Digital Storytelling within a Service-Learning Partnership

2011 ◽  
pp. 88-105 ◽  
Author(s):  
Emily Wexler Love ◽  
Debra Flanders Cushing ◽  
Margaret Sullivan ◽  
Jode Brexa
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
High School Students ◽  
Service Learning ◽  
University Students ◽  
Digital Storytelling ◽  
School Administrators ◽  
High School Administrators ◽  
Multi Stage ◽  
School Partnership ◽  
The Impact

This chapter describes a university/high school partnership focused on digital storytelling. It also explains the multi-stage process used to establish this successful partnership and project. The authors discuss the central role that technology played in developing this university/high school partnership, a collaboration that extended the impact of a digital storytelling project to reach high school students, university students, educators, high school administrators, and the local community. Valuing a reflective process that can lead to the creation of a powerful final product, the authors describe the impact of digital storytelling on multiple stakeholders, including the 13 university students and 33 culturally and linguistically diverse high school youth who participated during the fall of 2009. In addition, the chapter includes reflections from university and high school student participants expressed during focus groups conducted throughout the project. While most participants had a positive experience with the project, complications with the technology component often caused frustrations and additional challenges. Goals for sharing this project are to critically evaluate digital storytelling, describe lessons learned, and recommend good practices for others working within a similar context or with parallel goals.

scholarly journals The impact of electronic devices on the physical growth and development of modern youth and recommendations on their safe use

2019 ◽  
pp. 83-89
Author(s):  
O.Yu. Milushkina ◽  
N.A. Skoblina ◽  
S.V. Markelova ◽  
A.A. Tatarinchik ◽  
E.P. Melikhova ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
Body Weight ◽  
High School Students ◽  
University Students ◽  
Screen Time ◽  
Growth And Development ◽  
Educational Institution ◽  
Electronic Devices ◽  
Physical Growth ◽  
The Impact

The impact of excessive exposure to electronic devices (ED) on youth health remains understudied. There is a pressing need to develop recommendations for the safe use of stationary and mobile ED aimed at minimizing health risks. In this work, we assess the effect of ED on the physical growth and development of high-school and university students and provide recommendations for preventing the negative impact of prolonged screen time on health. The study recruited 460 high-school and 598 university students. Standard anthropometric measurements were taken. The psychological and emotional state of the participants was evaluated using the Test Anxiety Inventory by Spielberg (modified by Khanin). To estimate daily and weekly exposure to ED the participants were asked to fill out standardized questionnaires. In high school students, the average screen time was 7 h a day; in university students, 8.5 to 10 h a day. Only 60% of the participants, regardless of their place of residence or the type of educational institution they were attending, were physically healthy. We conclude that prolonged and frequent exposure to ED is one of the factors that can interfere with normal physical growth and development in youth. Regular daily use of stationary ED increases the risk of developing body weight deficit by 24% and gaining excess body weight by 10%. We recommend that students should eliminate computers, laptops and stationary ED from their daily activities for at least one day at the weekend and reduce total screen time to 3 hours a day.

scholarly journals Digital Storytelling Implementation for Enhancing Students’ Speaking Ability in Various Text Genres

2019 ◽  
Vol 8 (4) ◽  
pp. 3147-3151
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
High School Students ◽  
Digital Storytelling ◽  
Sampling Technique ◽  
Senior High School ◽  
School Students ◽  
Tenth Grade ◽  
Minimum Criteria ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Senior High School Students

This research was conducted to investigate the impact of digital storytelling towards senior high school students’ speaking ability in various text genres, and analyze in what extend it works effectively. The researchers used an action research and random sampling technique. The steps in this design are Planning, acting, observing, and reflecting. The sample of this research was 34 students of tenth grade science 4. The researchers defined there was difference between Cycle 1 (before giving treatment) and Cycle 2 (after giving treatment). In Cycle 1, only 15 students (44,11 %) could pass standard minimum criteria (KKM) with the upper value 75. On the other hand, Cycle 2 showed 27 students could achieve KKM. Futhermore, this method assisted teacher in comperending material, generated students’ critical thinking, creativities, and confidence not only in education field but also technology field. Overall, this research reveals there are significant influences of digital storytelling method towards senior high school students’ speaking ability in various text genres.

scholarly journals Service Learning: A Bridge to Engineering for Underrepresented Minorities

2014 ◽  
pp. 475-491 ◽  
Author(s):  
Abiola A Farinde ◽  
Brett Tempest ◽  
Lisa Merriweather
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
Science Education ◽  
Native American ◽  
High School Students ◽  
Service Learning ◽  
Community Engagement ◽  
Informal Science Education ◽  
Theory And Practice ◽  
Informal Science ◽  
The Impact

Female, Black, Latino and Native American students are underrepresented in the STEM pipeline. Finding ways to increase underrepresented populations in STEM fields continues to be a major initiative in education. Many underrepresented student groups express a strong orientation toward service and community engagement. Informal Science Education (ISE) can be structured to include community engagement and to engage learners’ interest and enhance their understanding of the theory and practice of science. Service learning is a strategy that can be used within an ISE pedagogy to highlight how engineering acts as a community engaged vocation. This report describes a service learning project that exposed underrepresented high school aged students to engineering via a community service activity in which students built irrigation equipment for use in a community garden. The objective of the project was to use the context of service learning to motivate high school students to consider STEM majors. To describe the impact of informal science education through service learning, a qualitative study was also conducted. Three themes emerged: experiential learning (learning while doing), broadening perspective and identity as performance. Lessons learned and strategies for improving the service learning design are also discussed.

THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN SMART PHONE USAGE AND SLEEP DISTURBANCES AND PSYCHOLOGICAL DISSTRESS AMONG STUDENTS

2017 ◽  
pp. 125-130
Author(s):  
Minh Tam Nguyen ◽  
Phuc Thanh Nhan Nguyen ◽  
Thi Thuy Hang Nguyen
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
High School Students ◽  
University Students ◽  
Sleep Quality ◽  
Sleep Disturbances ◽  
Public Health Problem ◽  
Smartphone Addiction ◽  
Poor Sleep ◽  
School Students ◽  
The Relationship

The increasing use of smartphone among young people is creating negative effects and is an important public health problem in many countries. Smartphone abuse and addiction may cause physical and psychological disorders among users. However, the awarenes on this issue has been inadequate due to lacking of evidence. Objectives: To describe the current situation of smartphone using among students at highschools and universities in Hue city and to examine the relationship between smartphone using and sleep disturbances and psychological disstress among participants. Methods: A cross-sectional study with a randomly selected sample of 1,150 students at highschools and universities in Hue city. SAS-SV scale was used to evaluate phone addiction status, K10 scale was used for psychological distress assessment and PSQI scale was used to examine the sleep quality. Results: The proportion of students at highschools and universities having smartphones was 78.0%. The rate of smartphone addiction among high school students was 49.1% and that among university students was 43.7%. There was 57.3% of high school students had poor sleep quality, and that of university students was 51.6%. There was a statistically significant association between smartphone addiction and sleep disturbances and psychological disstress among participants (p <0.05). Conclusion: The prevalence of smartphone addiction among students at highschools and universities is alarming and is related to sleep disturbances and psychological disstress among participants. There is a strong call to develop intervention to help students to aware and manage the use of smartphone effectively.

Tunisian High School Students and Digital Media Literacy: A Quantitative Study

2021 ◽  
pp. 002205742110259
Author(s):  
Tarak Dridi
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
High School Students ◽  
Digital Media ◽  
Secondary Students ◽  
Media Literacy ◽  
Quantitative Study ◽  
School Students ◽  
Information And Communication ◽  
Digital Media Literacy ◽  
The Impact

Digital media literacy has become an intrinsic component in shaping high school students’ knowledge acquisition and critical thoughts. Over the last two decades, internet and computers have been the implemented tools to reach such goals and promote the students’ learning. This article looks for the impact of Information and Communication Technology (ICT) on Tunisian secondary school students by detecting their technical skills as well as their critical understanding. This quantitative study relies on a self-reporting approach and targets 150 Tunisian secondary students. It proves the necessary consideration of technological and social variables in helping sort out major digital handicaps related to secondary students and displays the interconnectedness between the different dimensions of digital media literacy. It also displays that Tunisian high school students cannot be referred to as digital-media literate people. The study contributes to the field of digital media literacy as it offers a solid empirical background to build on and indicates the necessity of integrating digital media literacy into the school-based initiatives.

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