Ch.12 Reflection "The Media Production Process, Phases II-V: From Preparation to Performance"

I have not had much success with peer feedback as part of traditional story telling or digital story telling.  There are a variety of evaluation checklists and rubrics one can find if they dive into the deep waters of Google, but these tools for the most part do not promote critical thinking.  Ohler encourages the practice of peer reviews, but does not offer many guiding ideas to facilitate such collaboration.   "Having students show their work in progress can be very helpful.  How teachers approach this depends on a number of factors, including class size, structure, and the purpose of the story-telling project."(Location 1990)  I’m thinking that a process that uses writing, inquiry, and collaboration may be successful when guiding students to provide feedback on their video projects.  One resource I have found is a class Wiki for LIS 5313: Digital Media: Concepts & Production.   The developer of that site has included several guiding topics to consider when students give each other feedback.  The rigor of these questions could promote deep conversations between students about the process and purpose of digital story telling.

Ohler, J. (2008). Digital Storytelling in the Classroom: New Media Pathways to Literacy,

                Learning, and Creativity [Kindle DX version].   Retrieved from Amazon.com

Video Project #1 "Road Trip of My Dreams"

This video shares my long time dream of a taking a road trip across the U.S. on Historic Route 66.

To help conclude the story I did add two audio clips at the very end.  A tutorial on how to add audio clips to Windows Movie Maker project can be viewed here.