I teach at a semi-rural secondary school that recently placed third in the RBTT Young Leaders Programme. This is a significant accomplishment, in that as one of the newer secondary schools, we were considered an underdog in the scheme of things, where traditional "prestige" schools tend to take the lead. Thanks to our talented and committed teachers, the participating students were able to contribute to community development, learn interpersonal skills and make their school proud.
I do not know what the theme for the next Young Leaders project will be, but I look forward to making an input which will involve helping students to create a digital story as part of the project. This is, of course, after familiarizing them with digital stories created by my colleagues and myself. These will be used for activating their previous knowledge and connecting it to new concepts to be taught. Also, according to Hibbing and Rankin-Erikson (2003), using multimedia (which is integral to digital storytelling) will help students to retain new knowledge and to understand difficult content. After the students are exposed to digital storytelling as a teaching and learning tool, I would like to see the next Young Leaders (with guidance from their teachers) produce a digital story to either inform, explore historical events, or tell a personal story, depending on which purpose will best support the project's objectives. The digital story might very well help our students to continue their ways.
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