When Holy Cross Convent Siolim turned 75 years old it tuned on into an ancient learning approach and combined it with sophisticated modern technology – the digital story. The digital story is a media artifact. It is personal narrative that enables new approaches to reflection and engagement from our story teller students. It is made from digital images and sounds. Selected students of the school participated in a hands on and minds on Digital Story Telling Workshop from August 18 to 23, 2008 facilitated by Gocreat.
Our little story tellers spend six enthusiastic fun filled and intensely serious afternoons and have produced for us their little stories. “My favorite place” was the theme and the students were free to craft the story just as they wished. The digital stories they made invite us to enter their intimate world ranging from their living room at home, to the bounty that Mother Nature has given Siolim the springs and rivulets and one of the presiding deity of Siolim – Sateri. You will see that our little citizens indeed have their heads, minds and values in the right place. At the end of the workshop we are optimistic about all that is central to life and love, to humanity and its survival. No words can be a substitute to experiencing the films of these young people.
From Gocreat we want you all little citizens to know that we are deeply touched first by your stories and so also by all that you put into making your stories. We want to thank you for giving us this opportunity to be in your presence while you were at your most sincere and fun filled best. We wish you all good things and sure some day you will all be artists in your own unique ways.
We would also like to than Sr. Principal, for taking the risk and allowing us to work with you all and tolerating all the noise and disturbance during the six afternoons we spent with you, often overshooting the time allotted to us. We were also deeply encouraged by the enthusiasm show by your teachers who were around to help us and who were so keen to learn DST themselves. Martin was all things to all persons and helped with everything from setting computers and making sure that we have nice snacks and tea to keep us going. And all the other teachers and students who kept peeping in and enjoying the fun…you too made it fun to be around.
Digital Story Telling is a blend of the ancient art of story telling and modern computer and digital technology. We all know that whether we should use computers in education is no longer an issue. The question that confounds us is how to do it? Perhaps on its 75th birthday, Holy Cross High School has introduced yet another innovation in Goa, just as it had 75 years ago been one of the pioneers in women’s education in Goa.From all of us at Gocreat….and keep the fun going….
- A note by Alito Siqueira
3 comments:
i wish i did not go to that school it has no scope for poor students
day schoolers were treated like second class cityzens
i had agreat time in school till i was there all was fair and we all were treated eaqually, my best memories in HOLY CROSS HIGH SCHOOL
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