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Digital Storytelling: Empowering Pre-service Teachers’ Voices as Future Educators

Digital Storytelling: Empowering Pre-service Teachers’ Voices as Future Educators. Dr. Pamela Morehead Dr. Ledong Li Barbara LaBeau Greg Gallup Oakland University.

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Digital Storytelling: Empowering Pre-service Teachers’ Voices as Future Educators

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  1. Digital Storytelling: Empowering Pre-service Teachers’ Voices as Future Educators Dr. Pamela Morehead Dr. Ledong Li Barbara LaBeau Greg Gallup Oakland University

  2. Through flows in terms of stories - stories about events, stories about people, and stories about intentions and achievements. The best teachers are the best story tellers. We learn in the form of stories. - Frank Smith

  3. Research Questions • Does digital storytelling enhance a teacher candidate’s self-efficacy? • Does digital storytelling improve the teacher candidate’s knowledge and use of multimedia technology tools?

  4. Participants and Backgrounds • 20 pre-service teachers participated in the study as volunteers • Participants are from the school of education from a Midwest university • Participants were asked to address professional issues, understanding, and beliefs as teachers • Participants were encouraged to use digital storytelling as a new way to record their thoughts on the process and improvement of teaching

  5. Methodology / Data Collection • Pre-survey: general info, knowledge base, technology skills, reflections • Online discussions • Records of process and steps of digital story construction • Post-survey: knowledge base, technology skills, reflections • Interviews • Students projects (artifacts)

  6. Workshop Time Management • Total of 6 workshops were offered on Saturdays • Workshop was offered once a month, starting November 12, 2005 • 3 to 5 hours for each workshop • Extra lab hours on Tuesday and Friday afternoons for the last month

  7. Digital Storytelling Process • Each workshop was used to focus on a step toward creating the digital story: • project introduction • concept mapping • script writing, and artifacts collecting • story boarding, and digital story drafting • digital story revising and editing • digital story publishing

  8. Artifacts Collection • Pictures (printouts to be scanned) • Digital pictures • Pictures downloaded off the Internet • Drawings and illustrations • Digital video clips • Music (from CDs / mp3s) • Voiceover (self-recorded)

  9. Word-processing WebCT discussion board PowerPoint iPhoto iTunes iMovie Voiceover tools Digital cameras Scanners Headsets Mac computers PC laptops Jump-drives External hard-drives CD & DVD (blank) Technology Tools Used

  10. Educational Impact • Balancing traditional methods with new teaching approaches • Finding a new way of creating educational portfolio • Enhancing language literacy, visual literacy, and media literacy • Meeting up-to-date educational standards

  11. Student Examples • Wayne: understanding of education • Mary: technology and new learners • Rob: Why do I want to be a teacher? • Orsola: personal reflections • Doris: beliefs in classroom teaching • Alisa: Why do I want to be a teacher? • Kristin and April: reflective portfolio

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