EDUC 6810 Weekly Reading #9

"The incorporation of cultural media in the digital-storytelling activity gave children like Eva the opportunity to engage in meaningful literacy practices that mixed popular culture with her interests in relationships, music, and dance.  These cultural practices might have been censored in formal educational environments."

I chose this quote because I believe it states exactly why digital storytelling is so important, because students get to have a voice.  In a lot of assignments and projects in school, children are not given the chance to have any input from their own lives.  They are told what to do and exactly how to do it.  In digital storytelling they can take their own experiences, thoughts, and personalities to create something meaningful to them. It is about where they are from, their interests, their family, and what matters to them.   These parts of the students lives are not censored, they are encouraged and embraced.  Children are engaged and learning because the assignment is authentic.

 

I chose this image because I believe it would be a great resource for students while planning their digital story.  It gives the students a variety of elements to consider.  It would be a great place to start to get some ideas on what they want their story to look like and be about.  It can also serve as a guide during the digital storytelling process to keep the students on track and make sure they are including all the elements they want. 

 

Sources

 

Avila, J., & Pandya, J. (2013). Critical digital literacies as social praxis. (Vol. 54). New York: NY: Peter Lang Publishing Inc.

 

EDUC 1049: Blog Response Assignment: Learning Tools for the 21st Century.  (May 2013).  Retrieved from http://haydenwilcox.edublogs.org/2013/05/16/digital-storytelling/