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__My Name__ = Sal D'Angelo

__Subject & sub-topics__ = Digital Storytelling in Education History of Storytelling Place in Education How it helps the modern student

__Thesis Question__ = Why is it important to teach digital video storytelling to students?

__Thesis Framework__ = Premise 1: For someone to be successful in digital video storytelling the must follow the seven story elements.

Premise 2: Educational goals of digital video storytelling are to increase students computer skills, by using software that combines varieties of multimedia like text, still images, audio, video, wed publishing and research.

Premise 3: An objective of digital storytelling is to capitalize on the creative talents of your own students as they begin to research and tell stories of their own.

Premise 4: Digital video Storytelling can develop students communication skills by having them learn to ask questions, express opinions, construct narratives, and write for an intended audience.

Conclusion: Digital video storytelling is necessary in the education of future generations and should be taught or introduced at an earlier age because learning it better prepares students in understanding the complex issues they will need to understand when they are finished being students and enter the world of citizenship.

Digital storytelling improves student learning/analytic abilities/creativity.

__Thesis Sentence(s)__ = //I////t is important for **students in American high school** to learn how to tell stories digitally because it can develop **student analytical abilities and creativity** by having them ask questions, express opinions, construct narratives, and write for an intended audience.//

__Project__ = I recognize that there is a need for digital video storytelling for the people of the United States My project of //Product Development// is to create a digital video for Dr. Valenza to help provide support for her campaign to introduce Digital education at **younger ages**.

__Collaborative Team__ = Contact Name & Title: Doctor Valenza E-mail address: Joyce_valenza@sdst.org Telephone Number: 2502 Date(s) of contact: April, 9th 2010 Purpose for contact: To provide guidance in the direction of my project.

Contact Name & Title: Mr. Rodoff E-mail address: Ken_Rodoff@sdst.org Telephone Number: Extension 2640 Date(s) of contact: April, 9th 2010 Purpose for contact: To provide technical support when making my product for my project

__Presentation Date__ = weeks of May 25th, 2010; D block, Day 2 second place 1:30-1:50