‘A Story to Tell’: Aims
• To support older people with a
disability to tell their story
• To develop a website to house these
stories
Why multimedia & the internet?
• News ways of accessing information
• Web 2.0: User generated content
• Accessibility for people with
intellectual and sensory disabilities
Method
• Lifestory methods for collecting stories
• Adapted ‘Digital Storytelling’ method
for sharing them
Digital storytelling
• Emerge in early 1990’s: inexpensive technology
• Response to civil rights actions in US
• “Digital storytelling is the modern expression of the ancient art of storytelling. Digital stories derive their power by weaving narrative and voice together, thereby giving deep dimension and vivid colour to characters, situations, experiences, and insights”
- Digital Storytelling Association
Digital Storytelling- Method
• Workshop format
• Narrative, music, images and video
• 2-4 minute video clip
Our method!
• 3 meetings to take story• Discussion about who to provide
audio track (IF this is what the storyteller wants)
• Discussion about images, colours, music, etc. to be used
Our method (contd.)
• Record & edit audio track- this is the podcast.
• Collect images for video• Put together video• View with storyteller & edit as
necessary.
• Constant learning process
• Methods need to be adapted as we go
• Constant need to check with storyteller
Why this software?
• Ease of use & integration• All the hard work already done
(mostly!)• Expense• Portability