Example Blog Post: An opinion of the Foreword of “Digital Storytelling in the Classroom,” written by David Thornburg

“The point of technology is not for it to tell the stories for us

but to allow us to craft stories that engage people on many levels.” (Thornburg,

p. viii). I agree strongly in what Thornburg says about technology not taking over the storytelling. Technology is a tool, a means to an end, and it can be used to engage a wide range of learners. Through multimedia technology, visual learners can be engaged with video and images, auditory learners can be engaged through various forms of digital audio, kinesthetic learners can be engaged through hands-on interactive computer activities...simply put technology is a powerful multimedia tool and a great tool to use for building and sharing the stories of people. The story takes precedent over the medium, and that is the main point of the foreword that I agree with.  Let the foreword serve to remind us as we go through the semester reading Ohler's “Digital Storytelling in the Classroom,” that technology is just the medium for storytelling, not the main focus.