What is a Sway Life Story?

Microsoft Sway is a story telling application/program created by Microsoft that presents ideas on screen in an interactive and intuitive way.

The way in which we have used Sway allows individuals and families working with students to create a digital interactive history, moving forward and back in the dynamic presentation at their own pace selecting what video to play while looking at any of the photographs and artwork that they wish.  You can stop at any time on key moments allowing for different attention spans and specific interests of an individual on a specific day.

As Sway is in the Microsoft Cloud it is accessible whenever needed and we hope it could be used to inform any future carer about the person living with dementia.

The Sway can be viewed on any Internet enabled devise at any time of day, multiple people can view the Sway at the same time at any point they wish. The software has no barriers to learning, it is free and accessible by anyone with Internet access.  It also allows families to edit and to add more content to differentiate the Sway to match their changing needs.

We felt that the Sway would be the perfect vehicle for us to use due to the applications accessibility, ease of use and how it combines sound, images and text to create a rich story about the person’s life.

For more information about Microsoft Sway please click here.