“Occasionally a book comes along that creates a shift in thinking. This book...Expanding Literacy: Bringing Digital Storytelling into your Classroom by Brett Pierce...does just that. This professional book provides teachers with the tools and resources they need to integrate digital storytelling into their classrooms.”--The Reader - The Journal of the Arkansas Literacy Association, Volume 46, Issue 1 - Summer, 2023. Tammy Gilmore
“Brett Pierce pulls us into a thoughtful and enthusiastic conversation about the power and potential of digital storytelling in the classroom. …Throughout my reading of this book, I found myself asking: What if all students had the opportunity to participate in digital storytelling before coming to the college composition classroom? What if I could build on and reinforce the idea of exploring our possible selves through digital stories? What if digital storytelling was a required and accessible part of all of our educational stories?”--Arizona English Journal, Fall 2023. Tracy Iftikar
“Pierce’s sprinkle of personal and professional experiences along with statistical research, add depth and context to this modern interpretation of storytelling. As educators in varying stages of our careers, we are no strangers to storytelling. This book not only offers creative and practical suggestions for project-based learning but also helps define and navigate digital storytelling as an artform that can be implemented with all of its benefits for our use in the field.”-- The Montana English Journal, Vol. 44, Iss. 2023. Monica Jane Dierken, Georgina Molly Kepferle, and Madeline Wenberg
“The central strength of this book for teachers looking to take up this work is its accessibility through offering concrete activities and projects to try in the classroom. … Expanding Literacy: Bringing Digital Storytelling into Your Classroom assists teachers seeking concrete ideas for integrating digital literacy practices in their classrooms. It supports them in honoring students’ existing literacy expertise and creating more equitable classroom spaces that do not privilege singular types of knowledge.”--Kansas English, 2023, Volume 104, Number 1Kansas Association of Teachers of English. Jennifer S. Dail.
“As I began Expanding Literacy, I found myself asking what is digital storytelling? By page six, I had an answer: it “is the capacity to communicate using text, sound, music, and imagery – still and moving. Although my tech-based anxiety level began to rise, there was no need to panic. We educators are not required to be proficient in all these areas. …Ask your principal or librarian to purchase a copy now. Read it and experiment with several activities before the end of the school year. Make sure to invite the building administrators to the premiere – Digital Storytelling in Room 101.”--Middleweb, 1.12.23 - Anne Anderson
