Digital Storytelling

Hello to all!

My task this time was to create a digital story. I worked with my classmate Merve. If you wanna see her blog, you can reach it from here. We decided to make a "how-to" video about piercing. Cause she has one. 

First, we made a plan about what we gonna do. Then we get all the things we'll need while recording the video. After having all of them, we started to record ourselves step by step. We had so much fun in the process. After the video, we record our voices. In the voice records, we explained how-to clean your piercing. Then we stick them together by using "after effects". We get help from a friend to use this tool. The only negative thing about that tool is that it is not free. It has an easy structure. And here is our video.

Digital storytelling is a hard thing to do. It will help advanced learners, yes. But not for the young learners, I suppose. Because you need to make plans with other people. You should be creative. Also, you should speak the target language enough. Moreover, using the tools for editing videos can be hard for some students. I believe that not all students like to work with such tools on the internet.

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In general, it may be compelling. But of course, it helps you to improve your skills. Skills like speaking, creative thinking, collaborating. In the language classroom, you also have a chance to become more familiar with the target language.