Sky

The 3 posts labeled "Sky" underneath this are examples of digital storytelling of 3 different types of media. The first one I posted (at the bottom) is a video. This was shaped very specifically by animoto's design because it does most of the work. All I did was find some Creative Commons pictures, save them to a file on my computer, and then find a Creative Commons song and save it. I just uploaded these to animoto, and it put the whole presentation together, including the length. This would be a good introduction to any class period and would certainly keep students' attention because of the speed and movement of pictures. However, it would not be able to show any concept in much detail, or allow any kind of editing to explain the concept.

The middle type of media below is a digital scrapbook. This was great because I could include any pictures and any text that I wanted. I believe it also had the option of some animation. This resembles a PowerPoint in the sense that you can put almost anything you want on there, and arrange it however you want. However, it is limited because it can not be easily edited in the classroom. An example of what I mean for this is if you had a graph and some text explaining it, it would be a little tricky to then draw, say, a line of reflection during the class period if a student was wondering about that.

The most recent post (immediately under this post) was useful because I was able to record my own voice. A teacher could put up a picture of a graph and have a little explanation of it. This would be extremely useful if there was a substitute teacher that day or if the teacher wanted to post the presentation online. One way this is inferior to live lessons is that the audio will continue to play whether or not a student has any questions or missed something. This could be solved by having the teacher have quick access to the pause button, so they could immediately clear up misunderstandings. A limitation to this type of media is that there is a more limited number of pictures that can be shown because it takes time to listen to audio. However, it is really nice to have the audio and visual go together because that way, it can reach students who are both visual and audio learners.