I created a digital story telling kit in Emerging Technology Trends with resources for the students to create their own; the resources that Mrs. Blanco gave us will definitely be added to my digital story kit! I have wanted to make a sample digital story to use with my students but I hadn’t gotten around to it, so I was excited to make one in this class. Trying to come up with a topic for my digital story was challenging because I had so many ideas for projects that I do with my students. I look forward to completing this project and sharing it with my students when we start writing personal narratives!
It was a little daunting to come up with 3-5 minutes of something and after creating my graphic organizer I realized that it wouldn’t be enough information for a 3-5 minute story, so I ended up recreating a personal narrative project that I do with my students. I’m sure this is how my students feel when I tell them they have to write a certain amount to meet the criteria. Changing topics after starting the writing process is something that my students often do; after processing the assignment or sitting on it for a few days they come up with something even better than their original idea. I’m not sure how I’ve handled it in the past, but I am definitely going to be more encouraging when they want to change their story topic in the future; my second idea was a lot better than the first one.
I understand when you say that you are learning about how your students feel when they are given writing criteria. Because of the digital aspect, I was unsure how to accomodate for the time restraints. I actually timed myself reading my work with the pauses I wanted in the story. Isn't it great to be a learner and find ways to teach better and encourage your students?!
ReplyDeleteI totally forgot there was a time for the story. I think I will be ok though. There is so much to share about my trip to Chunghua.
ReplyDeleteI know for this assignment it is 3-5 minutes but after working through this I think that a shorter story would better fit the time constraints in my class. It has taken me a lot of time to come up with an idea and develop it into that long of a story. I think for this assignment for my students I will make it 2-4 minutes just because I would have to give up a lot of class time if the story gets longer. I know after I have my students create digital stories I will have a much better sense of how to adjust digital stories to fit into my class.
ReplyDeleteI think I'll have my students do a shorter one as well. I agree, it will be easier to adjust them after we have our students create them. My class has been my guinea pige this year for the technology things I have created.
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