Una introducción
11 years ago
Thursday, August 6, 2009
Podcast Subscription
I subscribed to an NPR (National Public Radio) Podcast entitled 'Culturetopia'. It features articles on pop and traditional art cultures and promises to be informative and entertaining.
Audio Schmaudio
Some nice readings here, form general info to really useful links and such. In the classroom, the strengths of podcasting would seem to include creating excited learners, collaboration among students in small groups in the classroom, developing editing and story-telling skills, an awareness and -hopefully - a sensitivity to a wider global audience, and general skills relating to turning raw information into an organized, coherent and compelling form. Emphasis is on content and communication, with the technique/tool (making a podcast) enabling rather than controlling this skill.
Digital Storytelling
I really enjoyed visiting the two sites I chose. The Center for Digital Storytelling is a really tastefully designed page with categories of story to select from; Identity, or Education, for example. The stories I watched were well made and had strong, thoughtful content. It was reassuring to see these on the web, which I associate more as a medium where a myriad of vapid organizations vie for our attention with empty bombast and over-stimulation. As discussed in 'Visual Storytelling', digital storytelling is a democratic way of publishing and disseminating ideas and offers a set of new art making tools to discover and master. I love children's books and have written and illustrated some, and it was very interesting to see stories presented in this way. Even though the tools are new it is important to remember that the work will only be as strong as the writing and initial idea; the horse has to come before the cart.
Tuesday, August 4, 2009
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