Digitial Story Telling

In this digital age, with its instantaneous updates and on the spot access, our attention spans (especially those of the younger generations) have drastically been reduced. Gone are the days when an evening by the fire reading a book is even remotely within our contemporary mindset. While we should definitely attempt to help students increase their attention spans, it is important to grab this generations attention in a quick and exciting way. Digital Story Telling is an excellent way to do this. Take a history lesson about the Civil War for example. While several students will be interested in the topic intrinsically, it may be useful to grab the entire audiences attention with something big, bold, and interesting. This strategy will make the rest of the lesson flow well.