After viewing an example Digital Story assignment, I must admit that I am nervous about the assignment. I wonder if the assignment is to be based on my PDS experiences up to this point or if the focus is meant to be this semester only.. I am sure we will find these things out soon. A key item in making a story a good, interesting listening experience is relate-ability to the reader--either with regard to the major and minor characters or to the situation, etc. This element makes the story meaningful to the listener.
Of my PDS experiences so far, I could tell the story of the project last semester that required us tutors to incorporate an electronic aspect into a lesson and how, in spite of its total failure, we still managed to pull together as a class and have a decent lesson. For this semester, I could tell the brief story concerning the value consistency in creating a writing prompt. In this semester's special education classroom, I wrote a prompt that involved three or four exclamation points, but one looked different than the others--it was the first one, it was shaped like a triangle instead of the traditional line. This confused a couple of the students. On a larger scale, this shows that consistency is crucial for effective teaching all across the board, especially if one wants to build up the trust and confidence of his/her students.
Virtually, a story can become more interesting if images, audio, or text is attractive and enticing to the audience. However, the creator should make sure that if these digital additions are going to be in the story, then they should not overwhelm the audience or distract from the story being told.
