Benefits of using digital storytelling in the classroom would be the ability to "teach" a lesson on the screen while walking around the room to help those who are struggling and students could also use digital storytelling to teach each other or show their parents what they are working on in class. Challenges would be time, ability to use the technology outside of school, and privacy concerns. Some parents may not want their child to participate in digital storytelling because they do not want the Internet to have a direct connection to their child at this age.
Using the digital storytelling video I created during Daily 5 for Read to Self or Read to Someone will allow me more time to do guided reading with others instead of having to repeat the login steps every 5 minutes. The best way for me to integrate this into the curriculum is to post links from my classroom blog to reach the parents about math, handwriting, sight words, and reading.
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