Blog 3 Digital Story Response

The first digital video that I watched in class was the Rainforest video that was made by a classroom of young students. In this video the teacher had the students draw illustrations for the video and narrate the video with various facts that they had learned about the rainforest. I think that this is a great idea to include various different forms of media along with technology to showcase what my students are capable of and what they are learning. I also think that it is a great idea to make this into a video for the parents and families of my students to have access to. The second video that I watched was a video called "Home" about soldiers in the War on Terrorism. This was a more personal video made about someone's personal opinions and appreciation for what they consider to be home. This is something that I feel can be beneficial to a person or a group of people who want to portray an opinion, however, I don't feel that this would be an appropriate or beneficial way to use technology in an early elementary class.