Interactive Stories Workshops – Learning the Languages of Literature and Programming
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HYYTIÄINEN, Pauliina and MÄENSIVU, Saana (2017) Interactive Stories Workshops – Learning the Languages of Literature and Programming. Paper presented at: IFLA WLIC 2017 – Wrocław, Poland – Libraries. Solidarity. Society. in Session 138 - Literacy and Reading, Libraries for Children and Young Adults, Public Libraries and School Libraries.
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Interactive Stories Workshops – Learning the Languages of Literature and Programming
In this article two advocates for video games and literature, media educator Pauliina Hyytiäinen and library officer Saana Mäensivu, present their project Interactive Stories Workshops, which was created to be an easy and fun way to teach creative writing and programming at Vantaa City Libraries, and simple to recreate in libraries across the globe. The aim from the start was to develop a workshop model that teaches about the digital tools available for creative writing and game programming. We argue that when learning to create games, designing and programming them from scratch, one will also learn important skills, which benefit one’s overall skills of literacy. And the games that are the best candidate to teach you about these skills are the ones that focus on stories. Thus, we chose a video game genre that can be described as “stories come alive”, also known as visual novels. In these types of games the reader becomes the player, who can affect the flow of the story and change its course. All the digital tools used were open source programs and the materials created during the project will be made available for download at the end of the project in winter 2017.Item Type: | Conference or Workshop Item (Paper) | |||||||||
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Conference details: | IFLA WLIC 2017 – Wrocław, Poland – Libraries. Solidarity. Society.Session 138 - Literacy Matters: It takes a community to raise a reader - Building a nation of readers and creating a reading culture - Literacy and Reading, Libraries for Children and Young Adults, Public Libraries and School Libraries |
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Divisions: | Division 1 Library Types > Public Libraries Section Division 1 Library Types > School Libraries and Resource Centres Section Division 3 Library Services > Literacy and Reading Section Division 3 Library Services > Libraries for Children and Young Adults Section |
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Uncontrolled Keywords: | Interactive stories, creative writing, literacy, video games, programming | |||||||||
Date Deposited: | 21 Jul 2017 09:25 | |||||||||
Last Modified: | 22 Aug 2017 10:20 | |||||||||
URI: | https://library.ifla.org/id/eprint/1743 |
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