I really enjoyed this assignment. I wasn't able to condense my video to 2 minutes. My personal digital story took 2 minutes and 45 seconds, but I love the final product. The interview was an important part of this assignment. It centralized my thoughts on one specific event, and it also forced me to look deeper into my innermost memories.
The collaboration experience with Mary and Kim was very constructive, and I used most of their suggestions for improvements as I told my story. The end result was quite different from what I had envisioned. The process was a journey in itself. Lambert's Digital Storytelling Cookbook was an excellent resource. Lambert suggested to simply start writing. I had three pages of story before I knew it! I also followed his suggestions to use less than 20 pictures and to clearly identify and convey the defining moment in my story. The difficult part was editing the script.
Photo Story 3 is a great free software download. It was simple to use and the quality of the final product was excellent. I will recommend the download to all of my picture loving friends. I also plan to use the program with my students. I want them to create digital reports of famous people in history.
My niece is getting married in December. I'm already planning to create a digital story of her wedding shower. I'll give it to her for Christmas!
Lambert, J. (2007, February). Digital storytelling cookbook, 1-40. Story Center. Retrieved April 4, 2009 from http://www.storycenter.org/cookbook.pdf.
Jeanette King EDLD 5363/ET 8038
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