Digital Storytelling
I think that digital storytelling is a great project that can be used in virtually any classroom. A digital story could cover content in science, language arts, math, social studies, health, etc. The problems are, of course, the issues that arise with any technology project. How do I get the equipment and supplies? How do I deal with troubleshooting issues? I have dappled in digital storytelling over the past year because my school adopted the digital arts program through Pearson Education. Students really enjoyed it and loved being able to take the traditional report and make it into a video instead. My favorite part was always the viewing: we would prepare popcorn and watch the videos on a large screen television.
On the other hand, I would love to be able to explore this genre more myself. I don’t have a particular subject that I would like to explore, but I really liked Jennifer Sias’ movie on her grandmother. I think I would like to tell the story of a family member and their life in Appalachia through a digital story.
