"Storytelling is Interactive"

As we move into the NDCE through film and televison, one of our assigned readings by Katalina Groh was on "The film-maker as storyteller".  I felt some real connections with education and teaching strategies while reading this article.  Groh talks about storytelling being interactive and I think this is very significant in drawing the students into whatever subject you are teaching in the classroom.  The story could be fictional or non-fictional for stimulating the learning (however I think it may depend on the age group as well for effectiveness!).  Like Groh also says, observing the reactions and responses of the audience (students) to such storytelling ultimately allows the storyteller (teacher) to customize the story and further enhance the desire to learn.