Breaking News: Stories go Digital!

Our week 1 assignment was to create a digital story. I was very excited about this assignment but felt dread when I had so many topics I wanted to cover. Because I could not decide between my grandmother or father as topics, I created a story about myself. I borrowed a storyboard template from my mentor and got started. It seemed easier to pre-edit because I put my thoughts down on paper. I usually do not do that and will do so in the future. I then went through the many pictures I have of myself and scanned each that I chose. Since I had used Photo Story in the past and wanted to try a different program, I used Movie Maker to create my video. I had no idea this was already on my computer and found it very easy to use. I really like that the instructions are already on the left side of the screen. After importing my pictures and typing a sentence about each picture, it was time for me to decide if the order would keep the interest of my audience. I must have changed the order of my pictures a half dozen times before I was satisfied. I then needed to find a way to upload it to Youtube.com. Unfortunately, I was not aware that Youtube.com did not accept the .mmv file extension so I went back into Movie Maker and read the directions for saving a project. After saving my project to my computer, I was able to upload it to Youtube.com. My husband and sons agreed that it was definitely a video that described me but felt I left out "child".