Visualizing with Technology

"Digital Storytelling by Kate Kemker" ---Digital storytelling allows students the opportunity to tell a story by collaborating with others to perform storytelling roles in a video production.  Each student performs specific job duties in the production such as; videographer, actor and director.  Each is provided with a check list of basis elements in a story and uses it to evaluate their project to make sure that the final production connects with the audience.  In the end, all of the students get to critique the work of the others in their group and in other groups.
In my classroom, I would assign digital storytelling projects throughout the school year related to the subject matter we are discussing at the time.  All students will be able to perform the different roles in order to see which areas that they excel in. This will allow them the opportunity to collaborate their ideas in the roles assigned and within different groups each time.
Math is made easier and more real with the use of graphing calculators.  They allow students to become more flexible in their problem solving abilities and evidence shows that they are more persistent when trying to solve new problems.  The use of data sets also allows students that think differently the ability to find representations that make sense to them.
I believe that children of today are visual learners.  Teachers are using more and more video instruction today because it captures the attention of students in the same way that television does.  Children relate more to this today due to sitting in front of televisions, video games and computers. I do not believe that everything can  be learned from TV alone, but certain things can.