I am planning the next workshop for trainers who want to run their own digital storytelling projects It will be held at a retreat and conference centre near Huddersfield in West Yorkshire. It’s beautifully situated in the Yorkshire Pennines and just off the M62 so access is easy. The provisional dates are June 17th – […]
Big birds still worry me
April 17, 2008 by
Another true story inspired by an object in the Magic Story Bag Once a year we used to walk from school to Debden village church for a special service. On the way we passed a lake where a few swans swam. The teacher, Mrs Firth, told us not to annoy the swans because they might […]
Aberth Digital Storytelling
April 14, 2008 by
Aberth Digital Storytelling — digital storytelling, participatory media and easing access to mass media This is the blog of Gareth Morlais. Gareth was the guy who showed me my first Digital Story back in 2001. It was made in one of the pilot workshops of the BBC Capture Wales project, which has sadly just closed […]
Something borrowed, something green …
April 14, 2008 by
This story was inspired by a car key fob from the magic story bag I borrowed a hundred pounds from my grandma to buy my first car. I don’t know why she was so willing to lend it to me. Perhaps, to her, it wasn’t a lot of money. For me it was a fortune […]
Family clears home at cliff site
April 12, 2008 by
BBC North Yorkshire | Family clears home at cliff site A second family has had to move belongings from their home which is teetering on the edge of a landslip at Cayton Bay in North Yorkshire. Thousands of tonnes of earth have slipped away in front of a number of homes leaving them on a […]
International Day for Sharing Life Stories – May 16, 2008
April 11, 2008 by
International Day for Sharing Life Stories – May 16, 2008 We invite you and/or your organization to endorse our joint call for Listen – International Day for Sharing Life Stories, on May 16th 2008. The day will be an opportunity for people around the world to gather in community halls, classrooms, public parks, theaters, auditoriums, […]
My current obsession
April 10, 2008 by
This story was inspired by a battery from the magic story bag I loved electricity. Fascinated by the way a bulb lit, a motor turned, a radio played music and how a battery stored power. My bedroom was littered with wires, bulbholders, battery clips and bits of old radios. I suppose I was about 14 […]
Writing lives/teaching lives
April 10, 2008 by
I found this on the writing lives/teaching lives blog: Digital Storytelling « writing lives/teaching lives When I began to read about digital storytelling, I had expected it to be interesting, but for some reason, I had not expected that the writing process was used in digital storytelling. I suppose that I did not see the […]
Georgina Goes Out
April 9, 2008 by
Can I have a carer please …. for next Tuesday ….. I want to go out with my friends. Georgina is a 16 year old arranging an afternoon out to go bowling in the school holidays. She has cerebral palsy, uses a wheelchair and she’s made a film about living with her disability. It’s very […]
