Category: digitalstorytelling
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Explaining No-Edit Audio Recording Power with an AudioBoo from Pearl Harbor
Websites like AudioBoo, Cinch, and iPadio which permit “no-edit” audio recording and publishing can be utilized in extremely constructive, powerful and creative ways. I’m finishing up my chapter on Audio tools for my first eBook, “Playing with Media: simple ideas for powerful sharing,” and I’m using an AudioBoo my daughter, Rachel, recorded at the USS…
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TEDxOU in January 2012 and TEDxOKC 2011 Videos
This past April, Oklahoma City hosted the first TEDx event in our state: TEDxOKC. As expected, it was a fantastic day of inspirational and moving talks. Today at lunch I ran into Ken Stoner, who was the primary organizer of TEDxOKC, and he told me a TEDxOU event is being scheduled for January 2012. A…
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Convivial Technologies, Storychasers and Digital Storytelling
In his 2001 book, “High Tech/High Touch. Technology and our Accelerated Search for Meaning,” John Naisbitt argued modern technologies often encourage us to live “distanced and distracted lives.” Certainly that critical observation is even more true ten years later in 2011 with the growing ubiquity of social networking sites and mobile phones than it was…
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No-edit Audio Podcasts of Conference Presentations Via Cinch @cinchcast #edapp #tatc11
I’m on a continuing quest to discover more effective and efficient ways to share audio recordings online, and the Cinch app for iOS (iPhone, iPad and iPod Touch) continues to be one of my favorites. Today at the TCEA Area 7 Technology Conference in White Oak, Texas, I used the app on my iPhone to…
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Celebrating Texas Voices in White Oak – TCEA Area 7 Tech Conference #tatc11
Today I’m in White Oak ISD, Texas, just outside Longview sharing two presentations with educators at the TCEA Area 7 Summer Conference. My opening keynote, “Leading Schools with Digital Vision in a Bubblesheet World,” is a longer version of yesterday’s presentation in Houston and includes two additional videos. Links and my presentation slides (2.6 MB…
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Playing with Media in Houston, Texas
Today I’m in Houston, Texas, (Missouri City, to be exact) for the 2011 Fort Bend ISD District Technology Conference. My primary message is: As educators we need to make time for playing with media! The theme of the FBISD conference this year is “Inspiration, Innovation, and Integration.” In addition to the opening keynote, “Leading Schools…
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A 5 Photo Sushi Story
Here is a five photo story from Sushi Miyagi in Houston, Texas, tonight. Take time this summer (if you are in the northern hemisphere, “this winter” if down under) for playing with media and creating your own 5 photo stories! See more examples on “Tell a Story in 5 Photos for Educators” on Flickr. Consider…
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Kansas Educators: Become a Storychaser this summer in Haysville, Greenbush or Andover!
Cross-posted to the Storychasers’ blog. Storychasers is hosting THREE two day digital storytelling workshops this summer in Kansas for teachers, librarians, administrators and others interested in technology integration, multimedia video production, oral history and preserving community voices. The three workshop dates and locations are: June 28-29, 2011 in Haysville, Kansas July 25-26, 2011 in Greenbush,…
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Spirit of Oklahoma Storytelling Festival: June 3-4, 2011 @TerritoryTeller
If your schedule permits, head over to Seminole, Oklahoma tomorrow and Saturday for the 5th annual “Spirit of Oklahoma” Storytelling Festival. This three minute video showcases highlights you can expect from the festival, including some “ghost tales” on Friday night! I love their slogan: “Facts don’t change people. Stories do.” Lots more details are available…