The document provides an overview of digital storytelling and its benefits for education. It discusses how storytelling helps people make sense of their lives and communicate perspectives through connecting emotionally with events. Digital tools allow for creativity, visual literacy, collaboration and exploring different learning styles. The document then recommends several free digital tools educators can use to help students create text-based, audio, video and animated stories, and asks readers to explore one or two of the tools.

3. “ Storytelling, no matter in what form and created in whatever media is a powerful tool to transmit knowledge, culture, perspectives and points of view” “ Story is the vehicle we use to make sense of our lives in a world that defies logic.” -Jim Trelease Our species think in metaphors and learn through stories -Mary Catherine Bateson

4. Connect on an emotional level with people and events and connect them to experiences in our own lives Stories allow us to communicate our perspective and perception Collaborate through remixing and remakes of stories Images: from How- to-Guide: Digital Storytelling Tools for Educators Langwitches blog

6. Images: from How- to-Guide: Digital Storytelling Tools for Educators Langwitches blog

7. Images adapted: from How- to-Guide: Digital Storytelling Tools for Educators Langwitches blog