Cell phone digital story

Creating the cell phone digital story was very interesting.  I’ve used my smart phone to record video but it is usually just because I do not have my real camera available.    I could not get correct lighting when I filmed inside so I filmed outside.  There was a lot of background noise that I could not get rid of.  I found an app called splice that allowed me to edit my clips on my phone.  It was pretty easy to use but it did not have a lot of options.  There is music available on the app however when I added it to my video it overpowered the video and was too distracting.  I included pictures in my digital story and my plan was to have the pictures visible and hear my voice.  I could not figure out how to do this on splice so they are awkwardly placed into the story.  There were transitions available in splice but this interfered with the sound quality of my video.  Personally I’ll stick to my video camera and computer to make digital stories.  I can see how my students would like using their cell phones better though.  It was pretty easy to use and I’m sure my students will find it much easier just navigating their cell phone instead of going back and forth between camera and computer.  When I assign digital stories in the future I will give them the option to use their cell phones.