Digital Storytelling

Some experiences from my PDS that I may consider using in my digital story would be the experiences I have had with the students and reading. I think reading is one of, if not the most important subjects in school. I worked with the students at my PDS a lot with reading and it was interesting seeing all the different levels of reading. Some ideas from my PDS experiences that I can consider including in my digital story would be how every few weeks in my PDS classroom, my mentor teacher picks a different subject. For example, for the next few weeks my PDS class is working on fairy tales. There are castles set up all around the room, the students have made crowns to wear, and during circle time, the teacher reads a different fairy tale. I could incorporate the weekly/ monthly lessons with the read aloud time and make a digital story about the students' lessons on fairy tales. 

Some stories from my PDS that would be interesting to listen to would be how the students react to their reading levels. I worked with a lower elementary grade last semester where the students were just beginning to read full books on their own. Some students were so far ahead of other students it was amazing to me. Some students could read full beginning chapter books, and others were struggling so much with the books that had three words on a page. I found it frustrating when I was working with these students that one student would take 2 minutes to read a book, and others I would sit there and help them sound out every word until they got it. Interesting events and details make a good story. 

Using different multimedia to enhance telling a story to a listener is a great idea because the listener can actually see what is going on. They can picture it for themselves, and it also may have more on an impact on the listener if they can see what you see.