1. Name of the journal Art Education Technology :
Digital Storytelling
Issue / Volume March 2007
Page Number 17 - 22
Prepared for Dr Johan @ Eddy Luaran
Prepared by Zahidah binti Ab Aziz ( 2013770077)
1.Overview
The article that I have found from the author, Sheng Kuan Chung, is describe the
implementation of an innovative course in art education technology at the University of Houston
that teaches pre-and in service art teachers applying a digital storytelling to art education
Digital storytelling is “the modern expression of the ancient art of storytelling..Digital storytelling
derive their power through weaving images, music, narrative and voice together, thereby giving
deep dimension and vivid color to characters, situations and insights”. ( Digital Storytelling
Association,2002 para 1-2). In this article, digital storytelling refers to the practice of
incorporating digital text, imagery , video and audio into the presentation of a computer –
mediated and multimedia story.
In 21st
century, using digital storytelling as a powerful tool for art inquiry, production and
instruction to create a multimedia story related to art education. In addition, digital storytelling is
an easy way to learn and understand it is because the new generation command with the
technology. Their daily life actually related in technology. Digital storytelling, there have a
process from a storyboard until production which is students develop their idea through
sketches to help students easily visualize content in terms of character, setting and plot. They
also explored skills by manipulated and modified by using a software application such as Adobe
Premiere. The application of this digital storytelling, is a relevant and powerful way to promote
visual culture art education for the technology digital generation.

2. 2. Description of the Methodology
The author were an art teacher at University of Houston, concluded by three student stories
were used as short presentations to teach kindergarten through adult-aged about theory or any
practice related to art education. First, Barbara which is the student created a piece of using
Power Point, the software that she used work properly but her laptop had a problem because
she failed to find the file she saved. Second is Amy. She created a story using iMovie to show
the campus public art collection. At the end, Amy challenged the audience to think about what
the campus would look like without public art in order to illustrate the importance of its
existence. Third, Jerita were produced with Windows Movie Maker 2.1summarized the benefits
of art education and cited research findings to urge better funding and support for art education
in public school.
Another, the class of 7 rated favorably each of the student digital stories during peer evaluation.
They appreciated having an opportunity to learn about digital storytelling and apply to their own
art teaching.
From this article, the author used a quantitative data method which is the author collect the data
from their experience and observation as an art teacher and interview from other student.
The purpose of this research is to identify the importance of digital storytelling in art education
which is, this globalization era used a various of technology and multimedia as relevant way to
teach art in the computer technology. Another, the educator must change their thinking about art
education in technology and looking forward about what the need in art education nowadays.
Based on the author, it clearly show that digital storytelling in art education is a very important to
make students more thinking in creative way and easy to make them produce a new product in
digital storytelling.

3. 3. Evaluation
 The significant of the study in this article is related with nowadays life which is using a
technology and multimedia.
 The author make this article with ethical concerns because had mention and makes a
citation all the data that found.
 Data collection from the author is relevant because author using a quantitative data and
easy to find out by author experience, observation and interview from other students.
 On this article, I agree with Heise & Grandenett,1996 quotes “Advances in Computer
technology dramatically transform modern society into an arena where digital devices
are indispensable. Collectively, technologies create a new genre of contemporary art
forms (Roland,1994) that challenge art educators in search of meaningful practices.
Teachers must know how to use computer technology to prepare students to function in
this rapidly- changing world.” It is because a new generation in 21st
century using
technology and art education also changing with technology. The educators and
teachers must thinking forward with new creative idea by using a various of digital
multimedia. They must learned about all creative multimedia to make students more
creative in art education.
 I agree with this article because it related with our daily live in multimedia technology in
art education. Digital storytelling became a very famous because it is the straight-
forward and easy to learn.

4. 4. A Discussion of Implications.
In this article, the implementation of digital storytelling in technology art education is very
important to create students more creative. The author also explained the process of
digital storytelling for make students thinking more creativity in art.
Based on global era, the transformation of technology art education is more related in
this article. In this article, art educators and teachers is the important role to make
student create and love with multimedia art. They must change and thinking forward
what the need of technology in art education. I agree of the statement by Dunn (1996),
“Art teachers who are technologically literate are uniquely positioned to play a major role
in their schools attempts to restructure in the face of an ever-changing global market
place.”
Nowadays, we can see a lot of art multimedia such as 3D animation. In Malaysia, we
have a less of leaning in digital storytelling in classroom. From the article, the educators
or art teachers can used this method for art education leaning in classroom.