Digital storytelling

Week 6 blog: October 5
Cultural context. Digital Storytelling - Pūrākau.

Zombie Horror and Celebration of Learning

The videos above both demonstrated high levels of preparation and collaboration. The use of technology was to a high standard, showcasing the skills of the children involved in both videos. 

Zombie Horror showed a level of planning which involved understanding and executing a story. This would have involved discussions about what the plot entailed and how it would be shot, edited and so on. 

Celebration of Learning was a very sharp and professional looking video. Much effort must have been put into this by all involved. The editing was very good and would have been done with a highly skilled person at the helm! An obvious strength of this video is the strong use of the technology available for capturing the videos and the editing process. 

I can link these to the principle of Te Whāriki here:

Empowerment is evident in the ownership the children demonstrated with the making of the videos. 

Holistic Development shows by virtue of the many facets needed to make these videos, such as technology knowledge, understanding the basic story making concepts, artistic components such as framing shots with video and the development of learning dispositions such as perseverance and flexibility among others.

Family and community shows through with the collaborative processes needed to make these video and the demonstration of 'knowing your audience'.

Relationships are evident through the collaboration as well, and through the support given to each other through the making of the videos, also evident in their high quality.