Week 11: Key issues and Ideas from Digital Story

Key Issues and Ideas that emerged with the Digital Stories.

In crafting my own Digital Story, a key issue for me was the choice of a tool that seemed a perfect fit, versus choosing a tool that told this story in a different way. My topic was amenable to a timeline tool, or a linear slide show, but I challenged myself to NOT tell the story in a manner that textbooks address this topic. Engaging students in the content in a way that can get them to want to know the story was the challenge for me.

In viewing and hearing others’ stories, and engaging in the discussion threads regarding our stories, I learned a lot about how people viewed others’ stories. People took different things away from the stories and the choice of tools used by others.

I enjoyed those that took a personal approach to their story telling in introducing a little more of themselves to the class. I knew that this would be a stressful topic for me…afraid I would lose audience interest two slides in. ☺ Besides, I had already done a mini-video for an ice-breaker for a previous class, so I also wanted to try something different.

I also recognized in viewng others’ stories that a media presentation a lot more going on behind the scenes in content creation and editing, than I would have known before MET, and I respected those colleagues and the time they put into their stories.

All in all this was a great learning experience. I think what I will take away most is that I saw that tools that I had tried and abandoned (or just shelved for a later time – when there is more time) were effectively used by others in very impressive and unique ways.