Overall I thought that I could definitely do a digital story with my students. I have already booked the computer lab to have them create their own digital story on geographical terms and think that many would enjoy the project and get so much out of it.
Of course while working on it there were times when the movie maker itself was frustrating. Because I started it at work and had saved it to my U drive, I could not transfer it to my home computer because the program could not "find" my photos and video (even though I had saved those to my thumb drive to bring home). I could not import voice into the movie because I did not have a microphone at work and again could not bring it home, so that was a bit of a nightmare...(in "blue" that was awesome!).
I have to say that I was truly impressed with all of the digital stories that were shared the other night! Having such a diverse group of teachers and grades represented created quite an array and I think that all were of great quality and were appropriate for their specific grade.
Stacy,
ReplyDeleteI really enjoyed your digital story. My school too subscribes to United Streaming. Often I try to find entire videos that are helpful, but sometimes there are only 30 second to 3 minute clips that apply. Your idea of infusing these clips into a digital story was not something I had considered. I think this would be a good way to make the use of these clips more meaningful.
I am glad to hear that you were able to see the good that can come out of digital stories, despite all your frustrations. You seem like you are very interested in making opportunities to incorporate technology into your classroom as much as possible. That is great and I admire that. Often I am reluctant to use the technology that is available in my classroom, because I become so frustrated when it suddenly fails.