Two words that come to mind when I think about digital storytelling: Time consuming! There is a lot of editing, searching and selecting that must be done. Having said that, his assignment could not have come at a better for time for me and my department because we are presenting at a conference in 2 weeks and we must bring in podcast/digital stories created by our students. I currently have 4 students creating stories about a typical day in school all in Spanish! It's like a podcast because they are recording their voices and it is a digital story because they are including pictures and clipart to talk about their school day. It is very time consuming for them to work on the stories and create them. We can not use the media center though because none of the computers are capable of burning DVDs. I think that this type of activity is fun to do for the students but the lack of available technology would make many teachers not even want to give it a try.
E books are very convenient especially for those of us who like to read but do not have the time to do so. I however would prefer an audiobook because as I listen to it I can do other things like clean or excercise.
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I agree with you Malena. Digital Storytelling is very time consuming. I'm hoping that the next time will not take so long. This is my first time using movie maker so it was also a learning experience. I think that students would enjoy making their own movies about topics that pertain to the curriculum.
I agree that this would be time consuming and tough to do if you don't have the right equipment. Our classrooms only have two student computers in them and working on them with 25 plus other students in the classroom would be to distracting. But by the same token, my media center would not be quiet enough either unless they did it after school when know one was around. I had thought about this before. We really don't have a place for the students to work on it individually and then there is a problem of not having enough outlets for all the speakers for the computers...putting on my thinking cap again.
Malena,
I completely agree with your post. I enjoyed "trying" to complete the task of digital storytelling, but it was extremely time consuming to say the least. I can't see a media specialist taking the time out of his/her busy schedule to sit and teach children this project in one lesson. It would have to be taught over time and possibly include a training aid for the students and teachers. I would also need a very secluded and quiet setting to teach each step. This is my first time working with the project on a professional/student level and I had some problems with the technology myself. I can only imagine the problems the students/teachers would face. Especially if they are not familiar with the technology.
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