Module 2 Weblog Post 1
http://digitalstorytelling.coe.uh.edu
Educational Uses of Digital Story Telling
” The (digital storytelling) project confirmed my belief that everyone has a story about a place that is important to her or him, and that by using multimedia to develop and share those stories, we strengthen our understanding of our communities. ” – Tom Banaszewsk
This website offers rich information on the impacts of Digital storytelling in an educational context. It provides examples of digital stories, software, examples, tutorials, and with other educational material.
This website not only offers the above, but provides rich information regarding the emblements that make up a digital story along with what they believe to be 21st century skills that are required to create a digital story.
Post 2:
Digital Storytelling: A Tool for Teaching and Learning in the YouTube Generation
This very interesting article, examines the benefits that digital story telling can have on students learning. The medium of digital stories can be leveraged to impart information in a more engaging manner than the traditional methods we are accustomed to. The use of digital stories can speak to the interests of young minds and their fascination with Youtube. Students are always accessing the site, and even loading personal content onto their personal channels.
Teachers could capitalize on student interest in these quick video clips as a way to help students connect with curriculum. Not only gain information on curriculum content, but also to create their own learning in a personalized and meaningful way.
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http://www.inms.umn.edu/elements/relationship.php?title=Relationship
The Elements of Digital Story Building
I found this website on the elements that make up a digital story. This was quite interesting to me as the elements that a good digital story is composed of, certainly speaks to what a good lesson or what a good assignment should be made up of. An effective classroom teachers takes into consideration all the elements mentioned on the site including media, action, relationship, context, and communication. If you try to imagine a classroom where one of these elements are missing, the class will not be as engaging and effective as it could be. I believe the elements that make a digital story are the reason why it is such an effective medium.
Post 4
http://www.graphingstories.com
Graph Stories
The Definition of Digital storytelling is the modern expression of the ancient art of storytelling – Wikipedia
As a mathematics teacher, I found this to be absolutely fascinating. How effective would this be compared to the questions in a mathematics textbook. Teachers can certainly make uss of this form of media to activate the minds of those in their class.
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http://courseweb.lis.illinois.edu/~jevogel2/lis506/research.html
Research Supporting Digital Storytelling
This site contains information on the benefits of digital stories for a variety of reasons. It is targeted to students who want to take a digital story teling course at the University of Illinois, but can be a source of information for educators. As the information on the site points out, digital stories can offer many benefits such as the a medium to increase literacy skils, help students become better writers, and understand digital citizenship among many others.