The articles that were provided for last week asynchronous course on Digital storytelling were interesting and informative. All of the articles paint a perfect picture of what digital storytelling is. I found the Digital Storytelling Tips and Resources article the most helpful and beneficial. My reasoning is because it is very informative. Not only does the article give the reader an overview of what digital storytelling is on page 2, it also provides us with tips and suggestions while using digital storytelling inside the classroom on pages 6-8, and provides the reader with examples on pages that follow. I also enjoyed the article Digital Storytelling with the Ipad as well. My main reasoning for liking this article is because it is relevant. Ipad’s can be very helpful in the classroom and may one day be needed in the classroom.  In some of today’s schools Ipad are already integrated into the classroom http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EV8M6P9st9Q, so this article is very relevant to today learning society.

One thing that I did not quite understand in one of the articles is the challenges for students. One of the challenges listed in the article is the issue of students copyrighting information. On page 6 of the article Intro to Digital Storytelling in the Classroom the author states, one useful strategy to prevent students from copy righting is to get them to use their own content. This statement confused me because I got lost on exactly what the author suggest that the students do. If a student is preparing a digital story on a event in history and would like to include pictures of that event that they found online would that be considered copyrighting?

I’m sure that I have seen digital storytelling in some of my classes, but I may not have identified it as a digital story. Altogether, I believe that digital storytelling has it pros and cons, just like any other form of technology. Digital storytelling appears to be very helpful to the classroom in many ways, but it can also be a bit confusing. Overall, I think Digital Storytelling can be used to its advantage when it is taught and used correctly. Digital storytelling is