Friday, September 5, 2014

Wk 3, Post 3

Pros/Cons of Digital Stories 

Vanessa Clay

I found that overall her digital story had many strengths.  I enjoyed the variety of photographs that grounded us in her individual sphere of experience.  I enjoyed her interaction of music and her calm and personable tone.  My only criticism is in the layout of her slides.  I think she should have done more interesting things with background color choices and text decisions.  I don’t necessarily think these cons effected the presentation greatly, but feel that if improved it could help the story as a whole be more contemporary and visually pleasing throughout. 

Jared St. Brown

I thought his presentation was excellent!  I wasn’t convinced at first, but his writing of the dialog was fantastic.   His ability to make the story flow effortlessly from his grandfather’s personality to his dads and back was an unusual and intriguing twist.  The dialogue was charming and really built up our understanding of how these two men deeply influenced his life and who he has grown up to be and what he has grown to appreciate.   His voice was a tad low in parts, so perhaps improving upon the sound quality would be an improvement, but otherwise I thought it was very well done. 

Amber Haller


Her video was sweet and short.  I liked to content, but felt it lacking compared to the others as a digital story.  I think it makes the overall story much more enjoyable if the dialogue is read to us, so we can hear and see to associate ourselves to the creator.  The text doesn’t speak as much volume as our voices, especially in this advanced time of gadgetry and built in microphones.  Some of her slides were a bit plain and could have been jazzed up more by adjusting text perspectives or photo placements.   I liked it, but compared to the others it left a lot to be desired. 

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