Monday, September 14, 2009
Enter Here article
I just finished reading the short article by Kajder, "Enter Here". I thought it was a great article of how the teacher motivated her students to complete their own digital stories. Also, I think the steps listed in the article on completing the stories will be very helpful when creating our own digitial stories (if that is the type of project you might want to do for this course). Just thought I would share that with you, in case you were like me and had no idea where to begin. Hopefully it will be helpful. :)
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Hi Noelle,
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According to Kajder, “The personal narrative needed to be a window into a moment, a self-contained story set in one particular place and time.” To choose the topic which is worthy to tell, I will change my theme accordingly. I am not going to do my dog Bella, I am thinking something worthy to tell, such as my own story, my daughter’s story, which seem to be more meaningful though.
Once topic chosen, take pictures or make films, work on narrative scripts, import pictures, add transitions and special effects, record narration, add soundtracking, and burn a finish work on a DVD. I feel like I am getting more power once I know where to start.
Have a nice long weekend.