This blog features the experience of several schools in SD #8 Kootenay Lake. The team is comprised of teachers, administration, a speech and language pathologist, and an Indigenization Coordinator. Here you see their reflections and experiences while working on the Digital Storytelling Project, and what their journey included to bring this project into the classroom. The project focused on the following components:
- Local focus: We will learn stories from a local Aboriginal Storyteller about the land in which our school district resides (Kootenay Lake). We will also use technology to connect with storytellers who are not able to come to our school (Skype, Google Talk, etc).
- Traditional Teachings/Engagement of Land: Our students will learn the elements of traditional storytelling, learn about the traditional uses of the area and resources, and then create their own stories about the land, with the support of a local writer and Elders.
- Power of Story/Language and Culture: Finally, the youth will tell their stories, in conjunction with our Aboriginal storyteller, to other students in our school and district (perhaps at the annual Aboriginal Youth Leadership Conference). Students will use technology to record and present their stories.