Category Archives: digital storytelling

Digital Storytelling as a marketing tool

Posted on October 11, 2011 by Gareth Morlais

This post is about how audio storytelling has been used to publicise a radio play. On Friday, I attended an industry screening by Cyfle’s Digital Delta multiplatform writers. Cyfle began as a training organisation for TV in Wales and – … Continue reading →

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Relato Digital Storytelling in Spain

Posted on October 3, 2011 by Gareth Morlais

I heard today (via @jorech) about the International Conference on Digital Storytelling – Relato Digital Storytelling – at the University of Valentia, Spain, 21-23 March 2012. The main speakers are: Bernard Robin, University of Houston, USA, on the educational uses … Continue reading →

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Developing the one-hour digital storytelling form, with a video example

Posted on September 26, 2011 by Gareth Morlais

I’ve been piloting the one-hour digital storytelling form I want to present at the #storycamp get-together in Ludlow on Saturday (1 Oct 2011). (If the embedded video won’t play, here’s a link to it on blip.tv) Here are the ingredients: … Continue reading →

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Digital Storytelling Pod Ep01-How to make a DS on iPad with Barrie Stephenson

Posted on September 18, 2011 by Gareth Morlais

This is the first episode of a new monthly audio podcast for digital storytellers: Digital Storytelling Pod with Gareth Morlais. dspod-ep01.mp3 Barrie Stevenson of Digistories sums up his experiences of using iPad v2 to help people make digital stories. This … Continue reading →

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One-hour digital storytelling?

Posted on September 9, 2011 by Gareth Morlais

Is there a form of digital storytelling that can give people a taste of what’s possible in just one hour? That’s the question Nicky Getgood and I wrestled with when we met earlier today. Nicky works with Talk About Local … Continue reading →

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Daniel Meadows – early photographic works (video)

Posted on September 1, 2011 by Gareth Morlais

Many readers of this blog will be familiar with the work of Daniel Meadows. He was founder and creative director of BBC Capture Wales and teaches digital storytelling module at Cardiff University. Before this, he was a well-known documentary photographer. … Continue reading →

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Displaying digital stories

Posted on July 30, 2011 by Gareth Morlais

If you’re looking for ways of displaying your project’s digital stories, here are two examples to consider. I’m working for the BBC at Eisteddfod Genedlaethol Cymru in Wrexham this week and in the BBC Cymru Wales ‘cube’ tent on the … Continue reading →

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Digital Stories may be ideal for Welsh TV channel S4C

Posted on July 18, 2011 by Gareth Morlais

This sounds like an interesting opportunity for someone who wants to pitch an idea for a series of Welsh-language digital stories to S4C. It’s from the Content section of S4C’s Vision for 2012 and Beyond (PDF). “We will establish a … Continue reading →

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Rami Malkawi needs people to make a digital story with his new prototype

Posted on July 16, 2011 by Gareth Morlais

Rami Malkawi is a Jordanian University of Glamorgan PhD researcher and he needs our help to try out his new wizard-based digital storytelling prototype for learning. The tool works on most computers that can have Adobe Air and Flash installed … Continue reading →

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Culture Shock! museums and galleries digital storytelling conference 29 Sept 2011

Posted on July 13, 2011 by Gareth Morlais

It’s always a treat to hear about a brand new digital storytelling conference. And here’s some news of a new one one this autumn in the north-east of England. Culture Shock! is one of the biggest digital storytelling projects in … Continue reading →

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