Reflection #4

This week in class we were able to learn about digital stories. We learned the basics of what a digital story is and saw a few examples. We were then assigned to work with our pod on creating a digital story of our own! As a pod, we came up with a topic relating to the grade we will be teaching. We were able to discuss the possible images, music, transitions and scripting to make our digital story come to life! The benefit of learning how to create digital stories will help us as teachers to bring a certain topic we want our students to understand and relate to. This tool will also be helpful when introducing a new unit to our students. It can be something serious and emotional, or light and funny.. ether way it sparks an interest to the students. The only bad thing i see about digital stories is that i will not be teaching my students how to create digital stories because of the age group. therefore, i might go to teacher tube or somewhere else to show a video to my students instead of creating my own because of lack of time. Other than that small con, i think digital stories are a fun and creative opportunity i can use in my classroom.
The video this week was very interesting, it helped me get an even better understanding of a digital story. I payed attention to the details of the story, such as the pictures, transitions, music and script. I noticed the flow of the video, it really went a long great with the music and pictures. if i hadn't learned about digital stories in class i wouldn't have noticed the small details and surely wouldn't have appreciated it as much!!