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Digital stories need to be used to strengthen students’ critical thinking, report writing, and media literacy skills.
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A lot of current teachers may not agree with me, but I do believe that as technology moves forward, digital stories should take the place of research papers. Now I don’t feel this way, because I don’t feel like kids should know how to compose research papers, I just feel like digital stories are just a part of the media in today’s society. Composing a digital story does make students think critically and helps them learn in different ways that are more exciting than just a boring paper. A rare amount of people would like to sit down and right a paper for school, but if the assignment is to make a video about a research topic, students would actually enjoy doing their assignment and they would still learn just as much if not more.
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PIkJnwD8OxE
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Ohler, J. (2005). The world of digital storytelling. Retrieved from http://www.jasonohler.com/pdfs/digitalStorytellingArticle1-2006.pdf
I agree. We all know research papers just end up being the same thing reworded twenty times over ten pages. A digital story is much more interesting to students and it takes a lot of work and thought to be able to put a story into so few words.
ReplyDeleteI agree with this to some extent. I think it depends on the class that the research paper is for. If it was for English I think it is only fitting to write a paper because only then can you really master the language and be able to convey a message with clarity. For history I could see the Digital Storytelling coming in handy because of the ability to show pictures and use music to set the mood for the story.
ReplyDeleteI completely agree! When I am assigned to write research paper I usually dread and procrastinate till the last minute. It doesn't mean that I doesn't mean that I didn't know the topic just that I found it dull. Technology is the way to go. Good Job!
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