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Digital storytelling is a great resource for teachers and students. From the student’s point of view, they have the opportunity to disseminate information using their own words while implementing imagination and creativity. For students with disabilities, the use of digital stories can slow down the teaching process and break the information up into smaller pieces which can be beneficial. This for most students will help them to understand and retain the information longer. From the teacher’s perspective digital stories can create an engaging experience that will enhance most learning styles. So, are there any negatives to this type of technology based student centric learning? For me, yes. Clearly time becomes a factor as students spend at least two class periods planning, storyboarding, videoing, and editing all of the information needed to produce a quality product. Now, a topic that took maybe 30 minutes to teach and master has taken two hours of time. This is just not feasible in today’s classroom where every minute of instructional time is important. Having said that, would the time factor keep me from implementing this strategy into my plans at some point during the school year? Probably not, but planning for the right concept to apply this creative strategy to would be extremely important.

Digital storytelling is a great resource for teachers and students. From the student’s point of view, they have the opportunity to disseminate information using their own words while implementing imagination and creativity. For students with disabilities, the use of digital stories can slow down the teaching process and break the information up into smaller pieces which can be beneficial. This for most students will help them to understand and retain the information longer. From the teacher’s perspective digital stories can create an engaging experience that will enhance most learning styles. So, are there any negatives to this type of technology based student-centric learning? For me, yes. Clearly time becomes a factor as students spend at least two class periods planning, storyboarding, videoing, and editing all of the information needed to produce a quality product. Now, a topic that took maybe 30 minutes to teach and master has taken two hours of time. This is just not feasible in today’s classroom where every minute of instructional time is important. Having said that, would the time factor keep me from implementing this strategy into my plans at some point during the school year? Probably not, but planning for the right concept to apply this creative strategy to would be extremely important.

Digital storytelling is a great resource for teachers and students. From the student’s point of view, they have the opportunity to disseminate information using their own words while implementing imagination and creativity. For students with disabilities, the use of digital stories can slow down the teaching process and break the information up into smaller pieces which can be beneficial. This for most students will help them to understand and retain the information longer. From the teacher’s perspective digital stories can create an engaging experience that will enhance most learning styles. So, are there any negatives to this type of technology based student-centric learning? For me, yes. Clearly time becomes a factor as students spend at least two class periods planning, storyboarding, videoing, and editing all of the information needed to produce a quality product. Now, a topic that took maybe 30 minutes to teach and master has taken two hours of time. This is just not feasible in today’s classroom where every minute of instructional time is important. Having said that, would the time factor keep me from implementing this strategy into my plans at some point during the school year? Probably not, but planning for the right concept to apply this creative strategy to would be extremely important.

reflection

reflection

LOOKS LIKE A MOVIE STAR
IntrodutionIntroduction
In today’s world students typically spend more time on the Internet than they do watching TV. They are constantly scanning YouTube for the latest videos that will deliver information to them quickly, and efficiently. Through the process of digital storytelling companies sell their products and promote their services. Individuals’ video themselves doing apparently anything and everything. Teachers disseminate information in short concise stories that other teachers like me use to show my own students. So, if students use this media on a consistent and sometimes daily basis why should it not be used more to help them learn? That is a question that I now ask myself after having completed this project. As I have learned while completing this assignment, stories can be about anything. As long as you have a topic and a digital camera the options are unlimited. By allowing students the opportunity to use digital stories they will integrate their creativity into the process of learning. In other words, they may enjoy the process and produce a story that is both educational and entertaining.