I had an email this morning from a student at Albany, NY, USA, who’s making a digital story for a college assignment. He was writing to ask about online tutorials. Here are three that came to mind: 1. www.photobus.co.uk > DS > DS Tutorial. Daniel Meadows goes into the software and the key steps to building your digital story. There’s also a fantastic pdf guide to making a story using iLife on this site. 2. http://www.bbc.co.uk/highlandlives/ – BBC Scotland’s model is a little bit Video Nation and a little bit Digital Storytelling. The tutorials take you through the steps involved. 3. http://uk.current.com/make/training – Current TV was a pioneer in giving…
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Highland Lives website with ace Flash tutorials
I’ve just been looking at the new Highland Lives website. The Flash video tutorials look really good and there’ll be an uploader there soon. Editor Liz Leonard is coming to Aberystwyth for DS2.
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Ten things to show someone who has never used a computer before
When helping others to make their first Digital Story, you may work with people who’ve never used a computer before. Here’s a checklist of ten of the first things you need to know about if you’re unfamiliar with computers: 1. How to switch your computer on and off. 2. How to sit comfortably; tilt the screen to optimise the quality of the picture you see on it; take screen breaks for eyes and posture; be aware of trip hazards like cables. 3. How to using a mouse; it can be re-configured and moved if you’re left handed. (Try to remember how it felt the first time you used one). 4.…
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Mass Media 2.0
Today, we’re still in the first phase of broadcasting in Britain: Mass Media 1.0, where the content agenda is being firmly ruled by the broadcasters. Currently, broadcasters’ portfolios are being drawn up by too few people and audiences are not yet getting a diverse and surprising enough portrayal of life on their TV screens. What we need on TV in Britain is to make the change to Mass Media 2.0, where the audience originates a higher percentage of the broadcaster’s ‘agenda’. We’ll then be in a position where broadcasters are more able to act as facilitators, commissioners, and clearing/publishing houses for content made and submitted by their audiences, as well…