Article Review based on the article: Teachers Guide To Digital Storytelling by Leah Levy.
Imagine assigning your students to conduct research on their favorite planet, write a report about their findings, and share their report with the class. Any teacher would realize that after listening to the first 3 or 4 reports, the audience starts to daydream and students tend to get off-task because they are bored. Is this really an effective way for the students to convey their research if nobody will listen to what they have to say? By changing up the way they have to present their information could lead to a whole new world of learning for our students! Digital Storytelling is a way to allow their minds to be creative, inventive, and excited to share their findings with the rest of the class!
Digital storytelling is a means of communication through visual and audio representations. It is "the act of using computer-based tools (desktop, laptop, tablet, camera, and even smart phone) to tell a story". (Levy 2014). The students can go onto a device and create a visual experience of their learning. The students can add pictures, background music, various sounds, and do voice-overs.
Going back to the planet assignment mentioned at the beginning of this review, wouldn't it be more beneficial on both the presenter and the audience when they have something to see and hear versus just looking at the person who is talking? There are other benefits to having students create digital storytelling projects. By creating a digital storytelling project, it allows students to go beyond the research aspect of the assignment. It allows them to build upon technology skills and to learn new features and use those features in their presentations. With this being said, more state standards are being met.
The article gives examples and benefits of digital storytelling. As a preschool teacher, I know I can use this feature when presenting information to the class. I have actually made a digital storytelling project to give an overview of how my classroom is set up. I used pictures of my classroom, background music, and did a voice-over. With preschoolers, it is important to provide as many visuals as possible as a way to reach out to them. Some of them may get excited because they are "watching TV" but in reality, they are watching concepts being presented in an entertaining way and in such a way that they will understand the concept. I have also done a digital storytelling project for my preschool parents at a meeting. Instead of just standing in front of them and listing things we have done in our classroom this quarter, I created a presentation where it showed pictures of the kids working on projects. The parents loved this type of presentation and I got many compliments.
Using technology is a great way for both students and teachers to tell stories. It is a great learning experience for students to learn new things about technology and allows them to convey their research in a meaningful way. It's a great source for teachers to use when they need to "change up" how they are presenting information.
The article also gives many examples as to assignments that can be assigned using digital storytelling; dream scenes, animated personal narrative, google story, historical slide show, book trailer, a how-to guide, two sides to the story, and family and community history project. As you can see, the possibilities with digital storytelling are endless!
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Going back to the planet assignment mentioned at the beginning of this review, wouldn't it be more beneficial on both the presenter and the audience when they have something to see and hear versus just looking at the person who is talking? There are other benefits to having students create digital storytelling projects. By creating a digital storytelling project, it allows students to go beyond the research aspect of the assignment. It allows them to build upon technology skills and to learn new features and use those features in their presentations. With this being said, more state standards are being met.
The article gives examples and benefits of digital storytelling. As a preschool teacher, I know I can use this feature when presenting information to the class. I have actually made a digital storytelling project to give an overview of how my classroom is set up. I used pictures of my classroom, background music, and did a voice-over. With preschoolers, it is important to provide as many visuals as possible as a way to reach out to them. Some of them may get excited because they are "watching TV" but in reality, they are watching concepts being presented in an entertaining way and in such a way that they will understand the concept. I have also done a digital storytelling project for my preschool parents at a meeting. Instead of just standing in front of them and listing things we have done in our classroom this quarter, I created a presentation where it showed pictures of the kids working on projects. The parents loved this type of presentation and I got many compliments.
Using technology is a great way for both students and teachers to tell stories. It is a great learning experience for students to learn new things about technology and allows them to convey their research in a meaningful way. It's a great source for teachers to use when they need to "change up" how they are presenting information.
The article also gives many examples as to assignments that can be assigned using digital storytelling; dream scenes, animated personal narrative, google story, historical slide show, book trailer, a how-to guide, two sides to the story, and family and community history project. As you can see, the possibilities with digital storytelling are endless!
Article Reference:
Levy, L. (2014, November 06). Teacher’s Guide to Digital Storytelling. Retrieved March 11, 2016, from http://www.edudemic.com/guide-digital-storytelling/
Pictures in presentation retrieved from Google Images. Retrieved on Friday, March 11,2016.
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