http://storyboards.org.nz/blog Mon, 26 Apr 2010 08:05:08 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en http://elearnmag.org/subpage.cfm?section=articles&article=120-1 A wee article about the value of digital storytelling. We knew this! http://storyboards.org.nz/blog/?p=112 ..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 ... http://storyboards.org.nz/blog/?p=106 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 ... http://storyboards.org.nz/blog/?p=105 OK so I'm thinking about learning environments but this book looks pretty cool and no Shelfari is not working for me. Technology-Mediated Narrative Environments for Learning (Hardcover) by G Dettori (Editor), T Giannetti (Editor) http://books.google.co.nz/books?id=HNDMY5YwCPkC&dq=learning+environments&printsec=frontcover&source=in&hl=en&ei=We7CSbv5GpKWsQP4p8T-Bg&sa=X&oi=book_result&resnum=10&ct=result#PPP1,M1 I liked this too: http://storyboards.org.nz/blog/?p=104 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 ... http://storyboards.org.nz/blog/?p=103 This video from TED (Ideas worth spreading) is a bit of a 'knock your socks off' video and definitely worth sharing. It's called: Talks Pattie Maes & Pranav Mistry: Unveiling the "Sixth Sense," game-changing wearable tech http://www.ted.com/index.php/talks/pattie_maes_demos_the_sixth_sense.html http://storyboards.org.nz/blog/?p=102 http://internationaldayblog.storycenter.org/ The theme this year for May16th is Immigrant and Human Rights. While last year we were part of team that set up the local Ning site Digital Life Stories I am not convinced that this year we will have the wherewithall to do anything. We had hoped that others would contribute ... http://storyboards.org.nz/blog/?p=101 Ten Virtual Worlds predictions 2009 Looks as if virtual worlds continue to have a place this year. I guess it's like the first time people saw movies or tv.....there may have been warnings about the nature of the new worlds....interesting to track. Any other predictions for 2009? http://storyboards.org.nz/blog/?p=100 http://storyboards.org.nz/blog/?p=99 With today’s launch of DigitalNZ New Zealand’s digital content just got much easier to "find, share and use". A quick Coming Home search for Frank Clark returns Trooper Frank Clark’s Cenotaph Database record including a link to the digital story we created! More exciting though is Auckland War Memorial Museum’s hosting ... http://storyboards.org.nz/blog/?p=98