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Aberth Digital Storytelling blog was started in 2006 by Gareth Morlais - @digitalst on Twitter - who's been digital storytelling in Wales since 2001. Views are Gareth's own. More backround....
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Displaying digital stories
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
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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DS6 digital storytelling conference review 2011
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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Intergenerational School Report
Students at Ysgol Gyfun Gymraeg Bryn Tawe, Swansea, were active in the recent BBC School Report project. Nia Davies and Beccy Leach from BBC Cymru Wales went to help the students. Here’s one of the films which is a great … 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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How to get your short film seen by 500 million
When Newport University film studies lecturer and social action broadcast specialist Peter Watkins-Hughes went to Tredegar Comprehensive School students with an idea for a short film about teenage drink driving they said: “It’s not drunk driving that’s the biggest problem; … 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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Life as a transgender person – digital story
Jenny-Anne Bishop explains what life was like as a transgender person growing up and living in Wales. She talks about the difficult experiences she has had with her family as a result of her transition. It’s one of four digital … Continue reading
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DS6 digital storytelling conference advance notice of date and call for speakers
DS Cymru has announced on its blog that the “DS6 International Digital Storytelling Festival will take place on Friday 17th June 2011 at Aberystwyth Arts Centre, Wales“. DS Cymru’s Esko Reinikainen is calling for “suggestions for our speaker and breakout … Continue reading
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Hacio’r Iaith – hacking the Welsh language
I spent Saturday in Aberystwyth at Hacio’r Iaith – the second annual Welsh-language code camp. Highlights included: A fantastic one-hour crash crowd-sourced creative session aimed at translating newly-out-of-copyright Welsh poet Gwilym Deudraeth’s work into multimedia, digital stories and more. This … Continue reading
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