I finding myself trapped in a circle of definitions at the moment. I want to talk about the nature of digital storytelling, the pedagogical ideas behind its use in eductaion and its possible role in organisational change. I don’t think I can do an…
Dissboo #1 (mp3) Starting to use Audioboo Thinking about the purpose of the blog Is the blog submissable as part or all of the dissertation?
The last post looked at what I perceive to be “traditional” digital storytelling; a short, personal narrative, usually in the form of a slideshow-style movie. It’s a very effective method of telling stories digitally, but not the only one. If we m…
See Bibliography for the references in this post It’s crucial that I define what “digital storytelling” actually is right at the outset. There is another question higher up the chain , namely “what is storytelling”, which also needs to be answered…
I meant to have my research proposal completed before Christmas so I wouldn’t have to worry about it over the holidays. I evidently didn’t manage that. I’m now struggling to complete it, partly because I’m in a fluster about it but also because tr…
I’m using Posterous’s pages to create a number of supporting resources. The first one is a bibliography (which needs hyperlinks), hoping to do a DS showcase page with examples from round the web. You can get them from the the page links below the …
A little off topic, this one but wanted to capture it, anyway. I was discussing with 2 colleagues (Different ones this time, Steve and Hanna) putting together a series of events for a uni marketing team on the use of social media. We were thinking…
I had a meeting with a few colleagues about project support for the JISC Transformations programm;, Will Allen another consultant trainer at Netskills and Andy Stewart who you might remember from the Blakes coffee shop meeting a few posts back. I …
On the 10th November I ran a workshop I’d written called Exploring Digital Storytelling. Attending was Lawrie Phipps, the prgramme manager that is championing the use of digital media for projects in the to tell their stories. If it hadn’t gone we…
I’ve realised that it’s not going to be a good idea to have this blog as public for the time being. It’s not that I’m likely to write anything upsetting to anyone, just that I want to have the freedom to write what I want without consciously tryin…