This style of moviemaking was the way of movie makers very long ago but the only difference is that there were no high tech computers as what exists today. I must say though that digital story telling is truly for me one of the most interesting pieces of software that I have tried since the inception of this course. I was amazed by what can be done to a picture and the way that you can move from a real life picture to one that looks like a drawing by simply clicking. As usual after this session on digital story telling I asked myself again, what will Mrs. Aisha Wood-Jackson amaze us with next.
Digital story telling can be used in other ways apart from telling a story. It can be used to teach children about life-cycles, to teach sequencing, to teach History, Language Arts and even Mathematics. Digital story telling can become the new teacher in the classroom. We as teachers can use it to prepare our lessons by getting the appropriate pictures and explanations to teach a concept. This will be a time-saver for most teachers and will pull teaching away from the traditional text to using the computer. By using digital story telling a teacher no longer relies on the overhead projector to show illustrations and neither does she have to lecture. Instead the lesson can already be prepared as a digital story and presented to the class. Such a teaching strategy will definitely motivate children to learn.
We as teachers can even use digital story to assist us in delivering reading workshops. As aspiring reading specialists this is an excellent way to conduct workshops in schools. The audience will be most interested since the mode of delivery for the workshop will not be a one man or woman lecture but rather a more interactive and fun approach.
No comments:
Post a Comment