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Digital Storytelling: More than Words

October 26, 2008 |  Tagged , , , | 2 Comments




With the advent of the new digital media, the millennial practice of storytelling can take a compelling turn in the 21st century language classroom. It is a great way of integrating the four skills while fostering creativity, collaboration, cross-cultural understanding and sharing. It simply turns language alive!

Last month, I had the pleasure of putting together a collaborative article called Cartoon Festival: An International Digital Storytelling Project for TESL-EJ with two dear online collegues, Mary Hillis from Japan and José Antônio Da Silva from Brazil, about our experience during the “Learning with Computers” Cartoon Festival . Mary started a Google Doc where we worked on the drafts under the supervision of Vance Stevens. Besides helping us reflect on the project, it proved once again the power of the Web 2.0 to harness international collaboration and professional development .

You are all kindly invited to read it!


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  1.    Mary Hillis on October 27, 2008 2:52 am

    It was such a pleasure to work on this project with you, Carla! I hope that your idea of the cartoon festival will inspire other educators to get involved in international collaborative projects.

  2.    Carla Arena on October 27, 2008 9:53 am

    Dear Carlita,

    The article is a comprehensive account of the process involved in the Festival, as well as the commitment of you three. You all rock! Thanks for sharing such a wonderful resource.

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