Having a Focus

I think the more that our group thinks about this project, the more that we’re coming to the conclusion that the focus of our site should not be about ‘creating a set of tools to create Digital stories’ because now that we’re actively looking, there are hundreds if not thousands of excellent ‘how to’ sites. Why reinvent the wheel?

So instead we’re going to really focus on the very narrow use of the digital stories being somehow a medium or avenue that brings about learning above and beyond a traditional discourse essay that involves an evaluation of social, cultural or ethical issues.

I think our real concern at the moment is that there’s no or little quantitative evaluation that digital story telling really is, that much more engaging and somehow qualitatively better than traditional essay writing.

For the moment it’s possible to not worry about that too much and just focus on the idea that it’s a medium in which to learn digital skill sets that are probably relevant to the learner of the 21st century.