Digital stories are becoming more popular in the 21st century classroom. In the past, teachers would make their students write 10 or 15 page papers on different subjects. Due to the massive amount of page requirements, students tend to focus on the length and meeting the demand, rather than the actual material being studied. However, if teachers go down the technology route, they can have students make digital stories, and incorporate the information the students have gathered on a certain topic. The students, then, can focus on the main concepts of the topic and include the most important information into the story.
I also think that if digital stories would become the new way of making essays, the students attention span would more than likely last longer, because their focus would interested in the changing scenes of the digital story, rather than all the words that would be written in the essay. It would also hold the interest of other people.
Another bonus to digital stories: no more printing 15 pages papers... we can finally save the trees!
Excellent justifications for using digital stories in the classroom! You might consider having a balance. It's still important to know how to write traditional essays especially for students who want to attend college. I think being able to make a digital story before writing an essay may help some students write better essays! It depends on their learning style!
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