What? So this week we finished our Digital Story. We made it through imovie. I decided that is an awesome program I want to own someday. It took a little while to match the music with photos and giving narration but I think we made a good mix to catch the emotion we wanted.
So what? One thing I have realized since the start of this program that teachers are to be forever busy. So as a student becoming a teacher I am too. This Digital Story took a lot of time and work. I know that when you do a lot they get easier and you can do them a lot faster but of course that take practice.
Digital Stories are definitely something you need to have already stored in your filing cabinet ready when you need them. Like I said before they can be extremely useful in getting that interesting, emotional edge in your lesson. When I see my future students learning and getting the connection I want then I know all my time and effort will be worth it.
Now what? I really love my finished product. I am excited to try more and have a whole bunch of them in my repertoire. Then my student will get a whole bunch of excited hooks for a new unit or lesson. I know this will reach a lot of students in a new way they have maybe never seen before.
I think if I have a bunch of them available my department will really appreciate my hard work. They will see how much I care about my students and they can use them for their students as well. I know that we can all collaborate to my our school the greatest, using many different ways to reach our students.
Video Reflection: Our Digital Story: Immigration
I decided to post my own digital story because I decided it was the best one out there! Well if not at least I think it is pretty good. I want to show you all my hard work and I hope you enjoy it and will able to use it in your classroom someday. I think it will give them that emotion connection of immigrant coming to our great nation!
Friday, April 23, 2010
Saturday, April 17, 2010
Digital Story 2
What? This week we were taught one way to make a digital story on Photo Story. My group has decided to make our digital story on immigration. We have already found lots of pictures and now we just need to start putting it together.
So What? I think that digital stories are a neat way to hook in my students into a subject I am about to teach. I am a very visual person so I think that it is a great way to learn about something. You can pretty much so anywhere, teach anything using a digital story and I know that my future students would really respond to something like that.
I am excited to try this new technology to me out. I love movies and I think it will be a fun way to teach and to learn something. When we were being taught how to do it on Photo Story I was actually surprised how easy it is to do. I know that I can use this technology in my future class and they can really gain something from it.
Now what? When I watch a movie it really impacts me. I can lose myself in it. I know that it does not only have a visual impact but music and sounds can also help enhance the senses. I remember movies very well. They have a lasting impression on me. They get me thinking, guessing, and wanting to know more. This is exactly what I want my students to feel when they watch a digital story that I make.
Students learn many different ways. I want to try lots of different ways to get them to understand and retain the information I am trying to teach them. I think that teaching them by using a digital story. I also think that my colleagues will appreciate my ideas and see how effective they can be. This is just another step and tool to use to help me to become the best teacher I can be.
Video Reflection: I AM WHAT I LEARN: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qi0bnO3XvSg&feature=player_embedded
This is a digital story created by a student about how you can never get anywhere if you don't take the time to learn. That you have the responisbility to take care of your own destiny.
So What? I think that digital stories are a neat way to hook in my students into a subject I am about to teach. I am a very visual person so I think that it is a great way to learn about something. You can pretty much so anywhere, teach anything using a digital story and I know that my future students would really respond to something like that.
I am excited to try this new technology to me out. I love movies and I think it will be a fun way to teach and to learn something. When we were being taught how to do it on Photo Story I was actually surprised how easy it is to do. I know that I can use this technology in my future class and they can really gain something from it.
Now what? When I watch a movie it really impacts me. I can lose myself in it. I know that it does not only have a visual impact but music and sounds can also help enhance the senses. I remember movies very well. They have a lasting impression on me. They get me thinking, guessing, and wanting to know more. This is exactly what I want my students to feel when they watch a digital story that I make.
Students learn many different ways. I want to try lots of different ways to get them to understand and retain the information I am trying to teach them. I think that teaching them by using a digital story. I also think that my colleagues will appreciate my ideas and see how effective they can be. This is just another step and tool to use to help me to become the best teacher I can be.
Video Reflection: I AM WHAT I LEARN: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qi0bnO3XvSg&feature=player_embedded
This is a digital story created by a student about how you can never get anywhere if you don't take the time to learn. That you have the responisbility to take care of your own destiny.
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