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Using your mobile phone as a digital storytelling tool

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

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

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?

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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How your own hand can help you find your story

Here’s an idea you can try at the story-origination phase of your next digital storytelling workshop. Ask everyone to place their hand on a blank piece of paper and draw round it, kindergarten style. Ask people to write a line … Continue reading

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The secret of COW’s success – six lessons.

No punches were pulled in portraying the crash, so people who saw the film talked about it afterward. Lesson 3: be memorable Continue reading

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Seven articles about helping participants capture their story in digital storytelling

The person who’s taught me more than anyone about helping people find their story is Gilly Adams. She was the main story facilitator of BBC Capture Wales and she shaped the Story Circle day so it was a close a … Continue reading

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Six steps to a sustainable digital storytelling project

If you’re planning a digital storytelling project, and you want it to be a sustainable one, here are six steps to consider: 1. an outline of the ethos your project will employ, encompassing: * fair dealing with contributors and participants, … Continue reading

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Fun end-of-term digital storytelling activity

If you’re a teacher looking for something fun for the end of school term, this may be of interest. It’s a hand-drawn, very basic animation, storytelling form I’ve been experimenting with since 2003. The first one I made was called … Continue reading

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Four strategic questions to ask yourself before setting up a digital storytelling project

1. how will you address consents? Privacy laws in the UK are more relaxed than in other countries like France. Setting laws to one side, ask yourself: if that was me/my child in that story, would I be happy? 2. … Continue reading

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