Blogging on Digital Storytelling -Jacob Dorton

Digital Storytelling is a useful tool to use when students need the background of certain information. As a future high school english teacher I could use it to give historical information on an author before we read a piece of text. It is hard for some students to pay attention when being lectured at, a good alternative to lecturing is using digital story telling to keep the students attention. I can see it as a very useful tool in the classroom that I will use on a frequent basis as an english teacher.

-jacob dorton

Digital Storytelling-Jessica Kallestad

Before this class I was not familiar with the term digital storytelling. I thought that it sounded like a neat concept, but had no experience with it. After Monday's class i fell like I have a better understanding of what digital storytelling is all about. Not only does digital storytelling help engage the audience, but it also is more fun for the presenter.

I think that digital storytelling is a great tool that should be utilized. I will use it someday in my classroom to teach lessons, and i will also have my students use it to present information to their peers.

Digital Storytelling - Ashley Carlson

Digital storytelling is awesome. I had never heard of it before this class, but I am now a huge fan of this new way to use technology. In the classroom, it would be a useful tool for students to learn how to present their science, history, english, and even math projects using digital storytelling. This new way to teach and inform is a great way to encourage children to start thinking outside of the box and start new ways to become creative. Students can also start teaching and tutoring themselves, as well as, other students in and outside of the classroom. We now can encourage students to use a plaethera of resources and combine them into a digital storytelling project that can show extra information and pictures in a more timely manner. The different technologies can add a more interesting, interactive aspect to teaching and being taught. Digital storytelling is an exciting discovery of resources that teachers can use to enhance their teaching, challenge their students, and invest more time on the important things that need to be accomplished during class.
What is most valuable about digital storytelling, is that we can use it in a wide variety of careers, such as: teachers, doctors, coaches, salesman, designers, etc.

Danielle- Digital Storytelling

Digital storytelling is another interesting tool we can use in the classroom to help teach students about english, math, science, etc. It allows students to become really creative too. This type of tool can help certain students learn better. It can be used from kindergarten and into college. This summer semester in this class was the first time I used digital storytelling, and I loved it. It also allows kids to get involved. For example, if some students are more into drama and acting, when they do a report or something like that, they can do it via video camera. Another way it is used is when high school students apply to certain colleges of their choice, such as Juliyard, because many schools like that require video portfolios be sent with their applications. So, digital storytelling is useful for so many things in life.

David digital story

I think digital story telling can be a very useful resource in your classroom. As a teacher you can make a move of your classroom lesson then students can watch the lesson at home if they need to review. Also, students that miss the lesson would have access to it. As a music teacher making a movie or a podcast of rehearsals and concerts would be very beneficial. Not only would I have access to review the performances but the students would also be able to also. In addition, with snapshot you can also show kids what to do with in a computer program which is a great things for kids that need to review a couple of times.

Blog on Digital Storytelling – Ryan H. – Assign #1C

Digital Storytelling is another example of how teachers convey material onto students differently. Through examples such as: video tutorials, and podcasts; digital storytelling allows students to start/stop material whenever they need and play it as many times as they like. For the student who learns differently, this method of education can prove very useful.

PowerPoint files don’t have to be just that anymore. One can capture various slides and tie it into a file seamlessly that includes audio. As a future teacher, I would like to assign a topic to my students, have them research it, and from that have them put together a video that tells a story on that topic. This would allow students to gain more of an understanding on a particular area of interest because they are investing their own time, and when that happens the students will absorb more information rather than when a teacher presents it to them.

Sean D - Digital Storytelling

Monday was my first experience with digital storytelling as it was for many of the people who posted before me. I think there are many useful applications for it in all classes. As a health enhancement teacher, I think the most beneficial way to use digital storytelling would be to have the students research a health related topic and report on that topic. I would have them use digital storytelling to share their reports. This allows them to be as creative as they want to be while sharing valuable information to the rest of the class. I think I would use snapz pro as a tutorial for the students to learn how to use either garage band or iMovie and then turn them loose on their various topics.

Overall these features give students more fun ways to learn. It is far better than just sitting and listening to a teacher talk. These tools will help keep the students engaged and the will learn far better than just listening to someone. I look forward to using these programs or programs similar to these in the future.