Chapter Eight Transformation Formations

In chapter eight the idea of using Blooms taxonomies as a way to get students to understand how to tell stories more effectively and powerful intrigues me as a teacher.  Students are already familiar with the concepts of Bloom’s Taxonomy, so to apply those to DST as a way to provoke higher level thinking provides even more academic merit to DST in the classroom. Ohler explains the reasons behind using Blooms as a way to challenge students, "you're really doing here is challenging students to understand something in greater depth. After all, this is what teachers do,”  Jason B. Ohler. Digital Storytelling in the Classroom: New Media Pathways to Literacy, Learning, and Creativity (pp. 111-112). Kindle Edition.   Furthermore, using character transformation as a way to describe personal growth in a character when constructing a story and then relating it one’s own life is a good way to make students relate to the characters and stories they are writing.  I am intrigued by Ohler’s statement regarding IEP’s and the concepts behind storytelling,  “It's interesting to think about using this approach to develop an Individualized Education Plan (IEP) with each student,”  Jason B. Ohler. Digital Storytelling in the Classroom: New Media Pathways to Literacy, Learning, and Creativity (p. 112). Kindle Edition.  I don’t really know how you would use the same principles applied to creating a story to creating IEP’s, however, I would be interested in finding out more information.