Digital Stories 1

What?
We have started to learn about digital stories. Digital stories are a great way to grab a students attention to learn about a particular topic. They should be engaging and be able to pull the students in from the get go.

So what?
This is a pretty cool way to grab the students attention. If done right. It's also a great way to put all the tools that you have learned into practice. To be able to digitally tell a story, just by using pictures alone and the way that you use them with music, could leave a very big impression on your audience. Especially the teenagers in your classroom.

Now what?
As a music teacher, I feel that this could be used very beneficially. Take a piece of music that we are learning. Let's say a John Williams piece that was used in a historical movie.... I can create digital story using they music that we are learning to get across to the students, just exactly what the composer wants to bring to pass through his music. By doing this, I can impress into my students minds what they need to convey.

I feel that this could help them become better musicians, as well as better people in general. Which I feel is our objective as educators. We have the responsibility as educators to make good citizens of our students. Digital stories can help us do that.

Video Reflection
NASA Digital Story
This was a very insightful digital story. I knew quite a bit about NASA, though this story opened up my mind to a few things that I didn't know. I also felt that this digital story was a good example on how to keeps things flowing throughout your presentation and using music to make an impression. Digital stories could be very insightful, just as this one, if used correctly.