Chapters 11 & 12
Chapter 11
The focus of this chapter is that anyone can create a Digital Story. With the technology available today, free and for pay, there is so much you can do with Digital Story Telling. When teaching DST there are things teachers need to consider such as their support, do they have the necessary tools, as well as getting parent permission. They also need to look at how well a DST lesson fits into your curriculum.
The second part of this chapter takes about story planning and development, which I feel is exactly what we went through during our Face -to-Face session on Saturday. We first created a map, they discussed it with each other getting feedback (peer pitch), create a storyboard (which we will be doing this week) and critique (which will be everyone's comments to our storyboard). Then we will write and produce our story. These steps are very similar to writing a story or creating any sort of creative piece.
When creating a DST lesson, the teacher needs to take into consideration who their audience is. Lessons can be adapted to fit your needs whether it be media literacy, telling personal stories or telling academic stories.
Chapter 12
Chapter 12 focuses on on the planning stages of creating a DST. The first step is to determine what media you need, get it and begin creating. When creating your story, you need to learn how to use your video editing software and basically start creating whether that be adding narration or music to your video or compiling videos and pictures together.
Once you have created your story, you need to make sure you have a title page and credits. The credits are the most important part of a story because it is giving credit where credit is due to artists work you used. When creating videos, I have found that dding music and transitions have really made my video seem professional. I don't think I could ever create a movie without them. When the story is finished, it is important to share you work whether it be with your peers, school community, community in general or posting it somewhere public. I will say one of my favorite parts of creating a story is actually posting it and seeing all of your comments.
I agree with you about most things, in particular:
ReplyDeleteyes indeed it is fun to see everyone's comments about posts, especially if you were putting yourself into the blog a bit, and not just writing stuff or make a video to fill the assignment. That does make us all a bit vulnerable, and i worry about that a bit when I facilitate with students later.
Your last paragraph and Deb's comment has me thinking - how about giving students a "fill-in-the-blank" template for commenting/responding? That could force them to start w/a positive, and if needed, learn how to phrase a critique in a constructive manner.
ReplyDeleteI agree with you about the music and transitions, effects, etc. - that does make our beginning pieces so much More. I'm counting on those elements to help me produce the final video!
Your music transitions are really great, they keep my interest and go along well with the videos. This can be such a great motivational learning/teaching tool! Videos, multimedia, stories, connecting with the creator!
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