One technology that I think students would enjoy practicing is video recording. In video recording telling students can use their creativity to tell their own stories in a visual learning sense. They can also use this technology to tell a story that they have heard but add visuals and voice overs to make the story come to life. Also, teachers can use the digital storytelling to teach lessons to their students. For instance, a teacher may like to create a video to tell the story of the first thanksgiving in for a social studies lesson. This may help students see the visuals in order to learn the content. This goes perfectly with the TPACK. When students are assigned to use the video recording as an assignment they are both practicing the technology along with learning the content.
I think that the most positive attribute of this technology is that it gets students to both learn content as well as practice technology. Also, it seems as though it would be enjoyable to students of all ages.Some of the cons of this technology is that if resources such as a video camera aren't available students wouldn't be able to complete the assignment. Also, students may get wrapped up in the creativity and lose focus of the content objective. With all this said, I strongly believe that the pros out weigh the cons.
I agree with you about the pros weighing out the cons as students LOVE working with recording videos. They also love editing them, which would incorporate another form of technology and content to learn. There are oodles of easy to learn editing applications for students to use. Would students be role playing in these videos or creating more of a digital story?
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