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Helpful Links
We're constantly updating this page. Any suggstions you would like to add - please do let us know
One great link for all things techy is the GEECS blog. This where GEECS's outreach team, Mog and Angharad, put all of their tips, links and presentations. Their resources are fantastic and cover a whole wealth of topics
Researching your History
The British Library 19th Century Newspaper collection
The British Library have a great collection of newspapers, the largest in the UK and including many local papers. Much of their catalogue is available online on a pay-per-view basis.
Your local history society is also a great place to go for advice and help. Try the local press, google, or the database here
Oral History
The Oral History Society website
The Oral History Society (OHS) 'promotes the collection, preservation and use of recorded memories of the past'. OHS is the first place to go for any further advice or help. Not only do they have a fantastic website with great practical help, they also run training courses and seminars. There's also a regional network - so you should be able to find more help close by!
The OHS also have a great page with links to different societies and centres of research all over the world.
Photographs
The internet is full of helpful tips on how to take better photographs and how to edit them. These are just a few sites:
Digital Stories
Again, there is so much help out there for Digital Storymaking. Here are just a few of the key websites:
The Centre for Digital Storytelling
The pioneers of the format, the CDS is 'An international nonprofit training, project development, and research organization that assists youth and adults around the world in using digital media tools to craft and record meaningful stories from their lives and share these stories in ways that enable learning, build community, and inspire justice.'
The first major Digital Storytelling project in the UK, CaptureWales ran workshops encouraging normal people all across Wales to tell their stories from 2001 until 2008. The results, and plenty of help and advice, can be found here.
BBC CaptureWales links and resources
Links to a number of different Digital Storytelling Projects all over the world.
Photographer and now academic, Daniel Meadows, was a major influence in CaptureWales. His website has plenty of helpful advice, including in-depth, step-by-step tutorials on how to make a Digital Story.
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