Teaching Students How to Make Movies to Document Their Learning

Few activities are more engaging than storytelling. Students are primed to want to tell stories because they encounter them everywhere—watching Netflix, playing video games, scrolling social media.?

In the classroom, teachers can design digital storytelling opportunities as capstone projects to showcase student mastery. Not only does moviemaking appeal to students, but storytelling naturally ignites emotion, which results in learning that is easily remembered.?

And when teachers help students “storify” their learning during the scripting process, the resulting movie project can serve as a summative assessment.