Please email regina @ bookcouncil.sg to sign up for the coming Digital Storytelling Congress on 4 September or the Workshop from 6-8 September led by Barrie Stephenson from the UK.
We made it! Angel and I attended the Facilitator in Training workshop conducted by the Center for Digital Storytelling at Stonebridge Farm (Lyons, Colorado), 9-14 August 2010. We met and enjoyed fellow digital storytellers from various states and one from Canada. Sara, Bev, Charlene, Kate, Melissa, and Nina – we will remember you for a long time! Daniel Weinshenker, Stefani Sese, and Kayann Short – thank you for the wonderful time! You have been a great help in our learning process.
“Everyone has oceans to fly. Is it reckless? Maybe, but what do dreams know of boundaries?” – Amelia Earhart
After seeing doors being opened and closed for us, we have decided to leave our current jobs to pursue our passion in digital storytelling and other media-writing-related jobs on a full-time basis and a larger scale. There are many uncertainties, for sure, but we are giving it our best shot! What do dreams know of fears and uncertainties? So, here we go!
I will be based back in the Philippines for the time being. But for the next couple of months, we will be on the road!
In less than three weeks, we will visit the Center for Digital Storytelling (CDS) in San Francisco (where digital storytelling (DS) started). In August, we will join a five-day Facilitators Intensive Training conducted by CDS in Denver. We will also conduct a three-day digital storytelling workshop with the Navigators in Colorado Springs and attend Via Affirmativa, a conference for people in the arts and media. Every summer, about a hundred art makers come together for a festival and a celebration of beauty and creativity. This year’s theme is “Unfolding Stories”.
We are happy to have been invited to give a two-hour presentation about digital storytelling for this event.
“I will never forget Pete. He showed me that a person can be happy if he looks for the good in all things. He showed me that giving one’s best is the only way to do something. He showed me that judging other people only leads to unhappiness within. He showed me that a good beer is always better than a bad one. Most importantly, he showed me that being a true friend is the greatest gift a person can give. Pete may be gone from this world, but I try to be a little bit more like Pete each and every day.”
A story by Colin Emerson. Digital Storytelling Workshop, 8-10 April 2010. Singapore.
Digital Storytelling Asia is working closely with the National Book Development Council of Singapore to bring you the Second Asian Digital Storytelling Congress on 4 September 2010. This year's congress will focus on the uses of Digital Storytelling in education, language comprehension, community building, personal development and entertainment.
Digital Storytelling is the modern expression of the ancient art of storytelling. It weaves traditional oral storytelling with a spectrum of media like photos, graphics, music, and author's voice to tell your personal, family, community, and ministry stories.
"I learned so much more than I ever expected and felt so well supported throughout the process. Confining my "story" to a few minute video was a challenge, but processing through my thoughts in that way was an awesome experience." - Caitlin Barber, Colorado Springs, USA
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