Once Upon a Digital Time....

In a digital land not so far away...after all these readings about digital storytelling it made me think, the pen may be mightier than the sword but is the computer is mightier than the pen? I believe when it comes to these short, but expressive mediums for expression that are known as digital story telling technology truly is mightier. They also portrays that pictures ARE truly stronger than words and allows for creativity... Thus, as I make my way down the path of life long learning, I have found this medium which has emerged as an engaging and thought invoking experience (not without it hurdles, which have been successfully conquered). I feel that my experience will be replicated and continued in myself and all the storytellers that are my students. These multimedia sonnets, as Daniel Meadows refers to them as, really allows for exploration of ideas, the unknown and share our findings with not only our peers but with our vast audience over the net.

I really enjoyed reading ‘Making History Come Alive’ and was excited to think of the endless possibilities for this medium in my classroom. It enables students from any age, or ability to think deeply and expand upon and articulate their understandings. Able to integrate across the curriculum, digital story activities provide are the ultimate meaningful learning experience… that would make Jonassen a very happy man.

And so the digital story, the student and the meaningfulness of learning, all lived happily ever after…


                                                       ~The End~

Thanks to...

Daniel Meadows. Photobus. Retrieved from http://www.photobus.co.uk/

Jonassen, D., et al. 2008, Meaningful Learning with Technology, 3rd edn, Pearson Education, Upper Saddle River, New Jersey, pp.1-12. Retrieved from; https://online.uts.edu.au/webapps/lobj-journal-bb_bb60/blog/012233/_530552_1/Home?cmd=GetImage&systemId=Jonassen08__0.pdf

Levin, H. (2003). Making history come alive: Students interview Holocaust survivors and publish their stories. Learning and Leading with Technology 31(3), 22-27.. Retrieved from the Learning & Leading with Technology website; http://www.usq.edu.au/course/material/edu5472/resources/files/ll31322.pdf

And Flickrcc for the images, thanks again...

Image: 'Bussana vecchia' 
http://www.flickr.com/photos/29635150@N00/2320388358

Image: 'I Want to Live' 
http://www.flickr.com/photos/86603835@N00/36362014