Bernajean Porter's article, "Beyond Words," discusses digital storytelling. Porter goes into detail about the technical and aesthetic details of the craft, including the use of sound and how images should be displayed. A key point made in the article is that "People process visual information 60,000 times more quickly than narrative information," (Porter, 2006) showing the important of utilizing visual media when it is available. Porter is an author of two books on digital storytelling and has been a featured speaker on the subject at many events, so she seems to know the subject well.
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So What
The article's focus on technical and aesthetic details of creating digital artifacts is provides useful information that many students and teacher may not consider. In creating a digital artifact for education purposes, it is important to ensure that it can capture and keep the audience's attention while still getting the point across.
Now What
This article has refreshed my ideas on how to teach students who are planning to use video in their projects. You cannot expect them to be able to take some film and sound and create a good digital artifact with it, unless you provide them with some guidance on, as Porter puts it, the "grammar for images," (Porter, 2006) such as using images to convey an idea without having to blatantly say it in the narration.
Source:
Porter, B. (2006). Beyond words. Learning & Leading With Technology, 28-31. Retrieved from http://www.iste.org/Store/Product?ID=1436
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