The Lazy Knight and Digital Storytelling





With relief, I and my friend Toprak can say creating a digital story was our favorite activity in this year's educational technology class. Especially the use of multiple digital tools to make the preparation process fun, and the story better.

The tools we used were;

Discord - for communication 

Vegas Pro - for video editing

Audacity - for audio editing 

Pixton - for creating a digital story 

Youtube - for sharing our product and finding sound/CGI material

Using these tools to combine several materials from a wide spectrum of the internet was a very entertaining experience. However, we had a problem with the resolution, because Pixton asked for payment. Of course, we screenshotted our way out of that which resulted in low-resolution pictures. The video editing program helped with that though,(we took scene pictures one by one and placed them in our editing program). As we can see, using multiple tools in a digital environment always saves the day!

Finding sources was simple with today's internet. Only YouTube was more than enough for editing materials. (I loved putting green-screen CGI dancing Yoda over our story) 

Writing the script was another part of our work that took a little time compared to editing steps, and was easy considering the time limitations and comedic nature of the story.

In the end, I think that this activity can be really beneficial for high school student groups as well. After all, future generations will be more professional about using the digital environment. For younger student groups, it would be also good for us to create digital stories that attract their attention.

Watch our digital story here

Visit my friend Toprak's blog here

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