Technology in Education 209

        Digital Storytelling                    As it was my responsibility to create a digital story, I had no clue where I should start. Reading about what a good digital story looks like, given the resources under module two, it specified that digital storytelling should be broken down into the simplest form and that I should be cautious in regards to the amount of words being overused. I read in the article, The Science of Storytelling, that the human brain becomes much more active when a story is being told. A good story allows others to have emotions implanted in their heads, which allows connections between others. As it says in the article, The Art of Digital Storytelling, it mentioned that a good, or even great, stories are the ones told personally. A story should not be told about someone el...

The Jigsaw Method I found it interesting that the Jigsaw Classroom method was created in the 1970’s because, reading about it for my education class, it seemed like a relatively new method that was formed for the classroom. It was encouraging to read that this method was created by a professor and his students, and that this method is still used today. An aspect that I appreciated about Jigsaw is that they emphasized that when a students part is essential, then the student is an essential, which is what makes Jigsaw so effective. Another aspect that Jigsaw made was relatable and able to be easily understood. Since the method is called Jigsaw, that reminds me of a puzzle. Without the completion of a puzzle, individuals would not be able to understand what the puzzle was trying to say. The Jigsaw method teaches students that their part is important and without it, an enormous piece of the puzzle would be missing. The Jigsaw method ...