Digital Story Vidcast

Digital Story

What? This week we were assigned to work with our field experience partners in creating a vidcast. We saw various examples of vidcasts created. We talked about creating a vidcast that was interesting and would hold the attention of our viewers, and deliver the information we intend to deliver. We also talked about creating a script with drawings of the pictures we wanted, along with the narration or information we wanted to add and where it is placed in the vidcast. This was a basic idea of organizing but very important when creating vidcast. It helps the ideas flow and helps us put down the ideas behind our vidcasts, so we can know how we want our finished vidcast to look when we finish. Great class, I think this will be a very valuable tool in my future classroom. I personally like seeing vidcasts and clips about the subjects I am studying because I feel that it gives the student a better idea about the subject, than just lecturing, just like Doc Water’s said, “ A picture is worth a thousand words”. I agree.

So What? I have enjoyed working on this project. I came home and starting creating a vidcast on my computer’s “movie maker” program. It was awesome. I found pictures on google image and was able to download those and add music and descriptions. I thought it was so fun! I enjoyed the process and can see what a great tool this is for educators. I plan on spending my future summers creating interesting digital stories to supplement my lesson plans.

Then What? I love creating digital stories and vidcasts. I thought this was such a great and informative experience. I can see what a wonderful addition these can be to a lesson, and I know that my future students will be able to learn more by being able to learn with their eyes, ears and other senses. As we learned from the Holocaust movie, we don’t have to write a description to every slide, some slides have many stories just from the faces of the people in the slide. We can feel the emotions of the subjects in our slides, we can create experiences for our students without leaving our classroom. When we watched the Holocaust victims on the slides on Monday, it affected my thoughts, and I actually felt so sad for them, that it left an image in my mind and heart. These are sad to watch but I can see the impact they can have. I look forward to using these tools in the future and know I will be including vidcasts and movies to my future lessons.