Category: digitalstorytelling
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Oklahoma Educators: Become a Storychaser at OSU June 23-24, 2011
Cross-posted to the Storychasers blog. Storychasers is hosting a two day digital storytelling workshop June 23-24, 2011, in Stillwater, Oklahoma, on the campus of Oklahoma State University. Register to join us, and please forward this information to others you know who may be interested! A 1 page PDF marketing flyer about the workshop is available.…
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Nebraska Loves Our Public Schools: Educational Advocacy We Need!
Nebraska Loves Our Public Schools (nelovesps.org) is a project of The Sherwood Foundation, which: …has embarked on a campaign designed to instill pride in Nebraska public schools among various constituents. From parents to lawmakers, taxpayers to those considering a move to the state. We want everyone to know about the good work taking place throughout…
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Digitizing an Elementary Writing Portfolio
Today my fifth grade daughter, Sarah, brought home her elementary writing folder. This folder includes samples of her writing dating all the way back to first grade, and she’s never been able to bring it home previously. She was excited to read me several of her essays, so I suggested we record them on the…
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Storychasing in the Heart of Oklahoma Cherokee Country
Last week I had the privilege to lead a “Celebrate Oklahoma Voices” workshop for Storychasers at Kenwood School, which is located about an hour northeast of Tulsa, Oklahoma. 100 percent of the students attending Kenwood School are Cherokee. The school is small, with about 80 total students, and serves students in grades K-12. The teachers…
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The Value of Photographic Meta Information
This spring I got WAY behind with my online photo sharing. Generally I’m pretty consistent downloading photos from my iPhone4 to my computer and uploading them to Flickr, but for various reasons (mainly busyness) I had almost five hundred photos on my iPhone today dating back to Spring Break in March. I had to delete…
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Brainstorming PlayingWithMedia.com with Popplet
This evening I used the free iPad app “Popplet Lite” to brainstorm the outline of a book, “Playing With Media: An Invitation to Create, Learn and Share.” Here are the results! The in-app resolution is a lot better than the exported JPG versions, even at a larger resolution. Hopefully a PDF export will be more…
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7th Annual American Indian Learner’s Conference: May 21, 2011
If you are in or near the Oklahoma City metro area, consider attending the 7th Annual American Indian Learner’s Conference this Saturday, May 21st at the University of Central Oklahoma in Edmond. The $75 registration fee covers lunch and supplies. Details are available in the conference PDF, available on the website of the Oklahoma Center…
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How are you addressing the digital participation gap? #newlearningculture
There is a growing “digital participation gap” between young people in our schools and communities today. This gap is caused by many things, but IGNORANCE and FEAR continue to be significant reasons many parents, teachers, principals, superintendents, and others involved in education shy away from conversations about digital media and social networking both inside and…
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Register to attend June and July 2011 Storychaser Workshops
Cross-posted to the Storychasers’ blog. Storychasers is pleased to announce registration is open for SEVEN digital storytelling workshops in Oklahoma and Kansas in June and July 2011. These workshops for Celebrate Oklahoma Voices (COV) and Celebrate Kansas Voices (CKV) will be held the following dates in different locations: COV 1-2 Jun 2011 Muskogee, Oklahoma (2…
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Editing Video with iMovie taken on a Sony HandyCam mini-DVD Camcorder
Yesterday I had an opportunity to attend as well as video record the graduation (or “hooding ceremony”) of the class of 2011 at the Texas Tech University Law School. My friend who was graduating borrowed a Sony mini-DVD camcorder for me to use recording the commencement, and purchased several blank mini-DVDs. I’ve steered clear of…