
We've all heard our share of fish stories. Our target group was grade 4, 5 and 6 students.Ĭreative Commons 2.0 Flickr Photo by: CaliforniaDFG There is an explanation in the book on page 45 that only 55 digital storytelling projects were completed in elementary schools at the time of writing. A project that took a group of 4 or 5 digital storytelling teacher facilitators to 8 different schools over a period of 6 months to introduce digital storytelling to student writers' groups. Imagine my surprise when I saw listed on page 41 my very first large-scale school project. The book claimed "the world's first comprehensive account of personal digital storytelling in several countries".

Story Circle: Digital Storytelling Around the World.

In 2009 I was alerted via a blog post by my friend and fellow digital storytelling influencer Gareth Morlais about a book that was ground-breaking at the time. As I prepare for my latest digital storytelling session at the end of the month with teachers at a school-based professional learning group, I've been looking back to the many sessions and resources collected over the years.
