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PS for Teachers. New site mixes personal storytelling with active citizenship learning.

June 11th, 2010 · 1 Comment

I’ve written about BBC Cymru Wales’s PS site before. PS now has a brand new sister site for teachers.  As producer Nia M Davies says PS for Teachers is all about using personal stories to “engage young people aged 14-19 in Personal and Social Education.” It’s a bilingual site, in English and Welsh. Topics tackled […]

Popularity: 32% [?]

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Tags: education · citizenship · media literacy · Wales · instruction · digital storytelling

How storytelling is saving hundreds of lives in Welsh hospitals

May 24th, 2010 · 1 Comment

“I was back in the hospital having my dressing changed after an operation. I’d had a lot of stitches. The nurse arrived with a pen in her mouth. She took off my old dressing and ran the pen which had been in her mouth along my chest to check all the stitches. After changing my […]

Popularity: 31% [?]

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Tags: citizenship · Wales · story · empowerment

“What has been important for you in your life?”

April 23rd, 2010 · 1 Comment

That’s the question Hanne Jones and Eli Lea from Flimmer Film asked as they went from door to door at old people’s homes in Norway. The answers they were given were as different as the people they met.
‘My Days’ is a collection of 37 memories told by people between the ages of 79 and 104. […]

Popularity: 39% [?]

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Tags: museums · citizenship · inclusion · media literacy · empowerment · story · digital storytelling

India-UK grants

February 5th, 2010 · No Comments

Here’s some news of funding that may benefit digital storytellers in the UK. A pilot grant scheme for Connections though Culture: India - UK is now open and  arts producers or representatives from an arts organisations in the UK are eligible to apply.
Connections through Culture is the British Council’s new programme for collaborative exchanges between […]

Popularity: 43% [?]

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Tags: citizenship · education · digital storytelling

Community Voices digital media grants

December 4th, 2009 · 2 Comments

Digital storytellers will be interested to hear that one £500 award per week is available between now and March 2010. That’s what Community Voices has to offer those in England using digital media to help empower disadvantaged communities:
“Media Trust is always looking to celebrate the varied and inspiring ways you are using digital media to […]

Popularity: 56% [?]

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Tags: education · citizenship · inclusion · media literacy · empowerment · digital storytelling

BBC - understand, participate in and influence

November 20th, 2009 · No Comments

Inform, educate and entertain was the old Reithian view of the BBC. Whilst continuing to be a worthwhile mission, it does sound a little ‘paternal’ or top-down for today’s world. It was refreshing to hear a new personal view of what the BBC needs to do today from Seetha Kumar - online access champion and […]

Popularity: 54% [?]

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Tags: citizenship · inclusion · media literacy · empowerment · digital storytelling

PS

November 19th, 2009 · 1 Comment

This is a site by BBC Wales with personal stories by 14-25 year olds. In PS, you can submit and watch videos categorized Health, Entertainment, Education, Religion, News & Politics, Environment, Love & Sex, Animals, Race & Culture, Crime & Violence, Business & Economy, Sports, Life, Drugs & Alcohol, Science & Technology, Community & Society […]

Popularity: 46% [?]

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Tags: citizenship · education · empowerment · digital storytelling