Reflection 7

Reflection 7 “What is a Digital Story?”

A digital story is a story that is presented through the use of technology. It uses music, voice, and pictures to tell a personal story, experience, or thought. In most cases, a digital story benefits both the author and listener, while making it, the author of the story which benefits by introspecting and learning about him or herself. For example, in a digital story they also get to express themselves more because music, voice, and pictures are hand-picked to their preference. These listeners are also enjoys stories because they get to learn about their classmates in a different way and see them in a different way as well. In order for a digital story to fulfill its purpose, it must be clearly structured. The story that the author wants to convey should be organized before the technology comes into play. The story must be powerful than the images, sounds, and voices in the digital story. A digital story is also useful for educators. Teachers can use some of them to challenge their students by turning their written ideas into visual ones. digital stories are being used in every school because we currently living in a digital society where everything most go through the computer system. Most digital stories are about 5 to 10 minutes long. They are not meant to be long because as authors of the digital stories, we do not want to have the viewers/listeners become bored. They made them like that in order for the students to get a quick and clear summary so that it will stay in their minds for a longer period of time. It should have a beginning presenting a problem, an overcome to that problem, and a closure, also the digital story must include certain parts in order to be good because we do not want it to contain different details that are all over the place that does not tell a good story. The reason for this is because it will make the students feel as if they are making their story into a movie, while making a digital story; students will learn about technology and the different ways of using certain applications. When they gain knowledge about this, they can also use it in the real world to convey their ideas in corporate jobs because in today’s society everything are operate with computer; therefore, it is a good Idea if the students start to learn about computer at an early age in order to be successful in today’s society.