Moviemaking in the Classroom: Lifting Student Voices Through Digital Storytelling

Abstract

Jessica Pack is a middle-school digital literacy teacher in a Californian town near the Mexican border. Due to the proximity to the Mexican border, a large portion of her students are English language learners. Regardless of their native language, all of Pack’s students participate in her digital storytelling projects, covering core content as well as hard-hitting social issues. Pack’s methods, though in another country with students from various cultural backgrounds, can be applied to classrooms around the world, including those in South Korea. This review will highlight key points in Pack’s book.