This chapter explores reimagining digital technologies in environmental education, emphasizing how digital engagement allows children to investigate and connect with their surroundings, fostering a relational orientation towards the world. Employing post-human theory, we examine the educational potential of stories, storytelling, and augmented technology, immersing children in the ‘more-than-human world,’ which is defined by the interconnectedness of humans and nonhumans. Our post-human perspective unveils new opportunities for conceptualizing digital technology in environmental education, addressing ecological challenges. We illustrate this through research conducted in a Finnish primary school where children utilized an augmented story-crafting app to explore their urban forest, creating and sharing stories. Our investigation unveiled how trees intertwined with children’s augmented storytelling, demonstrating the educational value of these experiences. The chapter illustrates the potential of post-human theorizing to reshape our perspectives on digital technologies in environmental education.

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Reimagining Digital Technologies in Environmental Education: Relating with the More-than-Human World Through Augmented Storying

  • Kristiina Kumpulainen,
  • Jenny Renlund,
  • Chin Chin Wong,
  • Jenny Byman

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This chapter explores reimagining digital technologies in environmental education, emphasizing how digital engagement allows children to investigate and connect with their surroundings, fostering a relational orientation towards the world. Employing post-human theory, we examine the educational potential of stories, storytelling, and augmented technology, immersing children in the ‘more-than-human world,’ which is defined by the interconnectedness of humans and nonhumans. Our post-human perspective unveils new opportunities for conceptualizing digital technology in environmental education, addressing ecological challenges. We illustrate this through research conducted in a Finnish primary school where children utilized an augmented story-crafting app to explore their urban forest, creating and sharing stories. Our investigation unveiled how trees intertwined with children’s augmented storytelling, demonstrating the educational value of these experiences. The chapter illustrates the potential of post-human theorizing to reshape our perspectives on digital technologies in environmental education.