When we tell or write our stories, we focus on the characters, topic, setting, etc. In our lessons, we tell our own stories, we read other people’s stories, our students’ tell their stories and we are all surrounded with real or imaginary stories.

Last year I came across with the term ‘digital storytelling’ at Ozge Karaoglu’s seminar and then listened to Shelly Terrell and read many tweets and blog posts dedicated to digital storytelling. When I examined it, I found out that digital storytelling is the same thing with the traditional one. The only difference is you tell your story using computer based tools.

What will you need for digital stories?

1.       You need to decide your

• Characters
• Setting
• Time
• Problem
• Ending

2.       You need to choose your tools

a)      A digital camera

b)      Papers and pens

c)       Movie-player or any web 2.0 tools. Your students can draw pictures and write the story. Then they can take the pictures of the drawings and create their stories using media-player or the web 2.0 tools.

d)      They can upload pictures or add music if they want.

For examples, useful tips and tools visit Shelly Terrell’s DigitalStorytelling and Özge’s blog