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Digital Storytelling and key skills: problems and opportunities
Abstract. This paper presents a pilot study conducted at the University Caâ
Foscari â Venice, in Italy, in which a group of pre-service secondary school
teachers explored the use of digital storytelling through workshops. The aim of
this study was to determine the key skills that teachers employ in the production
of DS. To this end, the study investigated in detail: the stages of Digital
Storytelling (DS) perceived as difficult; the key skills that teachers are able to
develop in their use of DS; the obstacles that may prevent the use of DS in
schools. Although teachers have recognized the positive value of DS on the
pedagogical and educational levels, the sample shows some resistance to using
it at school, not so much due to the lack of technical competence, but for
institutional reasons such as time constraints, access to technical equipment and
curriculum demands