Children and adolescents are trying to find themselves but our culture and the people in the communities these children live in have a preconceived notion of the type of person they are. We all create identities about people, whether we mean to or not, by impressions we get from them or background knowledge we have about them. Children can better express themselves and show their identity through the use of videos, pictures, voice overs and text when digital storytelling. For example, the students at Las Redes were between the ages of 6 and 10 so their linguistic skills aren't developed enough to tell a story with text alone as well as they could with pictures of videos.
"Youth Re-Imagine Life Through Short Films"
http://electronicintifada.net/content/youth-re-imagine-life-through-short-films/8987#.UmbHZsSiTyw.email
A group of 20 Palestinian students from refugee camps became a part of the Re-Imagining Project which uses digital photography and storytelling workshops to support Palestinian youth in expressing their cultural identity, personal narratives and creative vision. Some of them had never even used a camera before. The films highlight the unusual struggles of a teen in these situations that are difficult, like escaping from the noise of diesel generators at the camp or soldiers not allowing them to go to school at times, with humor and in creative cinematic ways. The films were then shown at film festivals and on youtube.com.
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