Decolonizing the French Language Class… Digital story-telling?
As I go through (the limited) literature about de-colonizing French Immersion classes, I find that a lot of it is Social Studies focused. Where I struggle is more in my Core French and FRAL courses. I realize I’d also love to implement more technology while also de-colonizing my classroom. Before taking the course, technology and indigeneity seemed like oil and water to me. However, I’m seeing that there are ways in using technology while also making space for Indigenous knowledge and ways of teaching in my classroom. I’m curious to know more about digital story-telling as a way to learn more about Indigenous stories but for students to also tell their own stories in relation to the land where they are situated. I will be using modules 3 and 4 to explore some directions for my research paper, so I apologize if they are a little all over the place!
Hi Olivia, thank you for sharing this interesting resource on digital storytelling. The video resonated with me as I have also thought that technology and indigeneity seemed like oil and water before taking our course. It truly is fascinating and concerning how technology has the power to connect and divide us both at the same time. Hence, I appreciated the practical steps that were shared on how to create videos for storytelling. I found the webinar video below where there is a panel of Indigenous artists discussing how they practice storytelling through augmented reality and digital art which may be of interest to you as well!
IM4 Lab. (2021, February 24). How is Indigenous storytelling transforming immersive technology?. https://youtu.be/M7eT-KIZxjU