“What did I learn and how can I use it in the future?”
I am so excited to work with digital storytelling in the future. After doing the assigned reading, watching the student podcast and PowerPoint, and beginning to work with my own pod casts, I feel equipped to start my own digital story. I think that digital storytelling is a wonderful way to blend technology with student writing and communication. It is a great outlet for students and teachers to maintain their own creativity while sharpening literacy skills and doing research.
When I read and began to understand applications such as digital storytelling, I am so grateful for the advancements in technology our country has spearheaded over the past decades. We are so lucky to have so many tools and options right at our fingertips. Our classrooms have the potential to be so colorful, so interactive and so creative thanks to tools such as digital storytelling, web 2.0 applications, websites, spreadsheets, and more!
Storytelling is a childhood tradition ingrained in so many of us. I love the fact that so many old time traditions can be carried over into something new. We can keep the art of storytelling, but add a digital element. We can keep the practice of research, sequencing, editing, and presenting while incorporating a brand new digital element. Digital storytelling, therefore, allows us to maintain traditional educational practices in a novel venue. The mix of consistency and novelty is a perfect for an educational setting. I think that digital storytelling can only enhance students' literacy skills from writing to spelling and grammar. More importantly, I think that digital storytelling can improve students' enthusiasm and approach to writing, research, and organization. Digital storytelling inserts more creativity and plain old fun into these essential educational components.
I am excited for my own personal future with digital storytelling and the positive effects I think that it will have for students all across the country!
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