My Experience of Creating my Personal Digital Story

My experience of creating my personal digital story was a bit frustrating. I spent 3 days of recording my voice over and over again. I had trouble uploading it into teacher tube and google video. Finally, I tried you tube and succeeded. I really didn't have a problem with deciding what I was going to talk about. I decided to write about myself and about what I have been doing recently in my life. I was concerned about my personal information being on you tube, but I realized that if I wanted a grade for my assignment that I had no choice but to upload to you tube.

I found my pictures that I was going to use to create my digital story and storyboard. I had no problem finding most of my pictures, but I did have problems with my script and narration. I narrated my story over 7 or 8 times. I keep stumbling over my words for some reason. (Lambert, 2010, p.8) Realizing your voice, and making it as rich and textured as you are as a person, takes time and practice. Finally, I decided that I would have to go with the last narration and move on. I emailed and called my partner, Gail Dunn several times. She was very helpful and gave me encouraging words. I really appreciated her assistance.

Overall, creating my personal digital story was very enjoyable until I tried to upload it in teacher tube and google video. I did become frustrated with the narration part of the project, but I overcame that part of it when time was pressing. Despite the problems that I had uploading and narrating, I really enjoyed this assignment and I learned how to upload my video to you tube and create a personal digital story.

Lambert, J. (2010, January). Digital Storytelling Cookbook. Retrieved August 27, 2010, from Story Center website: http://www.storycenter.org/cookbook.pdf