Writing a Blog About a Digital Storytelling app…
This weeks blog post is about my experience creating a digital story and it makes a good story.
When I first read this weeks blog post prompt I was very confused. I had no clue what a digital story was. In a past class, I made a virtual book but I quickly realized that is not the same thing as a digital story. “It is your choice of which tools to examine, Here is the website that will explain a number of different tools and how they are used.” Now I am thinking I have to make a choice oh boy… “experiment with one of the storytelling apps by creating your own story and blog about the process.” Well, I might as well check out the website with the different tools and pick the first one that pops up. Sharalike was the first one that caught my eye. I liked the idea of using photos so I decided to use that one!
“You can tell us any kind of story that is about you.” This is one of the hardest prompts to write about. I instantly convinced myself I am the most uninteresting person in the world and there is absolutely nothing I could possibly tell people about myself to interest them.
I continued reading…
“Here is a helpful link that will give you 100 ideas.” Well, I guess I need to get 100 ideas on what to make my digital about. As I began reading through the list of ideas BOOM I got an idea.
My four months I spent studying abroad will make a great digital story. This link below is the final work of my experience with making a digital story using sharalike.
Sharalike Reflection
Overall Sharalike was easy to use. It directed you through uploading pictures and let you place them in a specific order. What I did not like is that it did not let you add words or descriptions. Shatalike is a good tool for simply showing pictures and telling and story through pictures but next time I would use an app that allows you to do more.
