Abstract: Digital Storytelling has become a powerful instructional tool for both students
and educators. This article presents an overview of Digital Storytelling and describes
where it came from, how it can be used to support instruction and how students who learn
to create their own digital stories improve multiple literacy skills. In addition, information
is presented about the tools that can be used to support the educational use of Digital
Storytelling. The article also includes a discussion of challenges and other important
considerations that students and educators should be aware of before implementing the
use of Digital Storytelling in the classroom, and concludes with an overview of the
research that has been and needs to be conducted on the effectiveness of Digital
Storytelling as a teaching and learning tool.