As well as designing GIFs, Mwydro also teaches children and young people to design their own GIFs through the GIFs in Schools project.
Originally funded through the Welsh Government’s #HacYGymraeg fund, the project’s proven popularity has meant I have now extended the project beyond the funding period and schools can now pay for a GIFs in Schools workshop of their own.
The workshops focus on creating fun, animated Welsh Language Place-Name or Welsh Idiom GIFs which are then placed in the public GIF search bar for everyone to access and use.
Some of the great GIFs designed by school pupils in my GIFs in Schools project!
Interested in booking a workshop for your school? Here’s some handy information!
When booking, teachers are able to choose one of two workshops for their school:
- Welsh Place Name Workshop (Aimed at Year 5 and 6 Pupils)
- Welsh Idiom Workshop (Aimed at Year 7, 8 and 9 Pupils)
In both workshops pupils are guided on how to turn either their favourite Welsh Language Place-Name or Welsh Idiom into a fun digitally illustrated animated GIF Sticker for everyone to use on Instagram, TikTok, Snapchat, WhatsApp, Facebook and more!
Workshop length is two lessons/ 2 hours for one classroom and also includes an introduction to Mwydro and fun games and activities related to Welsh Language Place-Names OR Welsh Idioms and the importance of using and protecting them.
The workshop fee includes turning the best 10 illustrations of the session into animated GIFs for everyone to use. Schools can pay a small additional fee to animate any further GIFs.
Equipment requirements are access to a Computer, Chromebook or iPad for each participant (or one between two if not possible), and a screen to share a presentation.
The workshop can be delivered in person (in Gwynedd, Conwy and Anglesey) or virtually (all other counties), in Welsh, English or Bilingually.
Book your GIF workshop today!
Want to learn more about the origins of the project? Read more here:
Protecting Welsh Place-Names … one GIF at a time
That’s Sioned Young from Caernarfon’s aim with her new #HacYGymraeg (Welsh Language Hack) project. Within her project, run through her digital illustration business Mwydro, Sioned will be working with primary and secondary school pupils to design and promote a series of Welsh Language Place-Name…
