As part of the process of redesigning this Aberth Digital Storytelling blog, I decided to look again at the links from the point of view of listing some of the digital storytelling people and projects who’ve influenced me over the years. Here’s the first draft. I know I’ve left many people off this list. If there’s someone from the field of digital storytelling you’d like me to consider adding, please use the Comments system to let me know.
Akiko Ogawa, Alec Couros, Angharad Dalton, Barrie Stephenson, BBC Capture Wales (archive) , BBC Cipolwg ar Gymru (archif), Bernajean Porter, Breaking Barriers , Cadwyd, Cardiff Story, Carwyn Evans, Communities 2.0 , Culture Shock, Dana Atchley, Daniel Meadows, David Jakes, Digital Bridge , Digitale Fortellinger, DS5 & DS6, DSCymru, Esko Reinikainen, Gareth Morlais, Gilly Adams, Gwion Llwyd, Helen Barrett, Joe Lambert, Jon Orech, Karen Lewis , Katrina Kirkwood, Kent Manning , Lisa Heledd Jones , Media Exprimo, Mog, Ozge Karaoglu, Rhian Cadwaladr , Sandra Anstiss, Sarah Copeland , Shin Mizukoshi, StoryWorks, Sven Vilain, Tracy Pallant, Wesley Fryer, Yale College
19 Comments
Jon Orech
I saw this link on Twitter and of course I had to seem whom I was missing. I was honored and humbled to be on a list with people who have shaped my views on Digital Storytelling. Thank you so much.
BTW, I’d add Jason Ohler.
Nicole
Lynell Burmark esp w/ Visual Literacy
Jon Orech
Oh…University of Houston too!
Jon Orech
OK being a pst here…but my DST Wiki is http://jonorech@wikispaces.com Link on my name was my blog. Thanks again.
melyn
Thanks Jon and Nicole. I’ll look at Lynell’s work Nicole and of course Uni of Houston. Can’t believe I’d missed off Jason, especially as there’s a link to his book right below the Influencers’ list in the right-hand column. I’ll tweak links in coming days. Many thanks for feedback.
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Fred Mindlin
I would add Leslie Rule (couldn’t find her on Twitter nor anything current on the web–Leslie, where are you?), Kevin Hodgson= @dogtrax , Alan Levine= @cogdog , Bryan Alexander= @BryanAlexander , and myself, Fred Mindlin= @fmindlin
Cheers, Fred
clodagh
Depends what you mean by an influencer but the people who come to mind immediately are
Pip Hardy from Patient Voices http://www.patientvoices.org.uk/
Amy Hill from CDS
Daniel from CDS
Michael David from http://chillimango.wordpress.com/
Dani Landau http://www.digitalstorytelling.org.uk/
clodagh
oh and Simon Stromberg!
melyn
Thanks Fred and Clodagh for these suggestions. There are so many valuable suggestions like yours coming in. I’ll wait until the middle of next week before starting to research names that are new to me and revisiting others.
Sarah C
Perhaps I can just add that Clodagh herself was the very first influencial figure in my entire doctoral study! And I don’t know if you are thinking of those linked in some way to DST in Wales, but can I also mention Nancy Thumim’s work. What a great list, thank you!
melyn
Sarah, I’m definitely adding Clodagh. Nancy’s a good suggestion as I’ve found her insightful commentaries on the development of digital storytelling, set in the context of other ‘public goods’ to be revealing. Thanks for your comment. I’m going to leave the edits until next week as I’m at a party this weekend:-)
melyn
I’ve just updated the list on the right hand side of every page in this blog to take on board some of the comments above. It’s still quite a personal list so I haven’t added every single suggestion; and not everyone suggested had a natural site to link to. So the 43 has grown now to a 52-card deck of cards. Thanks to Jon, Nicole, Fred, Clodagh and Sarah.
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Rami
Thanks so much for this very good idea which gives me and the others the opportunity to know more about the digital storytelling people and their projects.
With my best wishes and regards.
Amiee Klem
Are you making lists of companies/websites that play a role? LittleBirdTales.com was designed specifically for children, as a digital storytelling tool. Kids can upload pics/images or draw them with the art pad and then record their voice to each page and add text. Then they can share it with anyone via email. It’s being heavily used by teachers in the US right now and is giving children a fun, interactive way to learn the art of storytelling without realizing they’re learning.
Thanks!
melyn
Thanks for this suggestion Aimee. this may fall just out of scope but it’s an interesting fun-sounding product nevertheless.
Alli
Leo Sofer http://www.storiesofthejourneyhome.com
Talely
Hi there,
We recently created a new storytelling ecosystem and tool that allows users with no programming skills to easily create, publish and share engaging and interactive digital stories, called Talely.
Here is an example of a basic story:
https://www.facebook.com/HelloTalely/app_208195102528120
We have recently started an crowdfunding campaign to support Talely (http://igg.me/at/talely).
Here is more from us:
Indiegogo: http://igg.me/at/talely
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/HelloTalely
Twitter: https://twitter.com/HelloTalely
Youtube: http://www.youtube.com/user/HelloTalely
Website: http://www.talely.com
Sorry for the long post.
Regards,
Talely