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Legacy 2014 Glasgow Podium Event

We attended the Glasgow Podium Legacy 2014 event yesterday, with a group of participants from the Renfrewshire area.  This Storify brings together some social media posts from the evening and gives a flavour of the event.

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Celebrating Youth Work Week 2014- empowering digital creators

The Commonwealth Secretariat and National Youth Agency are running ‘youth work week’  this year from 3rd to 9th November, designed to celebrate the positive work which people who work with young people, and young people themselves, do around the theme of ‘skills for life’. The Digital Commonwealth project is all about developing digital media literacy skills and throughout the…

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Edinburgh City Council Digital Commonwealth projects

City of Edinburgh Council Digital Commonwealth project A showcase of the work created as part of the Digital Commonwealth project in Edinburgh. Craigour Park primary school took part in the City of Edinburgh Council based Digital Commonwealth project, working with Room 8 (who created a project blog for the work).

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A year of Digital Commonwealth: Beyond the Games

Today celebrates one year since the opening of the 2014 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow. With that, it gives us a chance to reflect on what we’ve achieved during the delivery of the Digital Commonwealth project – and we’ve managed to produce from what we’ve gathered and learned since the Games concluded last year. We’ve worked with…

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Queen’s Baton relay welcome to Scotland- digital reporting and storytelling

The team reported on the Queens’ Baton Relay events of the first day of the Baton in Scotland, using video, photography, audio and social media.  This blog and Storify pulls together some of the content created on the day. The tech used was: -iPhone camera and video functions -Canon digital camera (digital SLR) -iPad mini -external…

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Queen’s Baton Relay digital storytelling and reporting- farewell to England

The team reported on the Queens’ Baton Relay events which culminated in the baton ‘farewell to England’,  using video, photography, and social media.  This Storify pulls together some of the content created on the day. The tech used was: -iPhone camera and video functions -Canon digital camera (digital SLR) -external microphone -Twitter for iphone -Tweetdeck…

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Queen’s Baton relay reporting tips and ideas

The Digital Commonwealth team have been busy reporting on events around the Queen’s Baton Relay and will be doing some more work with communities and local groups around things which are happening across Scotland.  If you are planning on attending some local events and would like to experiment with some digital storytelling to show off…

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Queen’s Baton Relay launch and resources

We attended the Lord Provost reception launch event at Glasgow City Chambers on 10th September, you can see our photographs from this event on Flickr. There are many educational resources available relating to the Queen’s Baton Relay, such as Game On Scotland.

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Queen’s Baton Relay

Coordinating a community reporting initiative for the Queen’s Baton Relay, involving individual beneficiaries and project partners, showcasing the rich tapestry of Scotland’s response to the Commonwealth Games and hosted on a specially designed and archived website.

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