The second digital storytelling workshop for engineers to tell their own stories has been scheduled for the National Media Museum in Bradford. It is essentially for Broadcast Engineers to talk about the events and inspiration that led them into their career. The workshop takes place on three consecutive Mondays. February 9th, 16th and 23rd 2009. […]
Digital Stories from London Transport Museum
Become a fan of the London Transport Museum Head over to Facebook and watch this series of digital stories – memories of using London Transport Last year I trained 5 people from the Museum at the depot in Acton. We had a great time and they told some fascinating personal stories in the process of […]
Digital Storytelling Workshops for Engineers
Ingenious Workshops The first workshops funded by the Ingenious Fund of the Royal Society of Engineering have been scheduled. The first is for Railway Engineers at the National Railway Museum in York. The digital storytelling workshop will be held at the museum on three Wednesdays. February 4th & 11th with a final day on March […]
KQED Updated Digital Storytelling Manuals
KQED in San Francisco runs one of the best Digital Storytelling programmes in the world. Leslie Rule has just updated the manuals which include How Tos for the whole process of digital storytelling. They are well worth downloading, and they’re free. While you’re on the site look through some of the stories told in their […]
Helping families keep in touch
Helping families keep in touch – nebusiness.co.uk The official launch saw five African families take part in a three-day digital storytelling workshop as part of Changing Perspectives – a project which aims to create a multimedia archive to celebrate the heritage of African and Caribbean families living in the North East. The launch event saw […]
The World's Biggest?
I have just received news of a very extensive digital storytelling project in the North East of England. It could be the largest single funding of digital storytelling in the world so far. More details when I know I can tell you more.
Job in Toronto – murmur hiring
Job in Toronto – murmur hiring I just spotted this on Gareth Morlais’s blog. What an opportunity to combine a move to Toronto with a fascinating project. I’ve met Shaun several times and I’d love to be available to work on [murmer]
What a long journey
I am in Aberystwyth after a train journey that was late and then became a coach tour. Regulars on the line from Shrewsbury to the coast didn’t seem to be suprised when the train terminated several stations before the destination. The coach journey was ultimately more enjoyable. We were closer to the villages and each […]
Going West
Carers stories in Huddersfield, memories of The Sixties in York. Just two of the workshops that have kept me busy in the past month. I’ve also written an article about digital storytelling for a writers magazine called Lapidus and now I’m on my way to Aberystwyth for DS3. I will be blogging from the festival […]