Build Digital Literacy With The Edit Digital Storytelling Challenge!

Your students’ voices deserve a platform! The Edit Digital Storytelling Challenge gives middle and high school students the opportunity share their insights 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, the winning news reports will win cool prizes such as GoPro equipment, Fandango gift cards, and more!

Give Your Students a Platform With The 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 build critical skills like communication, collaboration, and creative problem-solving by helping them produce their own 90-second video news reports.

The Edit was built 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 your schedule.

When you register, you’ll get access to the Edit 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 as they participate in The Edit:

Step 1: Preparing Their Content

First, your students will learn how to brainstorm topics and do research to learn more about their topic.

The project starts with brainstorming and research on the wellness-related topics that interest them. Whether it’s the impact of loneliness on health, or how early financial education leads to decreased student debt, The Edit will help guide them through the research process, demonstrating how quality digital content starts with an understanding of the topic.

Once your students have done their research, they will write a short script that compiles the information they learned. In the Edit Portal, teachers will find instructions and tips to help students through the script-writing process.

Step 2: Make 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 start by recording their scripts, then they will organize the footage that they record. Finally, students will tie that footage together through intentional editing. Throughout the process, the Edit 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 prize-worthy.

By adding voice-overs, music, graphic details, and other digital effects to their videos, students will give their content that extra edge. Adobe Express has loads of digital assets like audio clips, images, and art to help your students get innovative and make their videos their own.

Step 4: Compete

Now it’s time to show off your students’ digital stories to the world!

You can submit your students’ completed work to The Edit for the opportunity to win some amazing prizes from NBCU Academy and Adobe. Plus, NBCUAcademy and Adobe will feature the winning news reports on various social media channels, giving your students the attention and voice they deserve.

Register for The Edit and Win Big!

If you teach grades 6-12 students in the United States, you can resister your classroom to participate in The Edit today. It’s completely free! After you’ve registered, we’ll share all of the the printable and digital resources you need to help your students create their video news reports and compete in The Edit Digital Storytelling Challenge.

Don’t forget that your students can win big prizes from Adobe and NBCU Academy like GoPro equipment, Fandango gift cards, and more.

Register for The Edit today and give your students the platform to share their voice with the world!