Reflection of Ohler's Book

Ohler's book provided me lots of information on many essentials of Digital Storytelling.  It has been stated that  Storytelling has existed  for many years  according to Ohler.  The Digital Storytelling  approach allows for individuals to express a more personal and emotional aspect of the information that is being presented.   It allows you the listener  to feel  the speaker's inner feelings and passion for the story being presented.  These chapters also shared  how Digital Storytelling  can help develop your thoughts in a more effective manner. 

In this book there were many Digital Story  examples  that incorporated narration, music, still pictures, video and other forms of media to enhance the storytelling.  All of the examples allowed the presenters an  opportunity to develop one's own uniqueness and creativity.  When reading these examples you get a sense of personal engagement and excitement  of what is being shared.  The stories are brought to life with music, pictures, and narration.  The examples ranged from very plain to sophisticated Digital Storytelling.  The most important factor of  Digital Storytelling is that you  determine the level of sophistication.  The sophistication level would be a great assessment tool  when evaluating one's project.

When  thinking of our students today, Digital storytelling has provide an opportunity for a way to express their emotions and enthusiasm for a body of information that they wish to share or required to share.  The  chapters share  lots of information on how students would benefit  from Digital Storytelling, for example,  students are able to develop and attain planning , organization,  comprehension, and presentation skills.  It has been stated that even those students  that are reluctant  speakers  have found this approach (Digital Storytelling) less stressful.  I have in the pass allowed students to share (do research reports)  information utilizing  digital media because of the level of anxiety when speaking in front of a group.

After reflecting  on the reading and watching some pass digital storytelling videos, I am totally sold on the benefits of Digital Storytelling as an Educational Tool.  It has integrated some of the educational standards such as content, technology, and language arts.  Also,  I feel students  will be more willing to embrace Digital Storytelling due to their technology skills.  They are bombarded with technology  gadgets and need a way to utilizes these tools in an educational setting.  The most profitable information I learned from these chapters is that Digital Storytelling has a place in the educational setting when students are guided with an open-minded instructor.  The teacher ought to  have a passion for promoting students' learning with the most modern tools available.

Digital Storytelling for Middle School

Mrs. Pitts and I are having a discussion on research projects using Digital Storytelling for middle school students.  I plan to incorporate information from this discussion as part of our group project.  We (group) are looking at different grade levels of how to utilize Digital Storytelling in Elementary School, Middle School, and Special Education.

Digital Story Reflection

I have watched several Digital Stories and I have found it hard to decide on which one to put on my blog. They all are very touching stories and bring about deep emotional feelings. Deep Water was one of those deep emotional Digital stories. Deep Water is a Digital Story by Cindy Lollar. It is a story of a loving daughter who is deeply concern with her mother's illness that is threatening her life. Her mother has stage three ovarian cancer. The story was expressed with a lot of thoughtfulness and knowledge about this disease. This (Deep Water) presentation was very well organized with appropriate pictures, music, and narration.


I was totally impressed with the overall presentation of this Digital story. As a health teacher, I enjoy stories that can give meaning to what has been learned. By expressing the emotional aspects of stage lll ovarian cancer and how it affects the whole family, I feel these Digital Stories will generate student's interest in learning more about these diseases. As part of our Health Curriculum our students are required to do research on different types of diseases. These stories would be a great motivator for our students and allow for them to implement their research in a more interesting fashion.


The assessment of this Digital Story would be based on organization, presentation, appropriate display of images, music, and research information.

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