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Using Digital Storytelling as a Turn-Around Pedagogy Author: Stephanie Anne Schmier https://discovery-ebsco-com.peru.idm.oclc.org/linkprocessor/plink?id=06e04908-b397-32df-bb3b-4cc0700fa0d5 Links to an external site.      The article I chose to review is called “Using Digital Storytelling as a Turn-Around Pedagogy” by Stephanie Anne Schmier. The purpose of this article was to explore how preservice teachers and students who are considered to be “struggling readers” can use digital storytelling to represent the students' literary identities. In the article, students used digital storytelling to create meaning, collaborate, and share their knowledge while the preservice teachers used the digital storytelling to better understand their students as learners and more effectively plan for instruction. The findings from this study conclude that digital storytelling is an effective way for students to communicate their learning as well as for teachers to see their “struggling rea...

     Hi, I'm Kate! 👋 Although my students know me as Miss Webber, Miss Webbie, and my personal favorite... Miss Clever. 😉 When you teach first grade, you collect many fun names as you go and I love to embrace each one. I started my journey in education at the University of Nebraska at Omaha where I studied Early Childhood Inclusive Education. Today, I am very happy with where I am at in my journey - teaching first grade for Omaha Public Schools at Gateway Elementary! I am currently teaching kindergarten for summer school which has only made me appreciate my little firsties even more. Kindergarteners are wild! 😅 Please wish me luck this summer!      Technology has never been my strong suit but teaching in today's world where technology is everywhere and used for everything, I have become a much more tech savvy person than I ever thought possible! I enjoy learning new things that I can use in my classroom to enhance  instruction as well as my students...