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Gareth Morlais
Aberth Digital Storytelling blog was started in 2006 by Gareth Morlais - @digitalst on Twitter - who's been digital storytelling in Wales since 2001. Views are Gareth's own. More backround....
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Digitalst on Twitter- digitalst: #DigitalStorytelling training manuals by KQED http://t.co/8OPjk8q9
- digitalst: Thanks for updates from #localgovcampnw today @johnpopham @karenstrunks et al
- digitalst: Bristol Watershed hiring freelance #digitalstorytelling facilitator £200/day via @KentManning http://t.co/DSOKXjad
- digitalst: @KentManning indeed. I'll RT now as it will be of interest to UK digital storytellers living in the SW. Thanks for the heads-up Kent.
- digitalst: @CreativeArtsWal croeso i Twitter. Great idea, your project: Learn with Grandma. Keep us updated.
- digitalst: @XarahC love that 'champagne and catharsis' digital storytelling end-screening slide in your presentation slideshow.
Latest Comments- Comment on Developing the one-hour digital storytelling form, with a video example by Sandra AnstissThank you Gareth, this would be a great idea when taking part in a one day event when time and resources are limited. I used a similar technique in one of my workshops by asking people to bring a small item which hels some meaning to them. They were then given just 2 minutes to talk about it. The stories were later developed into longer pieces. […]
- Comment on Date of DS7 #digitalstorytelling festival announced by George Ewart Evans Centre for Storytelling by Alan ThomasFANTASTIC entering data in my diary too @alanROYGBIV […]
- Comment on Date of DS7 #digitalstorytelling festival announced by George Ewart Evans Centre for Storytelling by Sandra AnstissCardiff eh? Brilliant! Will put it in my diary. […]
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Monthly Archives: August 2008
The trouble with YouTube is
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 … Continue reading
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New Wales Media Literacy blog
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 … Continue reading
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Avoid using other people’s stuff – number 7 of 7 DS no-nos
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 … Continue reading
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“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. … Continue reading
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Pink fingertip syndrome
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 … Continue reading
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Eisteddfod 2008
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! … Continue reading
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Avoid rhyming poetry – number 6 of 7 DS no-nos
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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