What are the pros and cons that you see in using digital stories for literacy development? How would you assess a student's digital story?
- In my opinion, digital stories are a great way to keep students engaged in their learning of literature. Most all children appear to enjoy using technology in any form, and if digital stories will encourage students to write more, then it is important for teachers to provide the opportunity for students to express themselves digitally. After all, keeping students engaged will inspire them to achieve and learn more.
- On the other hand, digital stories could be very time consuming in the classroom, and difficult for teachers to manage with a large or very young group of children. However, because keeping students engaged is so important, these obstacles could be overcome by having extra help in the classroom such as para professionals, reading specialists, or parents.
- During the process of producing a digital story, students must have a draft, write their story and script. Therefore, assessment would be very similar to assessing a literature piece written on paper the old-fashioned way.
Pam, I believe students would really enjoy doing digital stories. It is something different. They would just love to have the time on the computer. I like how you said using technology would help inspire students to learn more.
ReplyDeleteI agree with your point regarding the use of technology inspiring the kids to achieve more. We have all seen it first hand. In some cases the students even produce a better product because they have so many more options available that foster their creativity.
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