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Description

Digital Games and Story Telling

This course aims to teach the stages and tools of developing digital stories and games. To this day, storytelling has remained a pedagogical tool. Storytelling is a powerful pedagogical approach to disseminate learning outcomes in general, science and technology education.

Today, individuals continue to tell the story by using new digital media tools. Digital storytelling is seen as a combination of traditional storytelling and multimedia technologies. Today, many communication technologies and multimedia tools are used. With the help of these technologies and tools, storytelling has changed and transformed into digital storytelling. The aim of this course is to provide teachers with information on how to integrate today’s widely used digital games with their effective and motivating aspects into the classroom.

Objectives of the course

– To help teach meaningful and purposeful speech

– To increase students’ willingness to read

– Find a story to read to encourage students

– Writing own stories in a short time to make students feel confident

– Improving solidarity in the classroom

– Developing listening skills

– Identifying children who enjoy acting

– Giving students good motivation to improve their speaking and writing skills

– Learning how to combine technology and stories or games

– Comparing the process of storytelling and the types of online educational games

Preparation

Before the course,

– Participants fill in a detailed questionnaire before the course, indicating their level of experience, teaching background and training.

– They also prepare a presentation reflecting their teaching method.

DAY 1

Ice-breaking activities and introduction of the course program

Individual expectations

Knowing  each other – Presentation of participants

Components of digital games 7 components of digital storytelling according to the Digital Storytelling Center

A general look at the process of digital storytelling

DAY 2

A general look at digital games

Use of multimedia tools

– Types of online educational games

The writing phase

– The phases of the script

Creating a storyboard

– Focusing on the process of digital storytelling

DAY 3

Use of multimedia tools

– Creating the digital story

Sharing with online tools

Software for digital storytelling

Digital games: Web 2.0 games

– Testing an example

Stages in the development of digital stories

DAY 4

Focus on effective teaching strategies that encourage active participation of all students in experimental lessons

Tips for developing strategies to improve the quality of education in the school

Tips for developing a digital storytelling curriculum

Time for participants to plan their activities depending on the subjects they teach

Implementation of the activities developed by the participants

DAY 5

Plan  activities depending on the subjects they teach using the correct digital games tool

Implementation of the activities developed by the participants

Overview of the course program

Evaluation of the course program

Filling the feedback forms

Europass Mobility Certificate, Participation Certificate

Cultural trip in the local area

Learning outcomes

All participants will

– Familiarise themselves with the key issues and concerns around storytelling and digital games

– Learn how to connect stories and technologies

– Apply multimedia tools

– Describe components of digital games

– Classify types of online educational games

– Writing and implementing the script phase

– Create a storyboard

– Comparison with the stages of developing a digital story

– Learn effective teaching strategies

– Defend your activities depending on the subject

Methodology

– Focus on practical and skills-based interactive learning

– Explanation of immediate feedback

– Finding practical activities

– Analyzing stimulating discussions on best practices

– Brainstorming

– Working collaboratively in groups

– Identifying components of digital games and storytelling