Culture Shock was a digital storytelling project that started in 2005, and recorded over 550 different stories from people across The North East of England.

Read more about the origins and legacy of the project here: About The Culture Shock Project

The project was a joint partnership between many different museum and heritage organisation in the North East, but it is extensively housed and maintained by The Tyne and Wear Museum Trust.  What you’ll find if you look at this project is a fantastic, extensive digital archive of memories, voices, experiences, cultural moments, celebrations etc. from the region.

I took part in this project in 2010, and created this video about the arrival of my son, and as a way of thinking about my own arrival and place in Newcastle:

Cultural Shock: Geordie’s Arrival Day Video

You can create a similar digital story using this software:

Lightworks Free film editing Software

or even with PowerPoint on Word using the voice over facility.