Your students’ voices deserve a platform! The Edit Digital Storytelling Challenge gives middle and high school students the opportunity to share their knowledge with the world by creating a digital news report on a wellness-related topic. As students create their digital news reports, they learn critical communication skills and increase their digital literacy. Plus, winning news reports will win cool prizes like GoPro gear, Fandango gift cards, and more.
Give your students a platform with Edit
You can inspire the next generation of media talent through The Edit’s fun digital storytelling challenge.
The Edit Digital Storytelling Challenge helps middle and high school students develop critical skills like communication, collaboration, and creative problem solving by helping them produce their own 90-second video news reports.
Edit was created to integrate with middle and high school curricula, giving teachers the opportunity to teach essential digital skills in a creative way and in just a few class periods. The challenge is easy to incorporate into your classroom curriculum and schedule.
When you sign up, you’ll get access to the Editing Portal and its detailed instructions, video tutorials, examples of winning news reports, and more. All you have to do is follow the guided instructions and share your students’ digital creativity with the world!
Here’s a sneak peek at the critical communication and digital literacy skills your students will learn while participating in The Edit:
Step 1: Prepare your content
First, your students will learn how to brainstorm topics and do research to learn more about their topic.
The project begins with brainstorming and researching the wellness topics that interest them. Whether it’s the impact of loneliness on health or how early financial education leads to a decrease in student debt, The Edit will help guide you through the research process, demonstrating how quality digital content begins with understanding the issue.
Once your students have done their research, they will write a short script that compiles the information they learned. In the Editing Portal, teachers will find instructions and tips to help students through the script writing process.
Step 2: Create digital stories
Next, your students will use what they learned in their research to turn their scripts into compelling and creative digital news stories.
Your students will begin by recording their scripts and then organize the footage they record. Finally, students will stitch that footage together through intentional editing. Throughout the process, the Editing Portal will provide detailed instructions and video tutorials to give your students the tools they need to successfully create digital content.
Step 3: Shape the content
Next, your students will hone their digital editing skills and make their content award-worthy.
By adding voiceovers, music, graphic details, and other digital effects to their videos, students will give their content that extra edge. Adobe Express has a wealth of digital resources, such as audio clips, images, and art, to help your students be innovative and make their videos their own.
Step 4: compete
Now is the time to show the world your students’ digital stories!
You can submit your students’ completed work to The Edit for a chance to win amazing prizes from NBCU Academy and Adobe. Additionally, NBCUAcademy and Adobe will feature the winning news reports on various social media channels, giving your students the attention and voice they deserve.
Sign up to The Edit and win big!
If you teach students in grades 6-12 in the United States, you can resist your class to participate in The Edit today. It’s completely free! Once you’ve signed up, we’ll share all the digital and printable resources you need to help your students create their video news reports and compete in The Edit Digital Storytelling Challenge.
Don’t forget, your students can win great prizes from Adobe and NBCU Academy, like GoPro gear, Fandango gift cards, and more.
Sign up for The Edit today and give your students the platform to share their voice with the world!
