VLOG Digital Storytelling

   A digital story is a great tool for a music educator! It is the perfect way to spark a students' imagination. So often we do bland slideshows or ask the students to read an article or listen to a lecture. The one thing students love on the internet is videos! So why not give them a video of a story. Students respond to stories and visual and audio stimulation. When giving students backgrounds about pieces of music. This is the way to do it.

What I learned from the two videos.

1) I did not realize that there is one needs to draw the difference between students with disabilities and gifted students. I have been in Universal Design for Learning and haven't learned anything about that. I m so glad we are covering it! In terms of a myth, I always thought it is better for kids to have more friends. It is good to hear one or two friends is perfectly healthy.

2) I am going to ensure that students are given the space they need. Sometimes it is okay for students to work alone or with one other person as opposed to a group. Using various interactive technologies like google docs will be helpful. Google forms in general allow students to turn in assignments and collaborate, but also gives them the option of working alone so as not to feel overwhelmed. Kind of like an interactive video game allows a student to collaborate with people all over the world in the privacy of their home (as mentioned in the video).