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Digital Storytelling: Curricular Integration Projects for Academies
Digital storytelling allows instructors to meet traditional learning objectives while integrating a multi-media experience in their lesson planning. This provides students with new ways of thinking about and presenting their ideas. Beyond the rich technology immersion and the traditional skills required to organize a strong presentation, these hands-on projects encourage students to consider the importance of audience as they explore connections between text, sound, and image.

Watch a brief video about AOIT English Instructor Valerie Woodfill’s experience with digital storytelling at Hoover High School in San Diego.

AOIT Juniors, Herbert Hoover High School, San Diego
In the spring of 2005, six AOIT students at Hoover High School participated in the NAF-Pearson Foundation pilot program. With the support of their instructor, Angela Kania, they then taught two history sections how to complete digital stories as part of a research project.

This approach to teaching and learning continues to grow at Hoover’s AOIT program. During the 2005–06 school year, English Instructor Valerie Woodfill introduced a similar project on Arthur Miller’s The Crucible. Students worked on individual projects, researching their topics, creating storyboards, recording voiceovers, and assembling short videos. Students focused on a range of subjects, from historical presentations to contemporary considerations of civil liberties.

Watch the digital storytelling projects completed by AOIT Juniors at Herbert Hoover High School.

Digital Storytelling School Projects

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