digitalstorymperalez

=Hand over Hand... =

Written and Directed By: Marisol Peralez My experiences from creating my first personal digital story… I used the article written my Joe Lambert, “Digital Storytelling Cookbook” as a foundation for creating my story. After interview several of my classmates and viewing the beginning stages of there production, it reminded me of my own story. Although I was somewhat overwhelmed by the project and experienced a memory overload with stories that I considered using, whichever direction I would decide to go, I kept in mind that I was the editor and director. As, the editor I wanted to use a story that would catch the hearts and minds of those who viewed it. The majority of classmates went in the direction of memorial moments in which they remembered a lost pet, grandma or any family member that meant a lot to them. I too have a memorial story about my father but, this personal story was not one I was ready to share. I then decided to review my picture folders I had previously saved on my computer. Each folder of pictures was from a different event or activity that I not only experienced in my life but felt it was important enough to take pictures at. The accomplishment story was the direction I decided to go in creating my digital story. What was the defining moment in this event? I decided to use images from my student teaching experience as the defining moment for my story. This particular experience was the foundation of my career and gave meaning to my decision in becoming a special education teacher. I downloaded Microsoft Photo Story 3 onto my computer and uploaded various pictures from that semester. Once the pictures were uploaded I rearranged in a particular order that would allow me to write a script. The script was easy to write considering I used a defining moment that changed my outlook on my ability to become an amazing teacher. The story I wrote was mine and came straight from the heart. The program was user friendly and the editing for the project was well defined on each page. The only implication I encounter was the size of the video and how it would be uploaded onto various websites. After several attempts of reformatting the file, I was successful in publishing my first personal digital story. I used both teacher tube and my personal wiki to display my video titled “Hand over Hand”. 