Well who I am seems as good a place as any to start. It should really be 'who we are' because this is a team blog. It is going to be the collective ramblings of the My Yorkshire team; Vicky, Alison and myself, Kate.
My Yorkshire is a brand ‘digital storytelling’ website that has been taking shape over the last few months. So what I hear you say! Well it tells the often intriguing and entertaining stories of local villages, towns and cities and the communities that live in them. It gets right under the skin of Yorkshire and the Humber. The stories come straight from the horse's preverbial mouth and have been created by community groups in partnership with museums across the region.
My Yorkshire lets you be a historical voyeur into a window on people's lives and experiences. It holds an eclectic mix of stories from how Violet got her new teeth to Michael’s story of sleeping rough. Bite-size and hopefully leaving you wanting for more...
So the last few months seem a bit like a labour of love as we have worked together with our web designers Prego. I am very excited about the possibilities (which seem only to be bounded by the all too inconvenient constriants of time and money). I can't wait to get some more stories uploaded.
Anyway, I hope that's been a good intro and we will post again soon.
Kate
3 comments:
Alison has already told us the Teeth story has been really well used in a school. Although I'm not suggesting schools are content creators they may become a more important user group than we'd thought before.
Yeah, my friend showed Violet's 'Set of Teeth' story to two classes of 8 year olds and they loved it! They were learning about the importance of looking after your teeth and she used it as a fun way of warning what might happen if you eat too many sweets...
Anyway, I'm really looking forward to getting some more stories uploaded very soon, and getting a really good spread of tales from every corner of the county - town and country, old and new, funny and sad, but always inspiring!
I love Yorkshire!
Alison
This is a really lovely initiative and I can't wait to read more stories. I love Yorkshire too
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