Instructional principles and practices in a digital storytelling one-to-one laptop English language program

This study presents a narrative account of an English teacher's experiences of teaching digital storytelling in the context of a school-wide one-to-one laptop program. The results show that the transfer of exemplary language performance from the oral physical realm is not as straightforward as it first appears. While there is certainly potential to enhance storytelling digitally, there is also a need to understand and practice how stories are constructed and how meaning making is designed and realised through various semiotic modes of representation.