Digital Stories

I have never used digital stories in my lesson plans, nor have I been taught by using digital stories.  I am more familiar with teachers using instructional videos that they have bought or rented, or even movies, to use as a teaching tool - never videos that they had put together themselves.  Learning how to make digital stories in iMovie has inspired me to teach lessons using this tool. 

I learned in TPTE 486 that using digital stories can be very beneficial for students, and even teachers.  It's an intriguing way to capture the students attention, and brings technology into the classroom.  Learning iMovie was a fun process for me.  As an art teacher, I am constantly looking for new
creative ways of learning and using a digital story in iMovie is definitely one to try.

In my future art classroom, I would use digital stories in high school art history lessons.  Art history can be a subject most teenagers are not interested in, but by making a fun and engaging video, they would be more likely to participate.  Other digital story ideas could be about learning different techniques in painting, or instructional videos on how to properly throw clay on a wheel. The possibilities are endless using iMovie!