Digital Storytelling: To Reach the Brightest Star

Hello, dear readers!

Me and my dearest friend, Buse Beyaz, have created a digital story like our professor has assigned us to do! We used Vimeo to upload it, and have embedded the link here for you to watch! The story is about a planet trying to reach the brightest star in the universe! Our intention was to teach young children about the planet names and how far they are from the sun. The first part is drawn by me (I know I am not very skilled in digital drawing, but I tried my best, sorry if it looks bad!) , and the second part is drawn by my friend! My friend is really skilled and I absolutely adore how we can see the emotion in every scene!

Of course, this task has its own difficulties. We (especially I) struggled a lot with animating characters so we chose not to, however we also did not want to use character creating websites because we wanted to make something more special and something which we could make a memory out of! I loved this task and I also loved how it made me feel a sense of privacy! I hated hearing my own voice but at least it is on a semi-public platform where only people who have the link of our video will hear our voices!

To make a reflection as a future teacher, I would ABSOLUTELY love to give my future students this task! Not only is it accessible via character creators, it is also a task that allows students to express their creativity in various ways! If a student loves to draw, animate or write stories, this will be the perfect task for them! Thank you so much for reading this far!

Stay safe and take care!