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The Power of an Image

You Too Can Be a Storyteller

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Digital Storytelling: A short, personal multimedia tale, told from the heart. ~ Daniel Meadows

From life stories to historical reflections, digital storytelling is a wonderful way to share stories.

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“ Coming to know others, whether they live on the other side of the tracks or on the other side of the millennium, requires our sensibilities….

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… That is what history, when well taught, gives us practice in doing. Paradoxically, what allows us to come to know others, is our distrust in our capacity to know them. “

~ Sam Wineburg, from Historical Thinking and Other Unnatural Acts

"Stories provide a vital opportunity to bring history to life. Through stories, people share information, values and attitudes about history, culture and heritage. Stories are communicated through legends, myths, creation stories, narratives, oral traditions, songs, music, dance, literature, visual and dramatic arts, traditions, and celebrations. They can include or be supported by biographies, autobiographies, archives, news items, novels or short stories. In social studies, stories provide students with opportunities to understand the dynamics of peoples, cultures, places, issues and events that are integral to Alberta ’s history and to contemporary society."~ Alberta Program of Studies (2003)

Reflects multiple perspectives

Fosters building a society that is pluralistic, bilingual, multicultural, inclusive

Emphasizes the importance of diversity and respect for differences- fostering inclusion

Promotes a sense of belonging and acceptance

Recognition of the diversity of experiences and perspectives and the pluralistic nature of Canadian society

The study of people in relation to each other and to their world

Historical Thinking Critical Thinking

Creative Thinking

Metacognition

Geographical Thinking

Research for Deliberate Inquiry

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