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Finally, I can show you a video! And, I am the host, haha! A lot of young people have a favor in showing up on the screen, and I am one of them. I thought and thought and thought what I could teach others on the video within 3 minutes. Bang! A good idea occurred to me then– I could teach people to make dumplings, which is the most traditional food in China. However, this idea died before it was found. The instructor told us that last year there was a girl who taught people to make Sushi. Oh, no! Great people always think alike. But I hate being the same as others. I had to think out another different idea to show my creativity. Then I made my mind to show you a magic trick. It has been a lot of work, believe me.

2. Videos can provide an authentic environment for language learners, and help them strengthen their language ability in listening, reading and speaking. 3. With videos, teachers can also make a dull class lively and interesting. || 2. Match technology to learning objectives. 3. Develop and plan effective project management strategies. 4. Develop components of multimedia projects. 5. Publish projects in a variety of formats, including web and CD/DVD. 7. Explore authoring utilities. ||
 * ** The reasons why I created this item. ** || 1. As a synthesis of sound, image, captions, and motion, videos have become more and more popular in class teaching and learning.
 * ** The challenges I have confronted. ** || Timing is not as easy as what I have expected. I cut a lot of words to make the video last within 3 minutes; because my limited knowledge of animation, I only applied zoon-and-pan through out the show. ||
 * ** Learning objectivs. ** || Learn how to apply what appears in the storyboard into a video; learn different themes of digital stories that can be applied into class teaching and learning from some good websites ||
 * ** Classrrom Application. ** || Teachers can incorporate old knowledge into a video story so as to help student review, and memorize it efficiently; students can be encouraged to make digital stories about their personal experience related to English learning and teaching. ||
 * ** The class requirements it has met. ** || 1. Match technology to individual learning styles.
 * ** Helpful Links for Audio Recording ** || @http://digitalstorytelling.coe.uh.edu/ In this website, you may focus on the educational uses of digital storytelling, because it provides a lot of samples and theories as well. ||
 * ** Terms related in this assignment ** || **Digital Storytelling** refers to using digital tools so that ordinary people can tell their own real-life stories. (Retrieved from Wikipedia on May 10th, 2010) ||

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** //Created by: Julie Wang Photos in Video were taken by Eric Cui Date last edited: May 10th Course Name: ISTC 655 Email: zwang2@students.towson.edu// **