I currently have an English teacher who requires a book report from her students once per month, but she determines the genre of the book. She wants to expose her students to a variety of genres so they don’t become stuck in a particular genre. I immediately bookmarked the site 10 Technology Enhanced Alternatives to Book Reports. Being forced to read an unappealing genre may be enhanced when the project is different from writing a report. Digital storytelling seems to be the up and coming format of book reports. Thoughts, feelings, interpretations, and other aspects of a report must be consolidated in a small time frame. There is no time for fluff. I can’t help but wonder that once all the kinks of these projects are working out (i.e. initial organizing, creating rubric) grading becomes easier. The criteria of a rubric are met in a two minute video instead of a ten page paper that, as previously mentioned, could contain a lot of fluff. Crane’s article shows us the intricacies of digital storytelling. A great project is not about visual effects but the emotions and lessons of the work.
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