week 8 activity 2

1.What do you like about the digital story?
I like that the girl show herself throughout the story.  She hid for so long on the internet by stealing others' identities and now she let her real self be shown.

2.What did you learn from the digital story?
I always knew that people deceive others with false pictures but never thought it could go on so long or that a whole life could be made up.  I also was shocked how easy it is.

3.What surprised you about the digital story?
The girl was very open and yet hid behind others for so long.

4.How did the digital story provide an example of how digital story telling 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?
It showed how teens that do not have a good self image can go to extreme methods to gain peer attention.  It also shows that the teens want to be accepted but are afraid to reveal who they are and what they look to the world.   Social websites have changed the roles for teens.

5.How can digital storytelling promote critical media literacy?  Please refer to the reading for this week's Double Entry Journal to answer this question.
It can give students a chance to not only express their own feelings and thoughts but to view others views and thoughts.  Through the stories of others one can feel a connection, question a viewpoint or experience another culture.  It is a way to make views known and gives the student a chance to use video making techniques and various technologies.