Interesting to attend a talk by Shelley Bernstein of Brooklyn Museum (NY). She talked about the way the museum uses Twitter, blogs, Flickr, webcams and other devices of social networking to create a community of interested people.
The talk was inspiring, and made me think about ways educational institutions could use these tools to create communities of practice. It’s a wee bit more fraught for us than for museums but hmmmmm it’s an area I think we are still toying with.
Nevertheless the talk from Shelley was inspiring and you can find the Brooklyn Museum on facebook, or on the various twitter or flickr and related sites.
The interest shown in Frank’s story shows museums the power of the internet to share stories with new audiences. Audiences who, as Cheryl says, needn’t remain passive, but instead:
…are invited to respond to a video/movie by making a comment or with another video/movie. This dialogic process enables a new truth to be formed, and creates a new perspective that helps us cross bridges.
Te Ara—the encyclopedia of New Zealand/Aotearoa—has just released the second of nine themes, Earth, Sea and Sky. When they launched back in February last year I suggested Te Ara use digital storytelling to get New Zealanders to tell their immigration stories in a more engaging way. There’s still no sign of digital stories on Te Ara so we helped Graham Eyre tell his story to illustrate the point.
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