalstorytelling.coe.uh.edu/
In the introduction to Lisa Miller's book, Linda Rief says "Frank Smith admonished us years ago to let kids into the "literacy club" via real reading and writing, and now I have to join the 21st century version of the club. At the very least, I have to let my students show me (and teach me) how they use these tools to enhance their learning."
From the Heinemann website, publisher of Frank Smith's books : The Literacy Club is Frank Smith's metaphor describing the social nature of literacy learning... exploring the idea that we learn from other people, not so much through conscious emulation as by "joining the club" of people we see ourselves as being like, and by being helped to engage in their activities...
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