Week 9: Digital Storytelling and Reel Works

The digital storytelling that I related most to was:  http://www.reelworks.org/rw/watch/identity/#ripple

1.What do you like about the digital story?

I like that this digital story focused on civil rights. It is a subject that is still relevant in today's world because we have the first black president in office and many in the country are still against him based purely along racial lines. Racial profiling is still the norm in too many places. I served in the military with people of all kinds of different backgrounds and made friends without any worry of their background.

2.What did you learn from the digital story?

How much the election of President Obama has effected the civil rights movement. I believe that even more will be accomplished after his successful presidency and he is able to enact more change from outside of the Oval Office.

3.What surprised you about the digital story?

I was surprised by how many of the interviewees thought that they wouldn't see a black president in their lifetime. I personally believed that he was a candidate that couldn't lose after the troubled last few years of the Bush administration.

4.How did the digital story provide an example of how digital storytelling can build self esteem, help young people voice an opposition to social problems,  or create an alternative to stereotypes of adolescents typically portrayed in mainstream media?

This digital story allowed its teen age author to tackle a very polarizing subject and provide another look at it through the different people that were interviewed. I believe that there cannot be too many calls for diversity because the subject is still lost in too many.