Digital Story telling

Describe the digital story project

My digital story was basically from the viewpoint of the students. As teachers we have to introduce the kids to new things, things that they may have never even heard of before. I think that educators need to take a more 'hands-on' approach to learning. Not only do the kids learn, but they have more fun than reading a book. When I was in school, I couldn't wait to get home, I hated sitting in class all day reading in a book. We need to change the whole perspective that school is boring and lame. There is so much new technology available to us, we need to take advantage of it. The students that we teach are growing up in a tech-savvy world, and need to know how to use the tools to be able to adapt when things change.With every subject we teach, we should try to expand their creative boundaries, and make learning fun. I know it sounds crazy, but I'd like to try to make school a place that the kids don't want to leave, and look forward to everyday.

Make a connections between the digital story project and the ISTE NETS-T

The ISTE standards want students to be creative,innovative and interactive. Being a Tech Ed teacher, I will present my students with problems that will challenge them. They will need to use the problem solving process to find the answer to the problem.   Students will be able to write their own programming, and make robotics, which they will have to use thier creativity to do so. I will split them into groups and they will have to communicate their ideas with others and be able to work as a team to accomplish the goal.




Explain how they might promote learning in your future classroom

I could have the students make a digital story using the different tools that we"ve been using. I would incorporate Worlde, Poll Everywhere, Google Maps, etc. Instead of giving them a notecard to tell me something about themselves, they could use it to tell a visiual story about themselves, their interests and so on.  It would be a good introductory thing for the kids to do, so I could get to know them.




Find a lesson plan, activity or idea that involves digital story telling in your content area and describe the activity or idea.

I'm going to be a Tech Ed teacher, so it would be cool to have the students document a project that I have them working on. For example, I could have them make and R/C car with a robotic arm. They would have an obsticle course they must run through and grab an object with the arm. The students could document the whole design, and testing process, with pictures and make a digital story that they will present to the class. I like that idea so much, I'm actually going to do it when I'm teaching!