CED 531, Class Five

The process of digital storytelling can be quite complex but very rewarding. I have completed several multimedia projects on my own to detail trips I've taken with friends and family. For my students, completing multimedia projects requires a great deal of support, but they are certainly within our reach. One idea I have been contemplating is doing something with VoiceThread to chronical special projects that we do in our classroom. There seems to be a lot of mystery in what takes place in a resource room. This would be one way to provide some insight for people visiting my website. My thought would be to load pictures of activities that we've done and then allow the students to make comments on the project. Doing so would give them the opportunity to evaluate what they have done and formulate their thought as to what they have learned. Additionally, Voicethread has the capability to add and delete pages over time, so it could be an easily edited on-going project. They would also build on their abilities to summarize important information from the activity and speak coherently. As I write this blog entry, I'm further convincing myself that I should be doing this project. As always, my greatest enemy is time. Any multimedia project that we engage in, my students and I take on with great enthusiasm. We'll have to fit it in at some point during the remainder of the year!