I searched in Google and found that Digital storytelling is a way of telling a story using electronic devices such as a video camera, pictures, music, and words. Most digital stories are short and range from personal experiences to historical facts. I also watched a video on youtube about digital storytelling. It was very informative and I learned more from the video than I did from the site.
My take on digital storytelling is that it's a chance for individuals to express themselves in a visually creative way. I think it makes for a great lesson in the classroom because it offers students the chance to be creative. It would also work well as an instructional tool for students who are visual learners.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dKZiXR5qUlQ
http://digitalstorytelling.coe.uh.edu/
Thursday, July 14, 2011
21st Century Fluency Project
I read an article from the 21 Century Fluency Project. It was called " How Slang affects Students in the Classroom." The basis of the article is that text-speak(which is considered slang) influence students writing ability. Text-speak is a type of electronic communication that students use. Examples of Text-speak are IDK-I dont know or OMG (Oh my God). Students in today's world use so much text-speak that their writing abilities are greatly declining.
Instead of placing blame on the students, the article recognizes that the problem is the adults. Adults need to be trained to communicate and show students how to communicate effectively. The article suggest that education needs to adapt to the changing times and adults should educate students to use varied communication. That means teaching students to see the difference between communicating with social peers and communicating with business pupils.
I really like this article because I see a lot of this in my friends and family. I agree that many students prefer to use slang to communicate, instead of writing formally. It would be a challenge for me as a educator to teach my students to write effectively so that they do not use slang when they are writing essays for college or jobs.
Instead of placing blame on the students, the article recognizes that the problem is the adults. Adults need to be trained to communicate and show students how to communicate effectively. The article suggest that education needs to adapt to the changing times and adults should educate students to use varied communication. That means teaching students to see the difference between communicating with social peers and communicating with business pupils.
I really like this article because I see a lot of this in my friends and family. I agree that many students prefer to use slang to communicate, instead of writing formally. It would be a challenge for me as a educator to teach my students to write effectively so that they do not use slang when they are writing essays for college or jobs.
Global Education Communities
I found two sites that connects students and teachers from around the world. The first site is: http://www.thinkfinity.org/global-connections
This site has blogs from students and teachers around the world. You can communicate with them through their blogs and learn about them. It also has a a link called thinkfinitycommunity (http://community.thinkfinity.org/index.jspa ) where you can view other educators/parent's blogs. This site offered a great start for educators who want to have a network with other teachers from around the world.
The second site that I visited was: http://www.epals.com/
I really like this site because it was not as confusing at the first site. If offered many resources for teacher under the Teacher Link. You can share your work and see other teachers work. You can also view online resources such as the skillbuilders library.For students it offered forums, videos, storytelling, and students work, which can be viewed by other students.
The really nice thing about this site is that you can search other classrooms by country or by project. I think it would be nice to do this with school age students as a multicultural school project. The students will have a chance to learn about other students from around the world by viewing other class's works. Students can start a project and then learn about other students projects. It it a great way for students to make epals with other students from other countries. I would love to do a project like this in my class.
This site has blogs from students and teachers around the world. You can communicate with them through their blogs and learn about them. It also has a a link called thinkfinitycommunity (http://community.thinkfinity.org/index.jspa ) where you can view other educators/parent's blogs. This site offered a great start for educators who want to have a network with other teachers from around the world.
The second site that I visited was: http://www.epals.com/
I really like this site because it was not as confusing at the first site. If offered many resources for teacher under the Teacher Link. You can share your work and see other teachers work. You can also view online resources such as the skillbuilders library.For students it offered forums, videos, storytelling, and students work, which can be viewed by other students.
The really nice thing about this site is that you can search other classrooms by country or by project. I think it would be nice to do this with school age students as a multicultural school project. The students will have a chance to learn about other students from around the world by viewing other class's works. Students can start a project and then learn about other students projects. It it a great way for students to make epals with other students from other countries. I would love to do a project like this in my class.
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