Online Personal Learning Environments: Structuring Electronic Portfolios for Lifelong and Life Wide Learning
http://docs.google.com/View?docid=dd76m5s2_39fsmjdk

Barrett, H. & Garrett, N. (2008)
 
In this fascinating article, Barrett and Garrett discuss "a vision for for digital stories of development, or Online Personal Learning Environments which may eventually replace what we currently call 'electronic portfolios' in education." The authors describe a concept in which everyone has what Cohn & Hibbits called a “lifetime personal web space.” In this scenario, an online archive that includes digital stories, is used across a lifetime from schools to the workplace, and finally as a way to preserve stories for future generations.


Once Upon a Time...Digital Storytelling Brings New Dimensions to Reading, Writing and More
http://www.nwp.org/cs/public/download/nwp_file/10355/
Once_Upon_a_Time.pdf?x-r=pcfile_d

Feldman, K. (2007).

This article tells how digital storytelling was incorporated in classes of different age groups disciplines and the benefits of using DS to improve reading comprehension, writing skills, and media literacy.


Digital Storytelling in the Foreign Language Classroom
http://blog.nus.edu.sg/eltwo/2011/04/12/digital-storytelling-in-the-foreign-language-classroom/

Reinders, H. (2011).

This article provides an overview of how digital storytelling can be as a compelling activity for the language classroom. The author includes a step-by-step guide on how to implement DS in the classroom through a detailed lesson plan activity.


Digital Storytelling in the English as a Foreign Language (EFL) Language Classroom
http://gretajournal.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/file/2008_9.pdf

Gregori-Signes, C. (2008).

In this article, Carmen Gregori-Signes discusses her work using digital storytelling as a language teaching and learning tool in different subject areas. She also presents activities designed specifically for use in the field of English Studies.



 

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