Digital Storytelling in the Language Arts Classroom

Autor/inn/en	Girmen, Pinar; Özkanal, Ümit; Dayan, Gökhan
Titel	Digital Storytelling in the Language Arts Classroom
Quelle	In: Universal Journal of Educational Research, 7 (2019) 1, S.55-65 (11 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	2332-3205
Schlagwörter	Foreign Countries; Educational Technology; Language Arts; Computer Uses in Education; Story Telling; Teaching Methods; Video Technology; Grade 4; Elementary School Students; Turkey + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ausland; Unterrichtsmedien; Sprachkultur; Computernutzung; Teaching method; Lehrmethode; Unterrichtsmethode; School year 04; 4. Schuljahr; Schuljahr 04; Türkei
Abstract	The aim of this study is to define the role of digital storytelling in improving writing skills. The study was designed as an action research. The study sample consisted of 22 fourth grade students in a public elementary school in Eskisehir, Turkey. Data were collected in 2017-2018 fall term through full participant observation, researcher's diaries, students' diaries, student digital processing products and video recordings. The learning materials were developed by the researchers based on the enriching texts and in-class action plans were designed based on the steps of digital storytelling. Data collected with researcher's diaries, observations, video recordings and documents were analyzed using content analysis. The results showed that digital story writing studies could be very effective in developing the writing skills of elementary school fourth grade students. Also, the digital story writing activities improved the students' computer literacy as well as their attitudes and motivation towards writing. Particularly, integration of technology in writing activities let the students see the course as a more modern, innovative and attractive course. (As Provided).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2020/1/01