Reflection #9: Digital Story 3

WHAT?: This week in class we were able to work on our digital stories with our partners. In class my partner and I went through and found more pictures because based on the copyright laws we learned we wanted to make sure we had pictures to use that were out there for reuse.

SO WHAT?: I think that days like these are very appreciated in class and can be used to our advantage. They give us time to put together our projects and give us more time to find new pictures and ideas. I think that digital stories will have a great advantage to me learning as a student, teacher, and colleague because as a student I can use these projects for other classes. As a teacher, I can use them in my class as an introduction to teaching new subjects or even to teach the whole lesson. As a colleague, not only could I use them in presentation but I could help the faculty around me to become experts at them as well. Applying the copyright laws to finding our pictures was a very important thing for my partner and I. We did not want to use pictures that were not labeled for reuse, especially after all the laws we learned last week. I am so glad that as a student and teacher I learned these laws that way I am always using information found properly, and that way I can inform my future class on what can be reused and how to reuse it.

NOW WHAT?: I think that having a full day in class to work on our projects to improve our ideas and story was great to have. We got so much done, and it was nice because we did not have to meet outside of class. Sometimes, it is hard to find times in our schedules. I think that as a teacher I need to allow for my students to have some days like this so that way they can have time to finish homework/projects in class. I think that it was a great day to really apply all of the rules/laws we have learned in class-- to make sure we fully understand. I know that as a teacher it is very important to let the students try and apply the knowledge that they have learned. It does not do any good to learn something and not apply it to anything or else it is easily forgotten. I know that I need to share this technology/copyright knowledge with my future colleagues and students so that way they can use the knowledge to their benefit. Digital stories are a great thing to incorporate into my classroom because not only are they learning how to properly use copyright laws but also learning how to use this technology to create awesome projects.