Digital Storytelling, Learning and Education

Storytelling is present in all human activities throughout history. Part of the oral or written tradition storytelling, along with language, consist basic cultural procedures. Digital culture praises storytelling through different means of communication. Movies, the news, advertising, web pages present their content in a storytelling form. Digital storytelling is used in two different meanings, as an interactive experience, and also as a movement which defined digital storytelling as a narrated piece of personal writing, still images, video and musical soundtrack. Educational digital storytelling is offering new ways to communicate ideas and examples of good-practices integrating digital storytelling in education are leading the way. The Laboratory of New Technologies in Communication, Education and the Mass Media acknowledges digital storytelling as an emerging field of study and focuses into research projects that develop from theory to practice. One of the accomplishments is the educational digital game “Magic Potion”, where users enjoy the fun of playing along with participating in the reading of a story through their way. “Apple tree” is a storytelling platform where users can write, edit and share their stories on line, another is a workshop titled “Stars and producers of digital memories” combining digital storytelling and intergenerational learning.