History in your Hands

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History in your Hands Using Mobile Devices in
Heritage Interpretation Angharad
Williams Comisiwn Brenhinol Henebion CymruRoyal
Commission on the Ancient and Historical
Monuments of Wales
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The Starting Point
In-house trial Uplands Survey
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www.coflein.gov.uk
Our goal Providing Coflein information to the
public when and where they need it most.
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E-LWYBR RHUTHUN - RUTHIN E-TRAIL Partners
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E-Lwybr Rhuthun - Ruthin E-Trail
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Ruthin E-Trail - Aims of the project

• Deliver heritage information in a new and
  innovative way to a wider audience
• Introduce Welsh Baccalaureate students to the
  fundamentals of GIS, GPS and mobile technology
• Enable students to develop measurable key
  skills which will count towards their
  attainment of the Welsh Baccalaureate
• Develop our understanding of how to deliver
  Coflein information to mobile devices

E-Lwybr Rhuthun - Ruthin E-Trail
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Brynhyfryd pupils visiting the Record Office
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Basic Equipment
Compact Flash GPS Receiver
AquaPac Waterproof bag
HP iPAQ PDA
ESRI ArcPad Mobile GIS
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Welsh Baccalaureate
Students at Ysgol Brynhyfryd, Ruthin, creating
their own E-Trails.
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E-Lwybr Rhuthun - Ruthin E-Trail
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Using the E-Trail
Tap on any of the highlighted buildings to access
information and images from the Denbighshire
Record Office and RCAHMWs COFLEIN web service.
Tap
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E-Lwybr Rhuthun - Ruthin E-Trail
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Alun Pugh AM launching the Ruthin E-Trail
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Brynhyfryd students using the Ruthin E-Trail
during the Heritage Weekend
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Mobile Device Development after Ruthin Project
Objectives Development of multi-media
interpretation (audio, video, text
images) Production of mediated interpretation,
taking into account diverse audiences To fully
train a member of RCAHMWs staff in the
production of PDA-based e-trails Provide
training for the sector in the use and
maintenance of e-trail/PDA technology for the
public To advise CyMAL and the sector on
appropriate e-trail applications
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Caerleon
Blaenavon
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Basic Equipment for the Blaenavon town e-trail
Earphones
HP iPAQ PDA with in-built GPS receiver
Otter box
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The Blaenavon Town e-trail
Bi-lingual 16 info-zones Available from the
new World Heritage Centre
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The Blaenavon Town e-trail
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www.rcahmw.gov.uk
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Coleg Gwent BTEC IT Students

• Aims of the project
• Support their Welsh Baccalaureate Qualification
  studies
• Visit to the Royal Commission
• Crete a new e-trail
• 2. Develop their IT skills
• Introduce the students to the fundamentals of
  GIS, GPS and mobile technology
• Workshop on how to use software available to
  create e-trails
• 3. Deliver heritage information in a new way to a
  wider audience

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Coleg Gwent BTEC IT Students and the Welsh
Baccalaureate Qualification

• WBQ components covered by the project with the
  Royal Commission
• Wales, Europe and the World
• Element 3 The Impact of economic and
  Technological Change
• Key issue 2 Ways of projecting the economic and
  technological image of Wales
• Element 4 Heritage and Cultural Perspectives
• Key issue 1 How awareness of the heritage and
  culture of Wales can be increased

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Coleg Gwent IT students
Following the Blaenavon e-trail
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Receiving training on how to create an e-trail
At the World Heritage Centre
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mscape mediascape creation software
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Made available for download from www.mscapers.com
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Create-a-Scape website designed to help
students teachers create mediascapes
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Abergavenny
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Angharad Williams Swyddog Addysg / Education
Officer 01970 621200 angharad.williams_at_rcahmw.gov.
uk www.cbhc.gov.uk www.rcahmw.gov.uk