This week in my fundamentals of technology class we were given the opportunity to create a presentation on Digital Storytelling. We were given two websites that would be useful in helping to create this presentation Slideshare and Prezi. Because the slideshare program is very similar to PowerPoint I decided to use the Prezi program. I have never used this tool before and I knew that this would be very useful in the future. I began by watching the very information tutorial on how to use this tool.
After watching this video I was pretty confident in my ability to create this presentation. Surprisingly it was a little harder than I thought it would be. I started by brainstorming and organizing my thoughts. Once I knew the information that I wanted to use I began the presentation. Because this was my first time working with Prezi, I’m sure my presentation wasn’t perfect but this is something that I know will be beneficial to my students.
As I completed this project I began to think of ways I could use this with my students. One way that I am going to integrate digital storytelling in the classroom is to have my students create a presentation on the life of a butterfly. I may even take it a step further and allow them to create a digital storytelling presentation on the insect of their choice. This is a way for my students to teach their classmates. This is something that I am sure my students will enjoy.
All and all this was a very beneficial and informative tool that I feel will be very useful in the classroom. I really enjoyed and had a lot of fun creating this digital story. This is something I know my students will enjoy. This will also motivate them and take the jitters out of presenting a presentation. I look forward to using this tool in the classroom. I have embedded the Prezi presentation that I completed. http://prezi.com/iarlgjcrkd_w/digital-storytelling/
You also shared that making the prezi was not quite as easy as you thought... which was exactly my thinking when I did it. I also found that after organizing my thoughts, the project was a lot easier for me as well.
ReplyDeleteYou mentioned how it would take the jitters out of a presentation. I think that our students put so much pressure on themselves sometimes to do a great project, that this would not only get rid of their jitters, but help the students present their information in a way that they couldn't do just by speaking. I think it would be neat to see how much more creative students would be if they could present with something like a prezi.
Megan H
I love that you will use storytelling to allow your kids to teach each other about bugs. First, bugs is hot topic in primary classes and secondly, the students will enjoy doing research at home and school if they get to use technology to present it.
ReplyDeleteI have done similar projects (back when I taught science) about the life of an animal. I found it to be very good. I think your students will enjoy completing the project. Are you going to have just a computer based project, or are you going to have your students try to find butterflies around their homes. I only ask, as I had a student that went to the zoo and took pictures of his animal and then embedded it into PowerPoint with a downloaded sound of the animal. Obviously butterflies don’t make very much sound, but it may be an idea to have students record, or take picture of them in the wild as part of their digital project.
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