Final Blog

My final post is in response to Tom Banaszewski's article called Digital Storytelling Finds Its Place in the Classroom. I have already written a blog that discusses my thoughts on using digital storytelling. I really enjoyed this article because it gives an example of one teacher who used digital storytelling to help his students learn to love writing. Banaszewski asked his students to write a story about a place that was special to them. He modeled the project by first showing his students a digital storybook that he had created about his classroom. 

Although it took 6 months for all of the students to complete their story, all of the students enjoyed the experience. Banaszewski is quick to point out that the the focus was not on creating the movie, but actually the writing and emotion that the writing evoked. Students were asked to include effects and music that showed the listener how they felt about their special place. I think that this is a really cool idea to get kids involved on all levels of the authoring process.