Using digital storytelling in education is a technology that I believe is highly underutilized. By using digital storytelling, educators are able to control what content is within the videos they show in their classroom rather than slaving over hours of YouTube videos to find that "perfect one". Teachers are also able to include quizzes within the video, and in doing so testing students knowledge as they go on and while saving paper. (Yay environment!) Students can also use it for presentations and prove their knowledge by including the information they've learned. It is by far a much more fun way of proving knowledge than writing a research paper or giving another boring PowerPoint presentation. I believe this technology is a cutting edge innovation that should make its way further into education and I fully intend to use it to educate in my future classroom.
An example of a way to use digital storytelling to teach a lesson can be found below, this lesson is over the life cycle of a butterfly.
The Life Cycle of a Butterfly on PhotoPeach
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