Digital storytelling is a great project for young students. I love that it provides such ownership and motivation. I believe that students will truly be motivated to tell their own stories because they get to use their words and pictures. Plus, they get to use computers, which is also highly motivating for students.
I think that I would start introducing digital story telling as early as 1st grade, allowing students to take photos and record their own words with their pictures. At this level, though, the teacher would be the one to put it all together. Starting in 3rd or 4th grade, I would begin teaching the students how to put everything together using the computer softwares.
I believe that when students write stories for a purpose, i.e. transforming them into digital stories, they will produce higher quality of work, due to the intrinsic motivational factor.
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I agree with how much student involvement you would allow for students at the early elementary level. They will really need lots of support while focusing on one specific skill within iMovie. As they get older, they will want increased ownership and responsibility with their movie and want to do most, if not all, on their own. As a teacher you really need to take into consideration your specific group of students. Depending on their needs/abilities they may be able to do more or less than you think.
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