Hello Everyone! This week I'm going to share with you my experience with digital story through the program IMovie. This project appealed to me because it seemed as if it took a very technologically skilled person to create digital story, and I was excited at the chance to learn and be on there same level. I had trouble choosing a topic because naturally I wanted to pick something fun and entertaining rather than educational. After changing my mind at least 10 times about the topic, I decided on using the theme "American Holidays." One part of being a History major for me is learning the culture and historical aspects found all around the world, but my favorite part of Histiory is learning about America. So you can say I am very patriotic. I picked this topic simply to employ some patriotism to younger students and give them awareness of a variety of different holidays found in the great United States of America. Students are introduced to months in Kindergarten so I think it would be okay to introduce holidays in Kindergarten as well or maybe even First grade and talk a little bit about what they mean and why they are holidays.
The process towards creating a digital story was actually easier than I thought it would be (or perhaps I am actually getting better at using technology). Regardless, I enjoyed the process once I was able to practice moving pictures around, locate movie features, and sift through music choices. I believe that this can be made into a simple process and an engaging tool to place in the classroom. I can see myself introducing a topic with a brief 3-4 minute movie. I think it is a new way to grab students attention and leaves traditional and sometimes boring activities behind. I felt very technologically advanced doing this project and can see myself putting more movies together in the future.
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