The most difficult challenge of implementing a digital storytelling project?

I think the most difficult challenge of implementing a digital story into the elementary curriculum is the motivation to take that time out of class to put together a fun, engaging story for your students. It would be a lot faster and easier not to bother and to stick to the core curriculum that you know your students are going to take government tests on. It takes hours to write the script and find all the pictures and music for a digital story. The story itself only lasts for a couple of minutes. So, I think the challenge is finding the motivation and time to put something like that together.

There are a couple other small challenges. It can be a challenge, or at least an inconvenience, to work around copyright laws. You have to be sure to cite everything. It really would be easier just to teach pure content. Also, you never know if you can rely on your technology. I experienced several technical difficulties while putting my photostory together.