Script for Personal Digital Story

For the Week 1 Assignment of EDLD 5263 - Multimedia Video Technology class, we were assigned to create a Personal Digital Story. 

After looking over the list of resources on http://cooltoolsforschools.wikispaces.com I found a video tool called Stupeflix.  I was able to create my video with music and captions. I then completed my personal digital story with Movie Maker.  With this program I was able to add my narration and transfer it to YouTube very easily.  I really enjoyed this assignment as it caused me to reflect on my own life and record my reflection with visuals and audio. 



Here is my script and a link to my video:

“What do you want to be when you grow up, Debbie?” I remember hearing these words from my grandfather. There are still days I do not know who what want to be when I grow up.  I work as hard as I can and be as positive as I can to do a job well done.  Sometimes I wonder Do I make an impression?  Do I inspire? 

Inspiration is what drew me to teaching.  What a wonderful gift!  I realize I can give the gift of inspiration to others individals so they can succeed.  I try my best to do this every day.

Recently I was nominated for the prestigious Jack Harvey Academy of Exemplary Teachers Fellowship Award. Although I was not chosen as the winner, I was awarded with a gift.  A simple silver bracelet adorned with sparling gems and engraved with descriptive words. 

So, do I inspire others?  Do I make a difference?  How will I be remembered? Each of the nominees received a bracelet, and I know this bracelet was chosen specifically for me.  The words engraved read: loving, devoted, hero, caring, unconditional love.

For the last 10 years I have devoted my life as a wife, teacher, and now mother of four young children.  It has been a balancing act to juggle all the responsibilities, but I owe credit to my parents, who taught me how to build a loving home, my husband, who has supported me whole-heartedly from day one, my past teachers, who have inspired me to be a great teacher, our family and friends who is there for us whenever we need them, and my children, who have made me a mother.   

I cannot be described as loving . mother . generous . devoted . hero . kind . friend . mom . caring . cherished .  or unconditional love without those who make me who I am.  Without my children, husband, family, friends, and students I could not inspire others and that is my true passion in life – to make a difference in someone else’s life.