ashley's chaos: digital story telling

Research:

a. What is digital story telling?

Digital story telling is something that people use to visually tell a story. Because it's done digitally it's more exciting to listen to and people can enjoy doing school projects if they were done digitally, using a computer.

b. How would you use it in the classroom?

You could use digital story telling by starting out in the very beginning of class telling the students what their schedule is going to look like for the day. This can even be used to explain daily activities, or directions for various projects.

c. How would you need to scaffold this activity for the classroom?

You would have to make sure if you plan on publishing anything on the web, you must check the copyrights on the picture or text. Be careful when doing activities like these, just like anything in the classroom. Make sure it's age appropriate.

d. What are the challenges of using this technology in a classroom setting with different age groups? There could be some problems involving parents. Some parents of younger children don't necessarily want their children to be using the computer or technology. For example, kids should not be using a calculator to learn math. They need to learn mental math, it's very important to do so, and once they can do that then they can start using tools instead of relying on technology doing it for them.

e. What tools do you need to make available to students so that they can successfully complete a photo story?

You would need to deliver expectations of what you want to see, the directions of how to start a photo story and finish one.

f. Find five different websites to support your comments and make a bibliography.