1st Edition
Digital Storytelling as Translanguaging A Practical Guide for Language Educators
Preface
Part I. Setting the Stage
1. Introduction
2. The History and Practice of Digital Storytelling
3. Pedagogical Foundations: Translanguaging and Digital Storytelling
PART II: Creating a Digital Story
4. Getting Ready to Go: Teacher Planning and Preparation
5. Preparing Learners for the Task
6. Starting the Story: Story Circles and Writing the Narrative
7. Mapping the Multimodal Narrative
8. Video Editing and Multimodal Composing
9. Peer Collaboration and Feedback
10. Presenting and Sharing Digital Stories
PART III: Reflecting on Teaching and Learning through Digital Storytelling
11. Assessment and Evaluation in Digital Storytelling
12. Revisiting the Big Picture
Biography
Heather A. Linville, Ph.D. is Professor and Chair of Educational Studies at the University of Wisconsin, La Crosse, USA, where she teaches undergraduate teacher candidates to be knowledgeable, critical, and ethical teachers of multilingual learners.
Polina Vinogradova, Ph.D. is Hurst Senior Professorial Lecturer and TESOL Program Director at American University in Washington, D.C., USA, where she works with undergraduate and graduate TESOL students.
Both a scholarly reflection on the practice and methods of digital storytelling in language education, and a work of practical guidance that will be of great use to instruction, this book is an invaluable contribution to our field and for anyone working with digital storytelling.
-Joe Lambert, Executive Director, StoryCenterThis book is a much-needed guide to digital storytelling with multilingual learners…such a critical component of teaching this group of students. This is a wonderful contribution to the TESOL field and beyond.
-Luciana C. de Oliveira, Ph.D., Associate Dean for Academic Affairs and Graduate Studies and Professor, School of Education, Virginia Commonwealth UniversityThis is the book for language educators seeking to make translanguaging more than just a way of talking in the classroom! The practical—and theoretically motivated--guidelines for creating translingual digital storytelling projects combined with the multitude of examples are just what teachers of any age or proficiency level need.
-Dudley Reynolds, Carnegie Mellon University in Qatar
