What is Digital Storytelling?

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Perhaps a strange question to be asking after all these years of Digital Storytelling, but there are still many who don’t know and many more who think they know but don’t. It’s also true that there are any number of definitions of digital storytelling

See and Hear

  I appear in two new features this week. At DS6 Gareth Morlais recorded an interview with me about the potential of digital storytelling on the iPad. He makes some very generous comments about me during this feature, but I hope you find the content about creating digital stories useful. It is the first of his [...]

Culture Shock Conference – this week

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It’s not too late to book a place at the Culture Shock! Conference in Newcastle. This day conference is for anyone who’s interested in digital Storytelling and especially people from the Museums, Libraries and Archives sector. Culture Shock is one of the UKs most successful digital storytelling projects and as it draws to a close [...]

Almost over at DS6

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I always find events like DS6 stimulating and exciting. There are lots of good things about being your own boss, but one thing I miss about my former workplace is the interaction with other people doing a similar job. So festivals, conferences and events are the places where I am inspired and invigorated. Ideas flow, [...]

DS 6 – the date is set

Esko Reinikainen posted this on the DS Cymru website. Put it in your diary now and plan to join us at the only Digital Storytelling Festival in the UK. I am happy to announce that the DS6 International Digital Storytelling Festival will take place on: Friday 17th June, 2011 at Aberystwyth Arts Centre, Wales We are [...]

DS6 is going ahead in 2011

DS6 Call for speakers

I’ve just received this good news from Esko Reinikainen about DS6:- Digital Storytelling Cymru Network Promoting Digital Storytelling in Wales and beyond… A message to all members of Digital Storytelling Cymru Network Digital Storytellers! It’s a new year, and that means time to get rolling with DS6 International Digital Storytelling Festival! We’ve just opened the call [...]

Bridges Burned – Upgrade Complete

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As I complete the upgrade on my last MacBook today I realise that In will probably never run a digital storytelling workshop again using iMovieHD – my bridges have been burned

iMovie ’11 – a worthy successor to iMovieHD

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I have fully tested the latest version of iMovie and I am confident that it can be used to create digital stories.

Adobe Premiere Elements for Mac

I’m excited and doubtful about the arrival of Adobe Premiere Elements for Mac. Excited because it this could be a Mac solution for digital storytelling but dubious because it’s Adobe and my experience of their products and pricing is mixed.

CREATE – SHARE – LISTEN at the 4th International Conference on Digital Storytelling

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There’s a valuable discount for booking early for the 4th International Conference on Digital Storytelling in Lillehammer in February next year. See you there?