Digital Story

Question: 4

In your professional opinion...would a digital story be more beneficial if the teacher made one to teach something? Or if the students made them about something?

I think it would be significantly more beneficial for the student if the student made the digital story about something instead of the teacher. The reason for this being that as the student is making the digital story he is also learning about the topic, doing research, providing him with a hands on learning experience. Also, the student is not only learning about the topic as he is creating the digital story, but he is also learning more about technology and how to use it.

Pictures

One of the things we have been learning in technology class is about pictures. So here are just some fun pictures and ideas of maybe a lesson that can be taught using these pics. Enjoy!

There are many different ways that this picture could be used in a classroom. The main, and most obvious way I think is a lesson in science on plants and flowers. You could easily teach about the different parts of a flower, and what flowers need to grow and survive. You could even use Jing to point out the different parts of the flower. 

Another subject it could be used for, which is not as obvious, is writing. Show the students the picture and have them write about it. Maybe for a creative writing assignment, have the students write a story about the flower from the perspective of the flower. What would life be like as a flower. They can use the facts that they have been learning about in science class to come up with a creative story.