Wednesday, April 20, 2011



This project was both fun and frustrating at the same time. I do like that digital stories can be used across ALL grade levels. While younger students may have difficulty creating their own digital story, if you, as a teacher, are proficient in creating digital stories, they can be very beneficial in supplementing instruction on a concept. For older students, digital stories are a great way for students to demonstrate their understanding of a topic. I think that digital storytelling would be a great project for students who are very technologically inclined and enjoy working on computers. The only issue with this would be instructing students on how to work with iMovie or Movie Maker. This could be very time consuming if the students are unfamiliar with the programs.

I thought that the concept of this project was fun, however, I found it to be very frustrating to carry out. The most frustrating part of using iMovie for me, was getting the captions right. I needed them to be longer, and I could never seem to fit enough information into them. Next time, I will be sure to create my iMovie in a way that does not require as long of captions. That being said, I would like to work with iMovie more so that I can become better at it, and more capable of incorporating it into the classroom. I think there are many beneficial ways in which it can be used.

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