..since we wrote anything. Social networking sites seem to have taken our interest. Or perhaps real world have intervened.

But! Last year we did run a hugely successful workshop in Hamilton. A small group of Pasifika and Maori teenagers joined us for a workshop on digital stories. Many of the stories were emotionally moving and the final showntell event was attended by families and friends, as well as Maori tv. We can’t really show you any stories because we did not seek permission to show them, and besides they’ll be shown by the Hamilton City Council staff who organised the week-long event. But one of us did get to portray a racist school teacher…..

Another workshop is planned for this year. Meantime one of us is collecting stories of locals who have lived in the Porirua area for a while. A kind of mission of love, and also preparing to co-present a paper on distributed identities at the DEANZ Conference in Wellington at the end of April. The other of us has moved daytime jobs to the University of Waikato!

Helen Barrett’s discovered some interesting research directed by John Sanders at Leeds University. Reflect 2.0 is case study research into reflective practice and digital storytelling across disciplines, building on the work of Jenkins & Lonsdale.

The researchers ask that those that are interested join them in the i reflect community where you can find resources, watch stories, and contribute to the community forums.