Digital Storytelling

This week we are learning about digital storytelling. In digital stories you can tell a compelling story with images, narration, music, and graphics. Digital stories remix information to make a greater impact. Digital stories can be used to introduce a topic or to learn more about a subject.
This week we are working on the first part of creation-scripting, narration, and a story board which will help us to start to form ideas and gather information to make our story.

Digital storytelling can be used in many ways. We can use it in classrooms to engage students in a subject. As a student I could use digital storytelling in my lesson plans. Digital storytelling could be used in social studies, english, science, and even math. Digital stories are compelling because they include narration, powerful pictures, and music that can invoke emotion.

In the future I would like to use digital storytelling in the classroom to interest and engage students. It would be a great assignment for students to make their own stories about something that they are passionate about. Students would be learning about a subject while also learning vital technological skills on the computer. My 11 year old can already easily make a powerpoint himself so this would be a new, more advanced skill. Digital storytelling would be an assignment which could challenge different levels of learners. I am excited about this assignment and the variety of things which can be expressed-especially inspiration. Digital storytelling could also be used in church, personal life, and in the community.

I couldn't get the assigned video to work so I watched a video on Teachertube about Newton's 3 laws of motion. It is a fun yet simple video. I would use it to introduce a lesson on the 3 laws of motion. I think students enjoy videos and listening to a different voice occassionally. The information is presented simply and has cartoons which demonstrate the laws in a fun way. I would definitely use this video.