Digital Storytelling Reflection

I liked how that it give the steps or criteria that makes a good digital story. Which are:
1. a point of view
2. a dramatic question
3. emotional content
4. economy
5. pacing
6. the gift of your voice
7. an accompanying soundtrack
or
1. Live Inside Your Story
2. Unfold Lessons Learned
3. Develop Creative Tension
4. Economize the Story Told
5. Show, Don’t Tell
6. Develop Craftsmanship

You can use these as a check list to see if what you have is what you need. This will make it so that your students will feel connected and feel the meaning behind the information instead of just getting the data off the surface. Students should be able to make their own digital story so that they can see and get a deeper understanding of how the topic actually affects them. It makes them get a personal connection with the material, and when we get emotion involved in learning students can learn a lot more effectively. I liked how they talked about still having the content the focus and not the technology. That the technology is a tool that is used in the background to better share you ideas, and what you have learned.
I watched a few digital stories from DigiTales and also the one about Where the Wild Things Are. It was interesting going through the book in that way. It was enjoy able and the music went well with it. One of the other movies I watched Patience, My Dear Man, Patience the sound and pictures were completely off which made it boring and I couldn't focus because the picture were so far behind. Another one I watched was Insurance of Life this was a good one that really had a personal experience and view to it. It seemed to flow well and to get the point across.