Category Archives: education

Learn how to shoot for the web and edit video archive mashups

Posted on January 13, 2012 by Gareth Morlais

Welsh media trainers Cyfle have two tantalising training courses which are open for registration now: 1. Archive Mashup Learn how to mix diverse archive video clips and sounds. A part-time course beginning 26 March 2012 2. Shooting for the web … Continue reading →

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Using your mobile phone as a digital storytelling tool

Posted on January 11, 2012 by Gareth Morlais

My friend Bethan is planning a workshop to train artists and business people in using their mobile phones to tell stories about the work they do and she asked me for some ideas. I had a chat and then sent … 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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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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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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Cheryl Colan – Trust Your Story

Posted on July 12, 2011 by Gareth Morlais

It’s thanks to Twitter that I met Cheryl Colan. I’d been following her tweets about #digitalstorytelling for a couple of years via @cherylcolan When I heard she was coming to teach digital storytelling in the UK with Study Abroad Britain, … Continue reading →

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Digital Storytellers from Italy and Jordan in Wales

Posted on June 20, 2011 by Gareth Morlais

I shared my journey to the DS6 festival of digital storytelling, with Simona Bonini Baldini and Rami Malkawi. I’ll never forget the excitement in the car as we rounded the corner of Aberystwyth’s side streets and caught our first full-on … Continue reading →

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DS6 digital storytelling conference review 2011

Posted on June 19, 2011 by Gareth Morlais

For the UK’s digital storytellers, a trip to Aberystwyth Arts Centre has been something of an annual pilgrimage for some years now. DS6 took place on Friday 16 June 2011. In keeping with previous years, here’s my review of the … Continue reading →

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