Digital Storytelling in Teaching

TRAINING PROGRAM FOR TEACHERS

 

What is Digital Storytelling?

Digital storytelling describes a simple, creative process through which people with little or no experience of computers gain skills needed to tell a personal story as a two-minute film using predominantly still images. These films can then be streamed on the web or broadcast on television.

As a method, Digital Storytelling combines techniques to develop literacy and storytelling skills with an introduction to basic Information and Communication Technology (ICT), using group exercises and individual processes that develop confidence and build self-esteem.

Digital storytelling has been used in a education for developing students’ professional identity, and as a tool for self reflection whereby students make and share digital stories about their practice experiences. As a practice it helps to foster higher-order thinking skills, develops digital literacy, and is, “the aggregating element capable of turning our students into true 21st century learners” (Ribeiro, 2012).

Who is the program for?

The course is open for teachers and trainers who want to learn about digital storytelling and apply the method in their own lessons and training programs. The know-how of the course has been built upon our long teaching experience and work in many international research teams.

What will you learn in this program?

The training in this program will foster your ability to:

• • innovate your lessons in a modern way that will involve learners deeper into the learning process;
• • foster your relationship with the learners;
• • use the digital storytelling to make your classes attractive, effective and fun;
• • create your own videos that will support the message of your lessons;
• • apply the digital storytelling to the training programs in the higher, school and adult education;
• • plan your new lessons with the digital storytelling element.

Organization of the program:

Duration: 24 working hours - spread into 4 days.

The following learning methods will be used during the program: workshops, active involvement of the learners, learning-by-doing, group learning, facilitation.

Place: České Budějovice and Prague

Language: The course will be held in English language

Term open for registration: Upon request

Travelling days: one day before and after the course term.

Price:

Course fee: 240€ (The price includes the course fee and all training materials)

Individual subsistence costs: 370€ (The price includes accommodation for 5 nights, full boarding from Monday lunch till Thursday dinner, and all transportation in the Czech Republic).

The price doesn’t include: flight tickets to and from Prague, boarding on Sunday and Friday.