We all know the saying that a picture is worth a thousand words. Well last day we spoke of the evolution of Ebooks as a motivaion for reading. Today we are going to talk about creating our own stories using simple tools such as PowerPoint and Photo Story 3. They are both simple programs and relatively easy to source.
Children normaly hate to write. I myself hate to write just seeing a blank sheet in front of you can automatically give you writers block. Digital stories combine the art of telling a story with a variety of multimedia such as pictures, audio, graphics and even videos if you wish (Robin, 2006).
The steps are quite easy to follow any teacher can Google the steps and download a free copy of Photo Story 3 if they do not wish to use the PowerPoint. After this students can begin using pictures to write their thousand words.
The pros definitely out-weigths the cons with this approach to teaching writing. Robin(2006) postulates that it appeals to diverse learners, encourages collaboration as students work in groups and helps add value to the students’ work by giving them to opportunity to feel a sense of ownership and accomplishment as they publish their work.
Like all new stratergies and approaches especially those that envolve the use of technology there must be structure and proper planning in order to achieve success. Ohler (2006) advocated that if digital stories are to support education it must be tied to the curriculum and used in ways that will strengthen students' critical thinking, report writing, and media literacy skills.
Read the articles to gain more information.
P.S. In the next post I will go back to the “Boys Crisis” in order to address some of the issues that were raised by my collegues.
References used in post:
Robin, B. (2006). The educational uses of digital storytelling In C. Crawford et al. (Eds.), Proceedings of Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2006 (pp. 709-716). Chesapeake, VA: AACE. Retrieved from: http://www.editlib.org/p/22129
Ohler, J. (2006). The world of digital storytelling. Educational Leadership, 63(4), 44-47.
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