Austin Film Festival's Digital Storytelling Curriculum: A Deep Dive into Story as a Critical Means of Communication and Creative Expression

Autor/inn/en	Walker, Kelsey; Seitz, Sally
Titel	Austin Film Festival's Digital Storytelling Curriculum: A Deep Dive into Story as a Critical Means of Communication and Creative Expression
Quelle	In: English in Texas, 52 (2022) 1, S.25-28 (4 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0425-0508
Schlagwörter	Films; Film Production; Video Technology; Story Telling; Scripts; Creativity; Revision (Written Composition); Cultural Activities; School Districts; English Teachers; Language Arts; Communication Skills; Experiential Learning; Worksheets; Secondary Schools; Texas (Austin) + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Film; Filmproduktion; Skript; Kreativität; Korrektur; Cultural activity; Kulturelle Aktivität; School district; Schulbezirk; English language lessons; Teacher; Teachers; Englischunterricht; Lehrer; Lehrerin; Lehrende; Sprachkultur; Kommunikationsstil; Experiental learning; Erfahrungsorientiertes Lernen; Sekundarschule
Abstract	Austin Film Festival's Digital Storytelling Curriculum examines the art of storytelling as a critical tool for communication. Developed collaboratively with Austin Film Festival and Austin Independent School District secondary English teachers, Digital Storytelling is nine-week, English language arts screenwriting curriculum in which all students draft an original short screenplay. Digital Storytelling bolsters students' creative and communicative skills while acknowledging storytelling as an ever-present aspect of our lives. Within the screenwriting unit, students are encouraged to harvest personal stories and then translate them into original screenplays. This article presents the curriculum's purpose, structure, application, and benefits for students in both a classroom and post-academic setting. The program's success can largely be attributed to two important pillars: a hands-on, experiential curriculum as well as an emphasis on connecting students to professional writers, filmmakers, and media artists. (As Provided).
Anmerkungen	Texas Council of Teachers of English Language Arts. 919 Congress Avenue Suite 1400, Austin, TX 78701. Tel: 512-617-3200; Web site: http://www.tctela.org
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2024/1/01