In reading Joseph's article describing the resources for digital storytelling what did you come across that was entirely unique? Was there anything you read that made no sense to you?
Hopefully you looked at many of the links - which ones did you find interesting or useful?
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I'm sure you're all enjoying this beautiful weather today, but I sure hope you remember to blog before class tomorrow! Thanks! Peg
ReplyDeleteI'm feeling pretty clueless...I thought the links to the articles were on this site. Apparently, I missed picking them up in class. I'm sorry! ~ Eden
ReplyDeleteI liked the resources in Joseph's article but I was disappointed that most of the classroom based links didn't work. I was interested and hoping to see how teachers use digital storytelling in the classroom, especially with the younger grades. I did find the digital storytelling cookbook which seemed to be a good resource that shows you all of the components and how to put together a digital story. I also enjoyed looking at some of the examples of digital stories like the one about the mom and the one written by the 13 year old boy (should have taken notes on the names of them).
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I have to agree with Sue. I was rather disappointed that some of the links were no longer available. Specifically, I was very interested in learning more about America 27/7 and this link was unavailable. I did however visit the Educational Uses of Digital Storytelling and specifically looked at the ESL site. After watching it with my husband who is currently in ESL we came to the conclusion that the video on Food in the Kitchen was well done.
ReplyDeleteWith regards to the layout of the article, I wish that the links for each site would have been included in each section. This would have made navigation and connecting the topics easier.
Lastly, I liked that the National Standards were included in the article. For those who write lesson plans and need to include the standards in this creates a great short cut.
Eden, did you load them onto your flash drive? You were to transfer the handouts and articles folder. Anyhow, you will have a bit of time this morning at 7:30. See you soon.
ReplyDeleteLadies, broken links are always a concern, and we're sorry about those changes. Some of those things we have no control over. However, if you "google" the site title, it should provide the new link. Food for thought...
I thought the Joseph article was good, it brings many resources together in one place. I wish all the resources were there, but what IS there is a good start.
ReplyDeleteThe Oliver article shows just how important storyboarding is, it is so vital to the development of a proper video. Having storyboarding software would be a hefty expense to consider for a school, I think it is easier (and way cheaper) to layout on paper. The fact that someone developed such software shows there is a niche for it, I guess.
The third article (from the magazine) seems to be a good article to have my students read, it was a short and sweet review of how a storyboard develops.
I was amazed by the article. I couldn't believe that digital Story Telling was so advanced. I thought that I was just taking a local course that would teach me some new techniques. What I found to be useful was the the Digitales section of the artilce because I realized that a lot of what I will learn is step by step...not just what I am able to figure out as I go. What I thought was neat for classroom teachers was the Bubbleshare. Although it raised a queation for me...with all of the trouble we have with students e-mailing, u-tube, facebook etc... do we really need another source for them to communicate via the internet or does it make a difference since they have so many other resourses already? Another question...This article list a lot of techniques and resources to use, but can we use them all with the same one program? For example: imovie, windows media player... Lastly, the article added to my excitement of learning Digital Story Telling.
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The article Story Boards struck me as being highly technical to the point where I gave up reading it when the author, Gary Oliver, starting talking about software with pull down menus, pre set characters and horizon lines. I don’t see how this article is going to help me draw stick figures and try to communicate simple ideas or concepts in the classroom or even my life. This article did not strike me as something for beginners; if anything I am a little intimidated to think I must be a “videographer”.
ReplyDeleteThe article Storyboard seemed more relevant but not in depth enough. It did lay out simple ideas and executions of these ideas. Depending on how this works for me, I may end up sharing it with students.
I wasn’t quite sure what to make of the Digital Storytelling By Linda C. Joseph “article”. It seemed to me to be just a listing of resources which I hope to learn how to use in this class. I didn't have the time to wait for article to download as I am on dial up...Julie M
I thought the resources were nice to have - the ones that worked!
ReplyDeleteiam realy injoying to read about digtal story and like to know more about it, it looks like iits a new way to learn new staff
ReplyDeleteI am amazed by all the uses of Digital Storytelling. I enjoyed the To Kill a Mockingbird film and several other educational uses. Bubbleshare is a unique tool. I have been using Shutterfly for years; now I can do what they do for free! ~ Eden
ReplyDeleteWhat seemed simple the first day of class now feels really complicated after reading all of the articles. I have the sad tendency to think that the more I learn, the more I don't know. I slid over the Joseph Article as something I would come back to if I needed specific resources. The other articles offered a view of storyboarding similar to comics. This I can relate to - if you grew up on comic books, it's an easy jump to understanding planning scenes the way these artists present their concepts - creating motion and drama and emotion with angles and shadows and simple strokes. This is helpful to me. Joan
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