Reflection: Digital stories are an awesome thing. They give us an opportunity to present information in a different and fun way. It "gives a voice to a number of otherwise quiet students and students whose skills don't fit the usual academic mold (Ohler, 2005). Students and teachers can have a different way to present their information. The music and the pictures can provide them with a greater understand of the information. The personal part of the story can easily be tied into the educational part. When the students look up the information to make their story they will most likely remember the information better. You can also pair the digital story with a worksheet or paper to make sure they fully understand the concept. It also increases students critical thinking and media literacy. We need to get out of the slump we are in with the same old ways of teaching and make learning fun!
Student digital story- This is an idea of the kind of things I would have my students do using math. It is a fun way to find the slopes of a line and on a graph. The students will have fun learning slopes rather than me getting up in front of the class and just telling them.
APA:
Ohler, J. (2005). The world of digital storytelling. Retrieved from http://www.jasonohler.com/pdfs/digitalStorytellingArticle1-2006.pdf
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