We did not have class this week but the topic again was Digital Storytelling. Since we didn't have class I researched a little bit more about what exactly is Digital Storytelling. A definition of Digital Storytelling is the modern expression of the ancient art of storytelling. Digital stories derive their power by weaving images, music, narrative, and voice together, thereby giving deep dimension and vivid color to characters, situations, experiences, and insights.
For my Digital Storytelling Project I did a Powerpoint presentation showing pictures from Christmas 2009. These pictures tell a story of how I went out to a restaurant with my whole family on Christmas Eve and how I spent Christmas morning at my house opening presents with my sister, mom, and dad.
I also researched how Digital Storytelling is important in the field of Education since I am a Special Education major. I learned that there are seven elements of Digital Storytelling. The first is point of view, what is the perspective of the author? The second is a dramatic question, a question that will be answered by the end of the story. Emotional Content is the third and is serious issues that speak to us in a personal and powerful way. The fourth is the gift of your voice which is a way to personalize the story to help the audience understand the context. The fifth is the power of the soundtrack which is music or other sounds that support the storyline. The sixth is the economy and is using just enough content to tell the story without overloading the viewer with too much info. The seventh and last one is pacing and is related to economy but specifically deals with how slowly or quickly the story progresses. These are seven elements teacher can use in order to teach there students how to use digital storytelling properly. This is a website to show how to integrate digital storytelling into the classroom, http://its.ksbe.edu/dst/.
Thursday, March 24, 2011
Week 7- Visual Literacy
This week in class we began learning about Digital Storytelling. We learned about different computer programs like iMovie and Animoto. You can use other programs to create a digital story including programs like PowerPoint.
This Digital Storytelling can be used in my major which is Special Education. It can because it can show a story about someones life or a story about a team using images. Like I said in my last post, images are sometimes the best way to tell a story or the best way to teach something to children.
This website, http://digitalstorytelling.coe.uh.edu/, shows ways that digital storytelling is used for educational purposes. The topics that are used in Digital Storytelling range from personal tales to the recounting of historical event, and from exploring life in one's own community. topics that are used in Digital Storytelling range from personal tales to the recounting of historical events, from exploring life in one's own community to the search for life in other corners of the universe, and literally, everything in between.
This Digital Storytelling can be used in my major which is Special Education. It can because it can show a story about someones life or a story about a team using images. Like I said in my last post, images are sometimes the best way to tell a story or the best way to teach something to children.
This website, http://digitalstorytelling.coe.uh.edu/, shows ways that digital storytelling is used for educational purposes. The topics that are used in Digital Storytelling range from personal tales to the recounting of historical event, and from exploring life in one's own community. topics that are used in Digital Storytelling range from personal tales to the recounting of historical events, from exploring life in one's own community to the search for life in other corners of the universe, and literally, everything in between.
Media and Information Literacy
This week in class we learned about visual literacy. Visual Literacy is the ability to interpret, negotiate and make meaning from information presented in the form of an image. It is based on the idea of pictures and we can interpret the meaning of visual literacy in a process of reading.
My major is Special Education and visual literacy can go along with my major very well. It will be able to help kids learn material in a process other than reading words. I think that learning things visually is sometimes a better way to learn than any other process.
This is a website from wikipedia, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Visual_literacy ,explaining the definition of visual literacy and the ways it helps children learn.
My major is Special Education and visual literacy can go along with my major very well. It will be able to help kids learn material in a process other than reading words. I think that learning things visually is sometimes a better way to learn than any other process.
This is a website from wikipedia, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Visual_literacy ,explaining the definition of visual literacy and the ways it helps children learn.
Tuesday, February 8, 2011
Webspiration/ Special Education
http://www.mywebspiration.com/go/787258
This is a link to My Webspiration concept map I did based on my major which is Special Education. The five tools that I showed that I would use in my major was Facebook, Twitter, Blogs, Youtube, and Google. I than described an example of how I would use each tool when I become a Special Education Teacher.
This is a link to My Webspiration concept map I did based on my major which is Special Education. The five tools that I showed that I would use in my major was Facebook, Twitter, Blogs, Youtube, and Google. I than described an example of how I would use each tool when I become a Special Education Teacher.
Concept Map
This week in class we learned how to do a concept map. Different websites you can use to create concept maps are Inspiration, Webspiration, Bubbl, or Gliffy. Concept Maps are great to get information organized in a manner to see everything laid out on one page.
I am studying Special Education and concept maps will definitly be a great tool to use in the classroom when I am teaching. It will be a good tool to have students use in order to become involved in the classroom and the material that they are learning. Concept maps are also a great way to become more familiar with the internet and become more comfortable with it as well.
This website on wikipedia, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Concept_map , shows what a concept map is, how to read them, and different ways to use them as well. This website also shows the history of concept maps and how they started out very simple and how they have become very complex over time.
I am studying Special Education and concept maps will definitly be a great tool to use in the classroom when I am teaching. It will be a good tool to have students use in order to become involved in the classroom and the material that they are learning. Concept maps are also a great way to become more familiar with the internet and become more comfortable with it as well.
This website on wikipedia, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Concept_map , shows what a concept map is, how to read them, and different ways to use them as well. This website also shows the history of concept maps and how they started out very simple and how they have become very complex over time.
Thursday, February 3, 2011
Copyright Law and Fair Use
Last week in class, which was week four, we learned about the Copyright Law and Fair Use. The Copyright Law is a form of protection provided to the authors of original work which includes literacy, dramatic, musical, artistic, and other intellectual works. Fair Use is the certain limitations to the Copyright law which determines whether or not a particular use is fair. There is four areas of Fair Use, the first is the purpose and character of the use. The next is the nature of the copyrighted work. The third is the amount of the portion used in relation to the the copyrighted work as a whole. Lastly is the effect of the use upon the potential market for the copyrighted work.
My major is Special Education and the copyright law and fair use law relate to my field of study. Since I am going to be a teacher my students are going to have to know what the copyright law is and the fair use law when writing papers and citing resources for papers as well.
This link, http://home.earthlink.net/~cnew/research.htm,shows the definition of copyright law and fair use in easy terms. This would be a good website to teach students what these laws are and how to use them.
My major is Special Education and the copyright law and fair use law relate to my field of study. Since I am going to be a teacher my students are going to have to know what the copyright law is and the fair use law when writing papers and citing resources for papers as well.
This link, http://home.earthlink.net/~cnew/research.htm,shows the definition of copyright law and fair use in easy terms. This would be a good website to teach students what these laws are and how to use them.
Thursday, January 27, 2011
Copyright Law
The Copyright Law is a set of rights that granted to the author or the creator of an original piece of work. The copyright law doesn't protect ideas it just protects the author's expression of their ideas. The British Statute of Anne was the first act to protect the rights of authors. The purpose of copyright is to return value to creators so they can feel a sense of accomplishment and to provide access to content for the public. The link embedded is a youtube video explaining what the Copyright Law is.
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