My Response to Priya Jayakrishnan's questions on "How can Digital Stories fit into Math and Science"

short, personal multimedia tales told from the heart

How can a digital story be used in Math and Science?

http://techstories.edublogs.org/

http://students.ed.uiuc.edu/sbuikema/490TER/buikema_proposal_1.htm

Digital story delves into many aspects of the child's personality and potential.
Digital storytelling an idea that produce videos that reads as films rather than as multimedia stories. The story is incorporating the children's imagination/fantasy play.

So how can Digital Stories fit into Math and Science?


www.digitalstories.org
http://www.pearsondigital.com/waterford/wems.cfm

How does Digital Stories help students master Math and Science concepts?

Digital stories can be a help in Math and Science because it about making connection between math and science and everyday items that young people are engaged which is one way to break down the walls that suggest that this is something foreign.

Digital story is one of the instructional media designed specially to help meet the varied needs of learners in 21st century classrooms.

With Digital Story, students can:

* Work together or independently to watch movies or work on software modules
* Engage in exploratory, hands-on activities to construct their own means for understanding new material
* practice both traditional and nontraditional testing skills such as multiple choice, fill in the blanks, portfolio development

http://www.coe.uh.edu/digital-storytelling/

Science:

THE LOOK

http://www.wmich.edu/pt3/ds/look.html

Check it out!