Digital Stories

Digital Stories are a wonderful way to utilize the visual aspect of learning.  Learning should not always be the usual "student sit in seat teacher stand in front and lecture".  Learning needs to be enjoyable and intriguing.  One way to accomplish this is to provide a visual aid that can impact the student and help the student remember key points or ideas.  Second  it can be a way to have students interact and understand complex topics by forming a digital story together as a class or in groups.  Personally in my future classroom I can see myself using this to make learning the different rocks a fun interactive lesson.  I can have students go outside and capture pictures of all the rocks or of certain rocks I provide.  Next the class can work together and make a movie and helpful hints they use to remember that rock.  This way it gets the students involved in the process, provides realistic images and utilizes the students thinking process when trying to memorize certain rocks, which can be a rather boring process for most.  Another way I can see myself using this program is to gain the interest of students at the beginning of new topics.  I can create my own movie with images, such as weather systems, which will make entering a new lesson easy and fun.  PhotoStory 3 is a fun and easy way to gain the interest of students and to help get them involved with technology and learning!

By:  Elizabeth Carr
9/12/07