Yellowknife library is hosting a two-day Digital Storytelling Workshop in collaboration with Digital NWT.
The free course runs Saturday, March 26 from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. to Sunday, March 27, from 1 p.m. to 5 p.m.
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Each participant is equipped with a microphone and earphones and take their work home on a memory stick.
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Computers for Schools will provide each participant a laptop and accessories to take home and use to further develop their ideas.
This is the first time the course has been offered in person at YPL.
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Spaces are still available in this course. Send an email to library@yellowknife.ca to register.
