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Entries from August 2008

The trouble with YouTube is

August 20th, 2008 · 1 Comment

Publishing on YouTube is cheap, quick, easy and not without its dangers. So here’s how to avoid the pain.
If it’s your own content you’re publishing and this is what you want to do, go for it. If you’re part of a digital storytelling project that helps others to make stories and you’re looking for a […]

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New Wales Media Literacy blog

August 7th, 2008 · No Comments

Wales Literacy Network launched a new blog at the annual Eisteddfod meet last night:
http://walesmedialiteracy.org.uk/blog/
Other highlights of the night included an update about NIACE Cymru’s work by Essex Harvard; an insight into user testing and user participation in the Welsh youth TV programme Mosgito by its web executive producer Nia M. Davies and examples of clay […]

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Avoid using other people’s stuff - number 7 of 7 DS no-nos

August 6th, 2008 · No Comments

This is your story, so try to use your own images, story, words, original sentiments, music, style, philosophy, etc. as far as you can.
The promotion of royalty-free content advocated by some digital storytelling trainers means that opportunities may be missed. Of course, sometimes you’ll find yourself working with people who have no access to their […]

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Tags: tips · capturing assets · digital storytelling

Tribute forms

August 6th, 2008 · No Comments

“How can people participate without  necessarily having to be centre stage?” That’s a question I’ve been asking myself ever since discussing digital storytelling with a colleague, Grahame Davies, last year.
My experience of Digital Stories is that they’re usually personal. This aspect of ‘talking about myself’ raises a barrier in some people and cultures. This was […]

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Tags: japan · media literacy · story · empowerment · digital storytelling

Pink fingertip syndrome

August 5th, 2008 · No Comments

This is a new term I just had to invent. We launched a new Welsh-language mobile website yesterday (info). It was fast as anything when I browsed it alone, yet when I needed to show it to Siwan from the press office, it loaded ever so slowly. Why did this happen? Because of pink fingertip […]

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Tags: tips · mobile

Eisteddfod 2008

August 5th, 2008 · No Comments

It’s the week of the National Eisteddfod which is back here in Cardiff for the first time in 30 years. Lots of buzz on the Maes. I met Gwion Llwyd of Sbarc! yesterday while watching Mr Huw play live. Sbarc! is a successful Digital Storytelling project based in Caernarfon, run by Rhian Cadwaladr. Gwion […]

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Avoid rhyming poetry - number 6 of 7 DS no-nos

August 2nd, 2008 · No Comments

Of the stories I’ve seen which use poems I can remember only one or two as being the best possible way of telling that person’s story. This is just my personal opinion.
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Tags: tips · story · digital storytelling