Monday, October 26, 2009
Thursday, October 15, 2009
Week 7 Digital Story Telling
This week we read about the digital technologies. I was excited that I have used all of the items described to us in the presentation. Some of the devices presented were digital cameras and its storage devices, PDA's, and digital video cameras. We were also introduced to Pod casting. This is basically an audio device uploaded to the internet that anyone can one listen to. The Mac computers have a Garage Band application that we learned how to use to create a PodCast.
It would be very easy to incorporate the digital technologies into the classroom setting. Most teachers have already begun to use many of these digital devices. I was introduced to podcasting in my AP Spanish class for my senior year of high school. We had to make our own podcasts in Spanish and upload them to the class website. Digital photography and digital videos could also be an especially fun way for students to present materials that they have learned.
Click here to view a website about Podcasting. I found this website through the Google search engine. It basically just gives ideas about how you can incorporate podcasts into teaching. It also gives links to some podcasting tutorials.
It would be very easy to incorporate the digital technologies into the classroom setting. Most teachers have already begun to use many of these digital devices. I was introduced to podcasting in my AP Spanish class for my senior year of high school. We had to make our own podcasts in Spanish and upload them to the class website. Digital photography and digital videos could also be an especially fun way for students to present materials that they have learned.
Click here to view a website about Podcasting. I found this website through the Google search engine. It basically just gives ideas about how you can incorporate podcasts into teaching. It also gives links to some podcasting tutorials.
Tuesday, October 6, 2009
Monday, October 5, 2009
Week 6 Visual Literacy
This week we learned about visual literacy and how it can be used. The first link defined visual literacy and explained in depth each of its components. It was interesting to see how an artist or author can put emotion into a picture just by changing the lighting or saturation. After reading about visual literacy, we were shown some sights which explained digital storytelling. My favorite link given was to the Center for Digital Story Telling: http://www.storycenter.org/ Here, people share stories about family, history, health, and so much more through the usage of videos, pictures, and music.
As an elementary education major, I think that digital storytelling is a great tool for the classroom. With the push for using technology in education, this is a fun and easy way to use technology to enhance learning. Not only can a teacher use digital storytelling to convey ideas, but I think it would be a fun project for students to create a digital story about about something they are learning about, such as a time period in history.
I was quite surprised when I typed digital storytelling into the search bar on YouTube. There were a great number of digital stories online created by students that had to do them for projects. I did not even know what digital storytelling was until I read about it in this class. Here is an example of one of the digital stories created by a student on YouTube
As an elementary education major, I think that digital storytelling is a great tool for the classroom. With the push for using technology in education, this is a fun and easy way to use technology to enhance learning. Not only can a teacher use digital storytelling to convey ideas, but I think it would be a fun project for students to create a digital story about about something they are learning about, such as a time period in history.
I was quite surprised when I typed digital storytelling into the search bar on YouTube. There were a great number of digital stories online created by students that had to do them for projects. I did not even know what digital storytelling was until I read about it in this class. Here is an example of one of the digital stories created by a student on YouTube
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