Digital Storytelling as a new meaningful teaching/learning strategy for mathematics and geometry.

The goal of our research was to evaluate the effectiveness of teaching mathematics using a Digital Storytelling approach, and show how it can be an appealing communication method for students. The research focused on the students' and teachers' ideas about mathematics and the different teaching and learning methodologies comparing the efficacy of three teaching strategies: traditional lessons, lessons that incorporate the use of simple multimedia tools such as Power Point, and lessons that incorporate the use of a digital storytelling video. From our first analysis, it seems that students are very motivated to learn using digital storytelling videos. This methodology also seems to help teachers in communicating about topics that are usually taught with difficulty in a more 'formal' way. Digital Storytelling seems to be specifically effective when compared with traditional lessons and classes which make use of traditional multimedia tools. The research had a strong innovative impact on the teaching methods among schools involved in the project. For example, students seemed to appreciate this kind of teaching approach and their level of attention, motivation and comprehension of concepts grew. In addition, Digital Storytelling supported teachers in the communication of abstract content, contextualizing it into a narrative format and giving it a precise meaning.