Digital Storytelling
Bringing the story to LIFE!
What a better way to start off my post than to post a digital video about digital storytelling. The video gives a perfect summary of what digital storytelling is and what purpose it serves. Digital storytelling is the use of video to tell a story, whether that be a story you made up or it be a true story. Digital storytelling can bring a lesson to life and should be used in the classrooms. In this link. http://digitalliteracyintheclassroom.pbworks.com/f/Educ-Uses-DS.pdf, it provides an overview of digital storytelling and gives a ton of reasons why digital storytelling should be used in the classroom.
Personally, I would use digital storytelling in my classroom for 4 reasons:
1) It keeps the students engaged. Whenever a video is being shown, students are more likely to listen to the video then to listen to the teacher telling that same story.
2) It integrates technology in the classroom. All talk in education today is about how we can better integrate technology in the classroom and what better way than by digital storytelling.
3) It can become project-based learning. I know throughout high school I would have LOVED for my teachers to give me videos to create and tell my story instead of writing papers about it. 3 minutes videos that are done correctly can tell just as much story as a 5 page paper can.
4) It is a reflection for deep-learning. Creating videos that tell a story allow for students to reflect what they are learning on. For example, if you were in a 4th grade classroom and were talking about North Carolina, then you could have students create a 2-3 min video to reflect on what they've learned. This gives the teacher an idea of how much the students learned and if they truly understand what they have been talking about.
WHATS YOUR DIGITAL STORY?
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I think digital storytelling is an effective teaching tool and can better understands a child learning of a topic. One of the coolest things that I like about it is the fact that teachers OR students can be the ones creating the videos. Teachers can use them to explain and elaborate on their teaching. Students can use them to show they understand the lesson or can create videos with a story they made up instead of writing a boring paper.
Digital storytelling could be used really in any classroom, for any subject.For example, in math, you could use it in an elementary school to explain the difference in shapes and what makes shapes different by having the shapes come to life and talk. In history, you could make a video about the presidents and have them describing their differences as well. This websites has sample videos for each subject that you could watch and figure out just how you could use digital storytelling for the subject that you teach >> http://digitalstorytelling.coe.uh.edu/example_stories.cfm?otherid=all
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Overall, Digtial Storytelling can be a fun and engaging way to bring a story to life and capture the attention of your students. I honestly believe digital storytelling could be a way to reduce the amount of papers written and increase the amount of participation if papers are reduced. It also provides integration of technology, which is something we as teachers should LOVE!
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ReplyDeleteVery insightful post, Taylor. I totally agree that, as a student, I would rather create a digital story than write a paper. I feel that digital stories allow students to use their creativity and are often a better representation of what they have learned. I like the video you had at the beginning and your four reasons for using digital storytelling in your classroom as well! I plan to use digital storytelling and other creative technological tool in my future classroom just like you!
ReplyDeleteGreat post! I liked how you listed reasons for why digital storytelling can be so useful. I especially liked the point you made about digital storytelling assignments replacing more long and tedious assignments, like writing a paper, but that the information still is covered and learned appropriately. Your blog was very reflective of the usefulness and benefits of using digital stories in the classroom!
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