DST the text

Through the readings, I am a little unnerved at all of the aspects that are presented for consideration. However, after taking a bit of time to digest them all, I return to my original conclusion that for the purpose of educational presentations and student involvement, we need only start with a few simple principles.  While Ohler discusses tone and tempo etc, It seems to me that many of these things will take care of themselves once a topic has been chosen.  For example, one of the DSTs I viewed discussed the horrible treatment of a reporter and a woman who was burned - the nature of this topic sets the tone for the author.

In our classrooms, if we are to make good use of DST for students (and by students) I think we need to consider that for many of them, it will be the first foray into this genre and we need not be so concerned with too many details but rather let the students be guided by there topic to set the tone as well as other aspect of their story.  Ohler's book can be overwhelming, and rightfully so if we are setting out to present an award winning piece.  However, we need to remind ourselves that we are not here for that, bit only to open doors to students that move them in a direction where they can have have as many experiences as they can to give themselves as many opportunities as they can.

Groupp Project - Digital Story Telling

Laura, Denis and myself are embarking on a tale about the history of story telling from ancient times through the present.  We will be attempting to show how storytelling has changed through the centuries but also how it has remained the same.  Our effort will show the advancements in the story telling genre including print media, mass production of books, and electronic advancements like the computer and Power Point and Prezi.  We sill also point out that through all of this, live presentation still is a wonderful way to captivate an audience and how narration still remains a mainstay even in today''s world of digital advancement