Sunday, February 6, 2011
Digital Stories
I think that digital stories have the ability to promote the same kind of learning as writing an essay or research paper do. When doing a digital story, the student has to look up the same information as they do when writing a research paper. Not only that, but they get to show their knowledge in a creative way that might be just a little more interesting to them. I think what I like most about a digital story is that the student can display his or her knowledge without worrying about word counts or page limits. The information is giving to the best of the students ability, and in the end I believe its probably the same amount of information. The benefit would also be that there's no filler, as is typically the case with essays and research papers because a student is trying to reach the word limit given to him or her.
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Excellent justifications for using digital stories in the classroom! You might consider having a balance. It's still important to know how to write traditional essays especially for students who want to attend college. I think being able to make a digital story before writing an essay may help some students write better essays! It depends on their learning style!
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