A Day at the Beach

A Day at the Beach by none other than myself is my first digital story presentation! I wrote a short story about being at the beach from sunrise until sunset. Right now in my field placement we are focusing on a 4th grade science unit around the sky. My assigned lesson is to teach students how to tell time using the sun, the moon, and the Earth. I figured I could use this as a gateway into my lesson. I briefly mention what time of day it is when I notice the sun at different positions in the sky.

I really enjoyed creating this digital story because I had never thought about doing something like this. I chose to create my show using Roxio photo show. I picked this website because I had heard good reviews and wanted to try it out using pictures, text, and audio. I really like how easy it was to create all of the slides but the down side was that in order to use more tools and a wider range of options you had to upgrade the program. The other part I did not like is that you had to upgrade the program just to change the speed of each individual photo. Overall though I think it was a great site for creating my first story.

I think digital stories are useful for students to storytell in this way because it is something they can hold in their hands to show off. When a student spends all of their time thinking of a good story to tell, it can seem like a greater accomplishment that they have added audio and digital transitions to enhance their photos and text. It is also a great way to engage in the text and photos to give a deeper meaning behind just words and pictures.