Writing Is More Than Ink on a Page Today
Literacy today means not only the ability to read and write, but to create and comprehend an integrated mix of words, sounds, videos and images. Meet teachers and students who are leading the way.
Digital Storytelling with 4-Year-Olds
What happens when 4 and 5-year-olds have access to media tools?
Some evidence shows it can increase literacy levels. At USC’s Institute for Multimedia Literacy they invited some local preschoolers to participate in a workshop on digital storytelling designed for graduate students. Would the same principals of story structure, camera functionality, and editing apply? Could students this young understand screen-based narrative?
Turns out, the kids got it right away. Digital storytelling, one preschooler explained, is “the same as storytelling except it’s on a screen.”