Digital Story: My perspective

Without prior knowledge of digital story writing before this class I was sort of worried about this project. I knew not what to expect or even who my group members were. At first, I thought that I should make an elaborate storyline in my page and really put a ton of effort into it. But then these two classes called Chemistry and Biology decided that they were going to hold my life hostage, so less effort was put into it. Going in, I did the impromptu strategy and just tried to think of things from the top of my head. I was also happy to see that my partner also had the same idea going into the project which was impromptu writing. What made this project easy was that there was a prior story to build off of but it was also almost too much because there was too much going on. By the end of my group’s page, I felt like we just threw in another loop in the story that doesn’t really go towards an ending. But after reading the end of the story I see that the final group tied the story in well.

I don’t know the intentions of the first group but I’m pretty sure they didn’t intend on it to be this weird mystery. It started off with a generic adventure theme then morphed into a mystery type story. The way it formed into a mystery was because the second group brought up topics that weren’t answered which gave the story a “to be continued...” feel. Then I started to notice that students began to follow that path or pattern of the “to be continued…” feel. Even the characters in the story gradually began to get even more mysterious, especially the main character Duke. He started off as like a normal kid going to school and then turned into the keeper of the box (I believe).

What I enjoy most about the story was that people inserted pictures and hyperlinks that went with some of the objects and situations. Like a normal short story, the digital story had normal pictures insert into the text which gave it that story book feel. The digital story also included hyperlink to words that pertained the most to the story, which in my opinion kept its integrity of being a blog type project. The hyperlinks is what made the story distinctly electronic because without it, it might as well have been a picture book, but just online.

So in conclusion, I believe the digital story project was very interesting to do. Even though I didn’t put as much effort in as I could have put in the project it still turned out pretty decent. It started off as an adventure then slipped into a mystery that randomly tied its self-back together at the end of the digital story project. It would have been better if we would have work on a page individually so it could be even more creative but it would probably have been a really long story.

Digital storytelling

In class, i learned that Digital Storytelling is the practice of using computer-based tools to tell stories. As with traditional storytelling, most digital stories focus on a specific topic and contain a particular point of view. However, as the name implies, digital stories usually contain some mixture of computer-based images, text, recorded audio narration, video clips and/or music. 

The biggest differences between traditional  storytelling and digital storytelling are you can see the images and you can hear the sounds. This is the best way to understand what narrator trying to tell you. In another hand, this is the best to telling stories and explaining stories.

Our project was amazing, this group project is the best group project i have ever did. we need to create a story after prior group's work. This is a fantastic idea for help students practice their creative thinking skills and creative writing skills. If you compared digital writing group project with my high school writing project, it has so many differences. In our high school writing class, I never did such a work like this. Teacher only let us to write different kinds of stories. It is vapidity. This group project made writing much more interesting to me. This project makes me love writing. Follow the prior writing, we can create much more plot. You can add link, picture, map, video, even sound in there. It was incredible. 

When I work with my group member, we think together and add different idea into our writing.  First, we read prior group's work. According to their work we need to create what is going to happen next. We create the secret map in there and we create the meeting point in the story too. We tried our best to made this story interesting. Both of us did well in this group project. We did a great job. We learned and we had a great time.

now, I actually want to talk about the debate too. It is awesome that some group have the topic which is related to the digital story telling. Debate is another thing that I think is awesome in this class. student get together debating about some hot topic. I was in the positive group for give international student green card after they graduated. All of us did a great job. I think instructor torsa's let us debate is because debate can actually help us growing speech ability and English speaking skills. It also practicing our thinking skills, explore our potential. 

in this class, we learned a lot of things. how to be a good writer, how to be a good reader, how to be a good thinker, and how to be a good narrator. I learned all of those in this class. In this class, i figured out that if you  work hard enough you will get the pay back. i will never forget this class and instructor Torsa. God bless everyone in this class.

Relaying Ideas through Writing

Relaying Ideas through Writing

             In high school the type of writing that we did included research papers and creative writing. I have never been a fan of writing; it always feels like a battle. I would much rather discuses a topic with someone than type a paper and have them read it. Through the years I have come to respect writing. Writing allows you to relay ideas and look at subjects in more complex ways. Relaying an idea in a research paper feels otherworldly compared to relaying an idea through creative writing. Both forms give me an outlet to express how I like to look at things.

I have always loved debating a topic with someone. When discussing a topic with someone, you make a claim and support it with facts and knowledge. After listening to the claims and support someone else puts forward you are required to defend your view. During these discussions it is possible to see flaws in your own claims, this allows you to revise and change your claim. If you constantly pick apart a subject and think about it from different perspectives you can form a well-educated argument that can hold up under scrutiny. Research papers allow me to have a debate without the need for a second person to be present. I start by picking a topic and researching it. Next, I make an argument/claim about the information. After that, I research other people’s opinions on the subject. I take those opinions and mine and debate them in the form of a paper. When I use the opinions and cross analyze them I support them with research. At the end of the paper I can form a stronger claim that is supported with facts and has answers to opposing view point. Research papers allow me to learn while I wright by dissecting a subject and looking at it in a multitude of mays.

Research and debating can get tiring though. Sometimes, I do not want to support a claim with fact or learn from a new perspective. Creative writing provides me with a way to let loose and branch out with writing. Research papers are more in reality and creative writing can be anything that you make it. I can be realistic and write about something that is non-fiction or I can write fictitious stories. Fiction is a way for me to relax because there are not rules. I can relay ideas that need no support and build an idea with no research. Creative writing is, in my opinion, the fun side of writing.

Something about Digital Medium

It is my first time to write a digital story with so many people. I sometimes enjoying writing about my feelings on my blog and I've write some fictions on my writing class. However, that is my first time to write a digital story. The digital finished by the whole class is better than my imagination. Everyone have a different story, no matter where we start to write the story, we have a entire story in our mind, some details we give might be the most important clues we expect. Also, in this project, we can publish the digital by the medium. The illustration that we got on the Internet can also make the story more vivid.

The appearance digital medium has a significant influence on our daily life. In the past, the medium we use most must be print. People read printed books instead of electronic books. Also, we now can use some website like Google to find more information. The pictures we have in our digital story can make us be more interested in the story.

As for research, they are similar when you think of how to write them. Both of the digital project and the research paper need to have a theme at first. The next step is to have a draft and plan for the organization. They are similar because they both have to go through the few steps that every article have. However, they are different because the research paper has to be more academic, you may use some slangs in the digital story to make fun but it is not supposed to appear in the research paper.

I think the readers for the digital might be teenagers. Because it is short and we the writers are not that old and knowledgeable so that it might be a little bit simple for the old. I think some books I read about adventure have influences how I think of the development if this digital stories. As the first few group mentioned the box and the map, I actually think it might be an adventure to the treasure at last. This makes me think of the books and the movies, even movies can make the audience see what is happening on the book, many people still think that it is better to read book. It is true, because in the movie, many details are changed. Also, you can imagine more and understand more about the theme of the books.