Name
Digital Skills and Storytelling
Topic
Digital Storytelling and Italian Literature
Learning time
6 hours
Designed time
8 hours and 5 minutes
Size of class
20
Description
- Students read and analyze "Pinocchio" a novel selected from italian literature. -Starting from this story, students create serial comics using storyboardthat and then a game using scratch
Aims
- to get some digital skills through gamifying literature studies - to get familiar in digital storytelling - to get skills in making comics and game - collaboration - awareness
Outcomes
Knowledge, Comprehension, Analysis, Argue, Evaluation, Uncategorised
Editor
lisasomma
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READING and ANALYZING Carlo Collodi's Novel "Pinocchio
150 minutes)
  • Read Watch Listen
    90
    20
    2
    - read about the author - watch some scenes from the omonymus movie - analyze the novel, applying narratological analysis' structure
  • Discuss
    45
    20
    0
    - discuss about the novel, characters and the main idea - discuss about copyright in storytelling - discuss methods for creating comic and game
  • Collaborate
    15
    20
    0
    - choose methods for creating comics and game - assign different episodes to develop
Notes:
Students are divided in 5 groups. Each group chooses and has to develop a different storytelling episodes.
Resources linked: 0
CREATING the COMIC  "Pinocchio"
60 minutes)
  • Collaborate
    15
    20
    1
    - choose the characters offered by the webtool storyboardthat.com - choose the scenes
  • Produce
    45
    20
    0
    - create comics based on the novel
Notes:
- using storyboardthat
Resources linked: 0
INTERMEDIATE PEER REVIEW 
75 minutes)
  • Investigate
    45
    20
    0
    Each group shows self-produced comics and asks for comments and suggestions
  • Practice
    30
    20
    0
    Students connect each episode/comics in a board timeline
Notes:
Resources linked: 0
CREATING SCRATCH game PINOCCHIO
120 minutes)
  • Produce
    120
    20
    1
    - Students "translate" comics storytelling in a Scratch multilevel game (level change in relation to the vicissitudes)
Notes:
- using Scratch
Resources linked: 0
PLAYING THE GAME PINOCCHIO
80 minutes)
  • Collaborate
    20
    20
    0
    - students play the game in groups
  • Collaborate
    30
    30
    0
    - Students ask to the students from other classes for reading comics and for playing scratchPinocchio
  • Discuss
    30
    30
    0
    Students discuss all together about Pinocchio's game and it's level of fun and effectiveness
Notes:
Resources linked: 0

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