DIGITAL GAMES AND STORY TELLING

Digital storytelling in video game design refers to production elements, such as audio, video and animation, but it also refers to storytelling elements, such as universal themes, symbols and narratives. Digital storytelling uses media production and film techniques to create plot lines, events, characters and conclusions of video games. Modern video games enhance the user’s experience through greater interactivity and impressive multimedia content.

Digital storytelling empowers students to be confident communicators and creators of media as they gain essential 21st-century literacy skills and reach deeper understanding in all areas of the curriculum.

This technique is a combination of the old storytelling tradition and new technology. With increasing availability of computerized devices in schools, various forms of digital media production have become quite common as approaches to learning.

Although the concept of digital storytelling is closely linked to the use of new technology, we shouldn't forget that it is always the story and not the technology that teachers should focus on. We should merge the digital skills with the literate education; this is where teachers still have a role to play, even in the digital age.Educators at all levels can use Digital Storytelling in many ways, from introducing new material, to helping students learn to conduct research, synthesize large amounts of content and gain expertise in the use of digital communication and authoring tools. It also can help students organize these ideas as they learn to create stories for an audience, and present their ideas and knowledge in an individual and meaningful way.

BENEFITS OF DIGITAL GAMES AND STORY TELLING
You will be able to;

- Do extensive research on the topics you have chosen
- Use the most appropriate images, video clips, and other media, to convey targeted ideas are chosen, as well as the best media for the presentation (digital magazine, movie trailer)
- Increase Writing skills
- Create progressively more interesting and engaging videos
- Be Active in the teaching process and practice social skills.
- Be flexibility of organizing new ideas


OBJECTIVES OF DIGITAL STORY TELLING
- To Create a digital story for use as an anticipatory set or hook for a lesson;
- To Enhance current lesson plans with the use of a digital story within a unit
- To Assign student-created stories which requires students to research a topic from a particular point of view
- To use the Internet to research rich, deep content while analyzing and synthesizing a wide range of content
- To Develop communication skills
- To Increase computer skills using software that combines a variety of multimedia including: text, still images, audio, video and web publishing
- To Appeal to the diverse learning styles of students by using Digital Storytelling as a presentation media
- To Generate interest, attention and motivation for the "digital generation" kids in our classrooms;
- To Capitalize on the creative talents of your own students as they begin to research and tell stories of their own
- To Publish student work on the Internet for viewing and critiquing by others
- To Promote the accomplishment of cross-curricular academic standards and learning objectives

OUR COURSE PROGRAMME

1ST DAY
- Welcome/Ice breaking activities
- What is Dıgıtal Games and StoryTelling?
- Why is it important in Educatıon?
- What makes a good story?
- On screen. Analysis of content
- Audience/ target
- Building the basis. Audiovisual language, Format, composition of the image

2ND DAY
- How Do We Tell Stories?
- Formats of Storytelling
- What Are Stories About? The Content of Stories
- Why Do We Tell Stories? Functional Storytelling
- Camera technique (movement)
- Set, lights ad sound

3RD DAY
- A general look to digital storytelling process
- A general look to digital game
- Types of online educational game
- Writing stage
- The screenplay stage
- Creating a storyboard
- Creating the digital story

4TH DAY
- Choosing a Topic and Defining your Purposes
- Writing an Effective Script
- How you can record audio narration that will be used in your digital story. We will examine some of the most common types of microphones and recording devices that you can use to record the script you wrote. We
- how to assemble all of the elements (text, images, narration, and if you choose, music and/or video clips) to create the final version of your digital story

5TH DAY
- Powerful tools for digital storytelling
- Use of multımedia tools
- Sharing with online tools
- Some good digital story telling projects
6TH DAY
- Workshop Day/Practice Day
- Projects on screen. Presentation

7TH DAY
-Evaluation of the course
- Certificate Ceremony
- Cultural Visits(if you want , it can be nearby cities)