Animoto, Slideroll, or Stupeflix are good sites to make digital story videos, they are user friendly so they can be grasp even by those who are not familiar with film making; thus it can be a good way for students to get started to make their won films. I can assign them to make a digital story in my own field (please see to my old post Digital storytelling). This is a more advance step to start in making their own digital stories, and I would hope they can learn to combine academics and technologies well.
The subject of pictures I use are from a web comic called Axis Powers Hetalia, a controversial comic that “presents an allegorical interpretation of political and historic events, particularly of the World War II era, in which the various countries are represented by stereotyped anthropomorphic characters.” I choose this comic because I want them to think and debate about the short film I made. It can be a discussion about stereotypes, or about the history behind all the countries, or even about peace and war.
By using Stupeflix and other tool, I want them to see that a digital story videos is not as hard as many people thought and hook them up with technologies by using them. I also want them to brainstorm on their own favorites, whether it be their favorite hobbies or movies, or experiences they had and can be shared with others. Furthermore, I want to broad the use of the technologies into classes and make the lessons more colorful.
I think your story has demonstrated that creating a digital story could be a good introduction to a lesson.
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