Wonderful World of Digital Media for Students

Technology has been in our schools for many years now; the first use of technology in schools was to have a computer in the class. We have sense moved way beyond that now. We are incorporating so much technology to enhance the students learning. The assignment for this week was to read chapter 5 Integrating Digital Media and Educational Software Applications. As our textbook states digital media software refers to any computer-based presentation or application software that uses multimedia elements. Allowing users to create new forms of interaction, expression, communication, and entertainment in a digital format. Digital media uses all the elements of multimedia but in a digital format. Teachers Discovering Computers (Integrating Technology and Digital Media in the Classroom) by Gary B. Shelly.

For the hands on portion of this assignment, we were to create a brief presentation in which you address how digital story telling might benefit your (current or future) students. I did find this a bit difficult, as I am still learning all the facts myself.


I searched many sites for using technology to create this presentation, in the assignment, it suggested PowerPoint, Prezi. I looked at Google Docs, Microsoft Power Point, even downloaded a few that totally frustrated me.

I looked into Photo Story3 where you can create slide shows using your digital photos. With a single click, you can touch-up, crop, or rotate pictures. Add stunning special effects, soundtracks, and your own voice narration to your photo stories. Then, personalize them with titles and captions. Small file sizes make it easy to send your photo stories in an e-mail. Watch them on your TV, a computer, or a Windows Mobile–based portable device.

I finally decided to create my story board in Microsoft Power Point, I am not really efficient at power point but feel more comfortable using it.

Digital age march 18

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