Sunday, September 18, 2011

See all the graphics?! Oh wait..this was supposed to be about something? [Double Entry Journal #4]

Quote: "The problem for many students is their focus on the power of the technology rather than the power of their stories. Some students are engaging the medium at the expense of the message, producing a technical event rather than a story. Part of my task as a digital storytelling teacher is to teach students how to be storyrellers. Two important components of my approach to teaching storytelling are story mapping and practicing written and oral story telling before bringing in digital elements."

Reaction: I agree with the author on this, especially on the first sentencs. Digital and media projects can be a wonderful tool to use in the classroom. But there is always that risk of a student being more concerned about the technology aspect than what the assignment is. We don't want this is be mistreated and the learning that's supposed to be taken place get overtaken by the excitement of the technology.

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Google Images. (n.d.). Google. Retrieved September 18, 2011, from http://www.google.com/imgres?q=students+and+technology&um=1&hl=en&tbm=isch&tbnid=pyUSAkcPgL9zlM:&imgrefurl=https://www.doit.wisc.edu/news/story.aspx%3Ffilename%3D1121&docid=buShuu0df09cDM&w=335&h=344&ei=Hlt2TvzVIem2sQKe-J2MBQ&zoom=1&biw=1366&bih=587&iact=
Ohler, J. (2006). The World of Digital Storytelling. Educational Leadership, December/January, 44-47.
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3 comments:

  1. AnonymousSeptember 18, 2011 at 7:57 PM

    I agree Michelle, there is a risk of the students paying more attention to the technology than the assignment. Could too much technology be a bad thing? Great Job!

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  2. Anniwaer NijiatiSeptember 18, 2011 at 11:15 PM

    Good point!!! Misusing or overusing anything will lead to serious of stubborn issues, which will definitely ruin our students' future. Finding a solution to this problem is so critical that we have the responsibility to start focusing on it from now on and try our best to guide innocent pupils to a beneficial pathway.

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  3. Kimberly ThompsonSeptember 18, 2011 at 11:20 PM

    You made good points. I have some experience with Web design, and often the sites with lots of bells and whistles where singled out as bad examples because they were content poor. Storyboards are a good tool for analyzing a story with objectivity before putting it in digital motion.

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