Benefits of Digital Storytelling for Students
Approximately 45 percent of the respondents stated that digital storytelling allows students to improve their
understanding of subject area knowledge, writing skills, technical skills, and presentation skills. Forty-one
percent of the participants stated that digital storytelling helps students improve all of the skills specified in the
question. Thirty-five percent of participants agreed that digital storytelling allows students to improve their
research skills; 27 percent of them agreed that digital storytelling improved overall academic performance (see
the DS website for Appendix Table 5).