Digital storytelling is the process of telling stories or narratives by using any type of digital technology. This process can be used in the classroom as a pedagogical strategy. For example, students in a history class create a digital story about George Washington by creating a video about the president with images and a voice over.
This guide will discuss the history and definition of digital storytelling and will include different methods of incorporating digital storytelling into the classroom. This guide is focused towards students going into teaching who are looking for ways to incorporate technology into the lessons but may also be useful for someone who is researching digital storytelling and how it can be used. Readers will be provided with tools that will help them use digital storytelling in their own classrooms. This guide is very comprehensive, providing several methods that this strategy can be used in the classroom, as well as several different types of sources about this topic. Because of the in depth research this guide provides, it is important for people who are researching digital storytelling and how to use digital storytelling in the classroom.