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Inclusion award nomination

November 7th, 2008 · No Comments

Communities@One has been nominated for a European inclusion award. I’m delighted about this because it’s largely thanks to C@1 funding and direct broker support that digital storytelling is thriving in Wales. Congratulations to Alun Burge and the team.
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Evidence of benefits to support funding bid

November 6th, 2008 · No Comments

I was asked earlier today for links to reports outlining benefits of digital storytelling to communities by someone drafting a funding bid. I thought it might be useful to share these links with you. Many of these link to PowerPoint and PDF files:
Case studies about DS and older people

ssrg.org.uk - scotland

victas.unitingcare.org.au

Case study about […]

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Job in Toronto - murmur hiring

June 10th, 2008 · No Comments

Dear friend of [murmur],
Shawn Micallef sent me an email this morning saying that [murmur] is looking to hire an executive director to help move the project forward. He asked recipients of the mail to pass it on, so here it is:
“[murmur] is looking for an inspirational leader.  We’re seeking someone passionate about community, cities, […]

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Tell your story

October 31st, 2007 · No Comments

Here are three links I wanted to share with you in the area of storytelling, participation and citizenship:
1. http://www.friction.tv/
If you’ve got a webcam and a microphone plugged into your computer, you can contribute to this site. It partners with Channel 5 news and is a managable way to get your point across on video. The […]

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Tags: links · story · audio · digital storytelling

Scottish stories

October 9th, 2007 · 3 Comments

The first of BBC Scotland’s Highland Lives videos and audio slideshows are now live at http://www.bbc.co.uk/scotland/highlandlives/.
I watched two videos - To Catch a Lobster and Love to Grow. They were mainly video with some still images. They had some really rare moments and certainly revealed something special about the authors and their lives. Having the […]

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18 things a digital storyteller needs

October 6th, 2007 · 1 Comment

I’ve just updated my shopping list here:
brand new Aberth Digital Storytelling Resources
It’s actually the first page of a brand new sister website to this blog. Aberth Digital Storytelling Resources is a response to what a number of people have asked for: a site that brings together in one place all kinds of equipment and software […]

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Summer catchup part II

September 3rd, 2007 · No Comments

Following on from yesterday’s roundup, here’s the final batch of links, for now…
400+ Tools for Photographers, Videobloggers, Podcasters and Musicians.
50 storytelling tools on the web.
Page of links to DS resources.
Online video editing tool.
Digital Stories Swansea stories, and some more from Swansea on YouTube.
Cyfle Animation Scheme students’ animated digital stories.
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Summer catchup part I

September 2nd, 2007 · No Comments

Here’s a post-summer catchup of stories about digital storytelling around the web…
Voicethread is a new online way of connecting people’s stories about stories.
Call for papers Quebec - Building Community-University Alliances through Oral History, Digital Storytelling and Collaboration.
Guide for documentary students on Bib 2.0
Creating a movie with Web 2.0 links to online story-making tools.
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photos of DS2 by Carwyn Evans and Huw Davies

July 6th, 2007 · No Comments

http://www.flickr.com/photos/carwyn/sets/72157600481700817/
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DS2 pictures by Tyron Francis

June 25th, 2007 · No Comments

Here’s a link to a Flickr gallery of pictures taken at the DS2 Digital Storytelling festival by Swansea-based digital storyteller, Tyron Francis:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/tfrancis/sets/72157600422926983/
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Jason Ohler

May 10th, 2007 · No Comments

Dr. Jason Ohler, University of Alaska (www.jasonohler.com) wrote to me today to let me know about his… “…new web journal, subTechst (like subtext, just more digitally inclined); it’s low impact (a few short postings a month), and is about technology and learning, with an emphasis on my work in new media and digital storytelling. Right […]

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Tags: links · instruction · digital storytelling

Edit images online

January 23rd, 2007 · No Comments

Here’s a chart comparing the features of ten browser-based online image editors: Snipshot, PXN8, VicImager, Picture2Life, Cellsea, Phixr, NetImager, Image
Author, nexImage and LookWow:
http://www.smileycat.com/miaow/archives/online-image-editors.html
The most useful feature on my wishlist is ‘crop to target size’ and it’s unfortunately not one of the features compared here.
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Audio Storytelling Legacy Setup

December 20th, 2006 · No Comments

Someone asked me this week about setting up and training people to run audio storytelling workshops on someone else’s equipment. It’s best to be prepared for the unexpected. The biggest challenge is often the fact that machines are ‘locked down’ by the administrator.
To work around potential permissions issues when working on computers in community cyber […]

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