2201 Double Journal Entry #4

Quote

“When students do the hard work of marrying story and technology to express themselves to others, they can see more clearly the persuasive nature of the electronic culture in which they live.”

Response

I think digital storytelling is a great way of letting students show what they know or who they are. To me it is much more engaging and interesting. Teachers could assign a purpose for a story (inform, persuade, or entertain) and have students use digital storytelling to produce their idea. I believe students would prefer to do something like that rather than a worksheet. I think getting the students involved in the “behind the scenes” action of video making they can also learn how the media can use technology as a persuasion technique. They will learn about how editing and the addition of music are used to arouse emotions.

Image

I picked this image because it depicts a student behind the camera creating the story.


References

Ohler, J. (2005, December). The world of digital storytelling. Educational Leadership, 63(04), 47. Retrieved from https://online.fairmontstate.edu/webct/urw/lc15057011.tp0/cobaltMainFrame.dowebct

n.a. (Designer). (2012). Stick man video camera. [Web Graphic]. Retrieved from http://www.ccisd.com/domain/61