"Everyone Has a Different Story": Reflecting on Experiential Learning Through Digital Storytelling

• In Event: Learning Environments for Language, Literacy, and Culture

Abstract

This study explores the perceptions and experiences of middle school students who used digital storytelling to reflect on their experiences in a year-end gardening and sustainability capstone project. This project was based on experiential learning principles, connecting hands-on experiences to reflection on those experiences. Findings indicate that the students considered the capstone project a positive hands-on learning experience, helping to connect what they learned during the semester to real life experience, and that they used digital stories successfully to reflect upon their experiences.

Authors

• Deoksoon Kim, Boston College

• Patrick Mannion, University of South Florida