Module 10: Visual Learning

Digital Story

This week we learned about digital storytelling. Three technological resources that can be used in this are Animoto, Photo Story, and Wideo. Each of these technologies can be used in my future classroom. Animoto is an online resource that allows you to create videos. Photo Story is an online resource that allows you to use pictures to tell a virtual story. Wideo is another online resource that allows you to create and share videos. I could use any or all of these in my future classroom to help my students. If there was something that I wanted to teach my students, I could use these technologies to create an informational video to show them. I could also use these to create a virtual lesson if there was ever a time that I couldn't teach them in-person. All of these technologies would be very helpful and useful in my future classroom.

One challenge that I should consider when using these technologies is the availability of the internet outside of school. These technologies shouldn't be hard to use if I only required my students to watch a video that was already made. However, if I want my students to watch a video outside of school, I would have to consider the fact that some of my students may not have access to the internet. If this were the case, I would have to create special accommodations for these students. Once I address this challenge, I should be able to implement these technologies into my classroom with great efficiency.