Blog #3 digital story telling

     I am super intrigued by this topic and this has sparked a major interest! As I was surfing through the site and looking at the examples I watched a few of them and there were 2 that spoke volumes to me. One was on the perspective of a girl who left Japan's culture to try and find herself in the American culture. Her story of the clash of the 2 cultures and how it effected her, and how it was digitally set up was gripping! I downloaded it to show my students. I'm having trouble e-mailing it because it is a big file so I need to find out how to do that. The other digital story that I could relate to was one about how an English teacher used the rapper Tupac and used his perspective on American culture in his class. This was fascinating and I encourage all teachers to watch that one! No matter what subject you teach you can learn from this one and apply it to your subject. The ideas behind digital stories is fantastic and so fascinating. This is an attention gettter that's for sure and this method seems practical in a sense that all educators can have access to it. As far as I can tell you don't need special equipment to be able to use this feature in your class and that is always a plus. I can see myself using this. (I hope)
This video here is about the clash of 2 cultures that this young girl has experienced and within that she tries to find where she fits in. I could explain to my class that I have experienced similar situations in trying to find how I define myself through blending 2 cultures. I like these digital story telling techniques because it allows the students to be creative.

The second video I would like to share is the one on literature and the perspective of Tupac the legendary rapper and his perspective on the American dream. This is another tie from a cultural aspect I can use in my classroom. This English teacher has a great idea that I plan on bringing to my Spanish class soon.