Tuesday, March 5, 2013

Reflective essay 7






Clement jean François
Reflective essay 7
 The art of storytelling has existed for many centuries and has transformed into various forms of art.  Storytelling is diverse and can be used in the classroom in many ways. There are many forms of story telling such as oral storytelling, muppet storytelling, dance storytelling and digital storytelling. The definition of storytelling is defined in many definitions, however all definitions are related to art and multimedia. Although I agree with the article The Educational Uses of Digital Storytelling,  effectivenes of digital storytelling, I do not agree with its definition. I believe that digital story telling can adopt a single definition based on the balance of art and multimedia. My definition of digital storytelling is defined as art through technology. Understanding the meaning of digital storytelling will help people create new ideas to form stories that have artistic form that can reach different types of audiences. I also believe that the purpose of digital story telling is to integrate basic concepts of a lesson through technology.
The role of technology has played a critical role in education by allowing teachers and students to explore creative ways of expressing and explaining information in the simplest form. The diversity in technology is what makes sources of multimedia, such as digital storytelling, fun and attractive in the classroom. With digital storytelling, information is brought to life based the elements of audio, images and video. The effect of digital storytelling is constructive and has a big impact in the classroom, because it enhances the form of instruction for the teacher and engages students.
Digital storytelling is effective for students, because students are able to create their own story through technology. Digital storytelling will help students grasp key concepts,based on the various multimedia tools that are involved with digital storytelling. Digital story telling helps students form a foundation in media literacy which will benefit them outside the classroom. I believe that the articles on digital storytelling had good explanations on the effect and of digital storytelling. I liked the fact that the article focused on the implications of digital storytelling in the classroom and howit attracts students to participate. With Digital storytelling, students can learn principles of class lessons and the use of multimedia technology.