Week 5 Blog Story Plan Finalization




  1. This weekend I will be putting pencil to paper and physically doing the drawings for the story book. This gives me the opportunity to flesh out the character designs and really fine tune what I want them to look like. Once the designs are completed then we are going to convert it to digital media by photographing the drawings. Once they are all photographed I can run them through Procreate and start with line drawing, underpaint, and detailed painting. This will get the bulk of the work done. Once the drawings are converted and completed, then I can fine tune the script and prepare it to be transposed over the drawings so that I have a digital mock up of what will actually become a published children’s book. Once the digital artwork is complete, the script is revised and added to the drawings, I can work out placement and page design in BookCreator. The way the program works is when the book is done it becomes an EBook that opens in Books on my Mac and iPad. I don’t need any assistance at this point I just need to sit and do the artistic work for the project to progress.
  2. So far for application tools I already have worked out what is needed to produce the intended work. I have the skills I honed in my undergraduate program to actually create the work. I have Procreate which I have been using in my artistic endeavors and am competent in its uses and applications although I could take some lessons and enhance those skills. The BookCreator program is ideal for creating a short form children’s book with the intention of improving children’s literacy and serve as a mock up for an actual published work. Review resources for the week. The stories that will spring forth from this endeavor would meet the Eight Steps To Great Digital Storytelling. They are personal, concise, readily available, include age appropriate universal story elements. The format of the story is irrelevant, whether it be in print, digital, animation, etc. What matters with any of it is a good story. Before I were to pursue legitimate publication I would need to conduct some research on children’s educational literature to ensure it meets academic requirements for early literacy education (Kate, 2016). 
    1. a). The authentic audience for my work are children between the ages of 3 and 9 years of age. The language used should be appropriate and comprehensive to their level of understanding and reading level. This story will resonate within this age group because the design of the characters will catch their attention and provide parents and educators with a tool that can be used to teach and improve literacy skills. 
    2. b). Through this project the skills I have brought to the table: Writing, I have been writing since 1993 when I was 13, I have several novels I’m working on, Artistic, during my undergraduate degree I trained and honed my skills as an artist in multiple mediums. The skills I have been developing during the process of this course have been the conversion of physical media into the digital realm. Taking what I had initially intended to create on thick paper with inks and watercolor and presenting it in a digital format.
    3. c). By creating this work in the manner that I am it provides educators and parents with multiple formats to teach reading to their children. Physical media, Ebook, and the Ebook can also be used in digital presentation or have voice over work added and animation as well. It is a story that the format can evolve for whatever needs arise in its presentation. My role is author creator and artist, and once my part of the work is done then other educators would be able to use this work in conjunction with other digital tools to meet their pedagogical needs.


Sources:


Kate. (2016, November 18). 8 Steps to Great Digital Storytelling - EdTechTeacher. EdTechTeacher. https://edtechteacher.org/8-steps-to-great-digital-storytelling-from-samantha-on-edudemic/

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