Edmonds, F., Rachinger, C., Singh, G., Chenhall, R., Arnold, M., de Souza, P., & Lowish, S. (2014). What’s ya Story: The making of a digital storytelling mobile app with Aboriginal young people.
This is a report that presents the findings of a 2-day collaborative workshop that resulted in the development of the WYS app prototype, a storytelling application. The development of this prototype provided an opportunity for Aboriginal youth to explore and engage in a participatory media environment as responsible ‘producers’ to increase opportunities for supporting Aboriginal youth culture and identity.
Even though this app prototype is a work in progress, the project has allowed those involved to explore and extend their understandings of digital literacy from the perspectives of Aboriginal youth and build on these in ways that develop digital literacy skills which promote Aboriginal youth’s connections to contemporary culture in the digital age.