Telling Stories Digitally: A 21st Century Skill

 


Bonjour!

I hope you're all doing amazing. If you asked about me, I would say 'comme ci comme ça'. 

Last week, an earthquake struck Istanbul, which really scared us, especially since seismologists have been warning us about the upcoming "Big Marmara Eartquake". Well, we still don't know if it was this one or not, even seismologists are confused, bu we have no other option to go with the flow for now.

So again, we were tasked with an assignment. In this assignment, we were supposed shoot a digital storytelling video about "how to do -something-?" and since an earthquake scared us recently, we decided to shoot it about preparing an earthquake emergency bag. We were supposed to do this with 2 or 3 people and my friends Sıla and Bernis and I decided to do it together. (I'm leaving their blogs below in case you want to check them out. They are great bloggers, just like they are great friends.)

Bernis' Blog!

Sıla's Blog!

If you want to check out the video, here's a link for you:

Digital Storytelling Task

We shoot it in our faculty and I did the editing, Bernis brought the essentials and Sıla did the narration. So, it was a great group work!

Anyways, this was my week, I'm having a little hard time but I know it will pass so I'm not focused on it and enjoying my life. By the way, this wednesday (May 7) is my birthday! I'm going to be 20, a little anxious but also excited!

Happy birthday to me!🎉🎉 I wish to myself that everyday of my 20s will be a day worth living.

See you in the next post.

On seit vous plus tard!

Bye bye! ❤

Hi! My name is Begüm. I'm a 20 years old ELT student at Marmara University. I will share what my study life is like with you all!

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