Digital Storytelling: The Method for Engaging Students in Media Literacy

In today’s digital age, the way we consume and engage with media has drastically changed.Recently the rapid developments in technology, the use of technological media and multimediatools, storytelling has taken on a whole new dimension. Digital storytelling has emerged as apowerful method to convey information, entertain, and persuade. In the realm of medialiteracy, digital storytelling has a significant impact, transforming the way we understand andinteract with media. Digital storytelling is an evolving narrative form that combines traditionalstorytelling techniques with digital tools to create and share narratives that are enhanced bymultimedia elements. These elements may include images, text, audio, and video to convey amessage or story, allows us to blend creativity with factual information, making learninginteractive and meaningful. This paper presents digital storytelling as a method for engagingstudents in the development of media literacy, skills, promote critical thinking, and enhancetheir overall learning experience.