Digital Storytelling

Here is a link to my video introduction on youtube:

Lisa Heuberger Introduction

Weigh the benefits and challenges that you anticipate from integrating video into your classroom. How can you best leverage this original content to provide your students with enhanced learning opportunities? How can you integrate these resources into your curriculum in a meaningful way for your students?

I don't mean to be negative but I don't really see any benefits of using this digital storytelling with my first grade students.  First of all, I don't even have the technology in my classroom to make this activity happen.  Secondly, I get such a reaction from seeing and hearing myself on this sort of medium, I can't even imagine the disruption it would cause with my very young students.  I feel that it would be much more of a distraction than a benefit for my first graders.  I can see that it would have some value for older students.  It would provide a more creative outlet for these students to respond to classroom learning and create assignments in place of actual report writing.   I can also see some benefit with English Language Learners as this sort of activity provides visual cues along with the audio which is extremely helpful for these particular students.