Digital Storytelling Cymru Network – Promoting Digital Storytelling in Wales and beyond….
Archive for October, 2009
Preparations begin for DS5 – The only event for practitioners in the UK
Saturday, October 31st, 2009Test for Twitter
Thursday, October 22nd, 2009Just testing the new twitter feed for digistories
Linked thoughts
Thursday, October 22nd, 2009Some thoughts on things I’ve seen for October 21st from 17:21 to 17:21:
- Diego Goldberg :: The Arrow of Time – I find these family photo collection fascinating. The same day each year they photograph themselves. It reminds me of the film Dana Atchley used to show in Next Exit.
Culture Shock Stories online
Tuesday, October 20th, 2009
Last year I trained several teams of digital storytellers who have since been running workshops for a project called Culture Shock. The first stories (over 200 of them) are now online. The site is smart and functional and well worth a visit.
The stories are, of course, a fascinating insight into life in the North East as inspired by the museums collections in the region. All ages are represented from school children to some who are even older than me!
My congratulations to everyone involved in this project. They all worked hard in the Training Trainers workshop and they have clearly continued with dedication to pass their skills on to other storytellers.
Linked thoughts
Friday, October 16th, 2009Some thoughts on things I’ve seen for October 15th from 12:15 to 12:15:
- UK adults’ media literacy | Ofcom – Interesting comparisons in this report to previous surveys carried out by OFCOM
Linked thoughts
Friday, October 2nd, 2009Some thoughts on things I’ve seen for October 1st from 12:06 to 12:06:
- Place-Based Digital Storytelling Modules – National Parks of America – As the latest Ken Burns series about National Parks hits the screens on PBS television in the USA a series of web tutorials about place based digital storytelling has been created by the the National Parks of America.
As an elementary introduction to Digital Storytelling this series of screen casts is excellent. Well worth a visit. My one comment would be that the example uses way too may zooms on the still images and some images are repeated too often – you only need to see a picture once. All the same, the site is a useful resource for anyone wanting to develop digital storytelling skills.
