There are several reasons why digital story telling is important to students learning. Some of these reasons include:
- It develops creativity and critical thinking.
- Students who are shy or afraid to talk in class get a chance to speak out their minds
- It empowers and provides students to express and share their voices.
- It helps students explore the meaning of their own experience, give value to it, and communicate that experience with others.
- It develops students communicative skills.
- It is a reflective process that helps students reflect upon their learning and find deep connections. with the subject matter of a course or with an out-of-class experience.
- It fosters students sense of individuality.
- It also gives students an opportunity to experiment with self-representation and establish their identity.
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N.S: This chart is inspired by similar charts created by Richard Byrne in Free Technology for Teachers.