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Also see:
- uTales: Crowdsourcing Children’s Book Publishing — from wired.com by Daniel Donahoo
On 11/21/2011,
in attention, creativity, digital storytelling, digital video, education technology, innovation, memory, pedagogy, smart classrooms, teaching & learning,
by Daniel Christian
Matt makes his point on memory and attention in a very entertaining way
(…note the solid applause and genuine excitement at the end of the clip on math)
— from http://www.fractuslearning.com/2011/11/21/4-videos-from-matthew-weathers/
From DSC:
And, due to the date, check out the Symbols of Thanksgiving as well! 🙂
On 11/11/2011,
in art, communications, creativity, digital audio, digital storytelling, digital video, new media literacies, writing,
by Daniel Christian
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From DSC:
Another nice example of a cross-disciplinary assignment!
On 11/09/2011,
in digital storytelling, interactivity,
by Daniel Christian
Web-based digital storytelling tools and online interactive resources — from Danny Maas at maasd.edublogs.org
- Condensed, 2-Page Handout (950Kb)
- PDF handout version of the blog post (2.3 MB)
Underlying beliefs:
- Learning happens socially and through language
- Expressing ideas through multiple forms of media can enhance and deepen the meaning-making process
- Children benefit from opportunities to share what they know and how they feel in creative ways
- Sharing ideas and understanding in the form of a story helps with memory retention and sense-making
- Technology can offer learning opportunities consistent with a Universal Design for Learning environment:
- Multiple means of representation (taking in information)
- Multiple means of expression (sharing back knowledge)
- Multiple means of engagement (motivation for learning)
DIYDays in LA — from ChristineWeitbrecht.com
Excerpt:
Needless to say, today’s workshops at DIYDays LA were filled to the brim with great speakers and innovative perspectives. For those that couldn’t attend today’s workshops, here’s a re-cap of the most important bits:
Common Points
There were a few common themes mentioned in almost every talk I attended, and they were all based on experiences (good and bad) from existing projects…
People mentioned include:
Henry Jenkins: If it Doesn’t Spread, it’s Dead
Christy Dena: Spiral Worlds: Writing & Experience Design
Tommy Pallotta: Story & Code: Shifting Perspectives of Storytelling in Culture
Alison Norrington: Top-Down/Bottom-Up -Where is the Value?
Robert Pratten: Brand Integrated Storyworlds
Creating a Transmedia Narrative II: Storytelling — from ChristineWeitbrecht.com
Excerpt:
My last post on ‘Creating a Transmedia Narrative‘ ignited a lengthy discussion in one of my LinkedIn groups. It seems that some of my readers thought that I was trying to establish that transmedia narratives follow different narrative norms/ no longer need to be based on traditional conventions of telling a story. This is not what I was trying to say. I merely pointed at parallels found in successful story worlds, narrative universes that withstood the test of time and continue to invite producers and audiences to expand their stories across different media. In order to last for decades or more and be expandable across different media, any narrative needs to have a ‘larger-than-life’ aspect to it, and I used my blog post to break this ‘larger-than-life’ aspect down into its individual, more accessible parts.
Also see:
Digital book developers discuss the changing tide of storytelling — from padgadget.com
Addendum on 11/2/11:
- StoryWorld 2011 in San Francisco: Day 2 — from ChristineWeitbrecht.com
On 10/28/2011,
in 21st century, 24x7x365 access, A/V -- audio/visual, accessibility / UDL, Artificial Intelligence/Agents/LLMs/and Related, assistive technologies, Augmented Reality (AR), cloud-based computing / apps / other cloud-related, collaboration, communications, convergence, corporate / business world, creativity, digital audio, digital learning, digital storytelling, digital textbooks, digital video, e-books, e-readers, education technology, educational games / serious games, elearning, emerging technologies, engagement / engaging students, future, homeschooling/homeschoolers, human-computer interaction (HCI), innovation, intelligent systems, interactivity, interface design, internet, learning ecosystem, Learning from the Living [Class] Room, lifelong learning, machine-to-machine communications, Microsoft, mirroring and/or multiple devices, mobile learning, mobile technologies, multi-touch, multimedia, Near Field Communication (NFC), new media literacies, online learning, online media, personalized/customized learning, reinvent, tablets, technologies for your home, technology (general), television, tools, transmedia, trends, ubiquitous learning, user experience (UX), user interface design, videoconferencing, vision/possibilities, visualizing information, web-based collaboration,
by Daniel Christian
On 10/24/2011,
in digital storytelling, elearning, instructional design, story, storytelling,
by Daniel Christian
Storytelling in eLearning: The why and how — from eLearn Magazine by Shelley A. Gable
On 10/18/2011,
in animation, cloud-based computing / apps / other cloud-related, creativity, digital storytelling, education technology, educational games / serious games, engagement / engaging students, interactivity, K-12 related, story, storytelling, student-related, tools, vendors,
by Daniel Christian
Future of Storytelling Expert Series: CloudKid’s Founder on Interactive Storytelling for Children — from Latitude Research° by Kim Gaskins
Excerpt:
Recently, Latitude (in collaboration with Itizen) launched an innovation study on The Future of Storytelling. Why? So we can uncover the questions, challenges, and aspirations of tomorrow’s storytellers and identify how they can better align with audience’s changing expectations. Every week for the next several weeks, Latitude will share its conversation with a different influential individual. We’ll follow the series with a summary of best practices and insights for content creators and businesses from Latitude’s SVP, Neela Sakaria.
Also see:
With our heads fully in the clouds (where else would you want your head to be?), CloudKid transforms daydreams, fantasies, and flights of imagination into characters and stories that live, breathe, laugh, run, shout and fly.
CloudKid combines story and animation philosophies with mobile/web technologies to create eye-popping programs for children—we take children’s media to places it’s never been before. From film/animation production to story/character development, CloudKid develops intellectual property and technologies that will truly change the way kids and families interact with entertainment.
Addendum later on 10/18/11:
- Transmedia Storytelling: Imagery, Shapes and Techniques — from etc.cmu.edu
- Storytelling in digital era — by Peter Zschunke
On 10/18/2011,
in 3D, animation, Artificial Intelligence/Agents/LLMs/and Related, corporate universities / corporate training, creativity, digital audio, digital learning, digital storytelling, digital video, education technology, elearning, emerging technologies, engagement / engaging students, Europe, innovation, mobile learning, multimedia, online learning, presentations, tools, user experience (UX), vendors,
by Daniel Christian
Living Actor™ Presenter is a new Web platform developed by Cantoche, an international company well known for its unique expertise in 3D avatar technological innovations.
Various benefits depending upon the solution that you go with:
- Enhance your presentations with a Talking Avatar
- Animate you avatar using simple online tools
- Reduce your multimedia production expenses
- Access the largest library of 3D Talking Avatars
- Get an immediate preview of your animations
- Embed your virtual presenter in any software: Adobe Captivate or Presenter, Articulate Presenter, Microsoft PowerPoint…
- Create immersive simulations for your trainees
- Get the best of 50+ 3D Talking Avatars for your scenes
- Produce the scenes yourself with simple tools
- Reduce your multimedia production expenses
- Get an immediate preview of your animations
- Embed your simulations and scenes in any software: Adobe Captivate or Presenter, Articulate Presenter, Microsoft PowerPoint…
- Offer a unique user experience for your visitors
- Increase the transformation rate of your audience
- Produce the scenes yourself with simple tools
- Reduce your multimedia production expenses
- Get an immediate preview of your animations
Digital storytelling with iMovie — from acu.edu by Kyle Dickson
Digital storytelling with Camtasia — from acu.edu by Kyle Dickson
On 10/13/2011,
in digital audio, digital learning, digital storytelling, digital video, engagement / engaging students, faith, hearts -- matters of the heart, relationships, story, storytelling, strategy,
by Daniel Christian
Transmedia in the church — check out the work of The reThink Group
From DSC:
I recently reflected that the materials that my wife is using for her pre-K through 5th grade ministry illustrates some serious use of transmedia in the church!
Check out the work of The reThink Group. For example, see whatisorange.org. I say transmedia because they are ultimately telling THEE story — the Gospel — across a multitude of channels and delivery methods. Just looking at the description below of one of these channels — Parent Cue app for the iPhone — lets you know that they are pursuing multiple channels to enlist the aid of parents in relaying the gospel message to their kids.
- A Parent Cue app for the iPhone
Our lives are busy. As parents, we want to prioritize our children. We want to do everything we can to invest in them relationally, to guide them developmentally and to help them grow in their faith in Christ. But it’s just so easy to get caught up in the urgent day-to-day business of life. This Parent Cue App provides you with simple CUES throughout the week that remind you to pause and make the most of everyday moments. Every month, Parent Cue will focus on one specific virtue, or life application. You will receive prompts for videos, activities, discussion questions and more that will help you connect with your child around this one key virtue. These prompts will come in the form of Drive Time videos, Hang Time activities, and Meal Time discussion starters to help you fit them into the day-to-day moments of your routine. There’s even a section just for you called Parent Time that’s filled with parent blogs, podcasts and more.
Beside the above app, they also have:
- studio252.tv
- Curriculum for youth — preschool, children, students — that contain videos, teaching guides, items for the refrig, and more
- A regularly updated blog that follows up on what they are trying to convey in their curriculum
- A monthly Parent Link Live podcast
- A yearly conference
- …and other channels/materials.
Wow! That’s a lot of information to keep coordinated, but The reThink Group is harnessing the power of multiple types of media/channels to positively impact the hearts and minds of children.
On 10/11/2011,
in 24x7x365 access, A/V -- audio/visual, Apple, cloud-based computing / apps / other cloud-related, convergence, digital audio, digital learning, digital photography, digital storytelling, digital video, disruption, e-books, e-publishing related items (EPUB and more), e-readers, education technology, educational games / serious games, emerging technologies, game-changing environment, global / globalization, innovation, IT in HE, Learning from the Living [Class] Room, media/film, mirroring and/or multiple devices, mobile learning, mobile technologies, multi-touch, multimedia, music, new business models, new media literacies, online learning, online media, tablets, television, tools, transmedia, trends,
by Daniel Christian
Also see:
On 10/05/2011,
in 21st century, 24x7x365 access, A/V -- audio/visual, Apple, Artificial Intelligence/Agents/LLMs/and Related, assistive technologies, cloud-based computing / apps / other cloud-related, computer science, convergence, digital audio, digital learning, digital storytelling, digital textbooks, digital video, disruption, education technology, emerging technologies, expectations, future, innovation, intelligent systems, intelligent tutoring, interactivity, interface design, internet, learning agents, learning ecosystem, Learning from the Living [Class] Room, mirroring and/or multiple devices, mobile learning, mobile technologies, multi-touch, multimedia, programming, technology (general), television, tools, transmedia, trends, usability, user experience (UX), user interface design, vendors, videoconferencing,
by Daniel Christian
From DSC: Expectations, today, are getting hard to beat
Since Apple’s event yesterday, I’ve heard some conversations on the radio and reviewed several blog postings and articles about Apple’s announcements…many with a sense of let down (and some with the usual critical viewpoints by the backseat drivers out there who have never tried to invent anything, but who sure like to find fault with everyone else’s inventions and innovations).
It made me reflect on how high our expectations are becoming these days! It wasn’t enough that iCloud is coming on 10/12 (and who knows the directions that will take society in). It wasn’t enough to introduce some serious software-based innovations such as Siri (which bring some significant advancements in the world of artificial intelligence) or AirPlay for the iPhone. It wasn’t enough to enter into the multi-billion dollar card industry with their new Cards app for the iPhone. Wow…tough crowd.
What might these announcements — and expectations — mean for education?
Well…I can see intelligent tutoring, intelligent agents, machine-to-machine communications, the continued growth of mobile learning, learning from the living room, the initiation of programs/events caused by changes in one’s location, continued convergence of the television/computer/telephone, continued use of videoconferencing on handheld devices, cloud-based textbooks/apps, and more.
On 10/04/2011,
in 21st century, cloud-based computing / apps / other cloud-related, digital audio, digital learning, digital storytelling, digital textbooks, digital video, e-books, e-publishing related items (EPUB and more), e-readers, publishing, strategy, textbooks, trends,
by Daniel Christian
Presentations from the Digital Book 2011 Conference — from idpf.org with a special thanks going out to Mr. Steven Chevalia — who had pointed me to a great presentation by Liisa McCloy-Kelley:
Learning to Juggle and Picking the Right Balls
(AKA adapting organizations for the future of digital publishing)
Liisa McCloy-Kelley
VP, Director of eBook Production Strategy & Operations, Random House, Inc
Liisa McCloy-Kelley is VP, Director of eBook Production Strategy & Operations at Random House, Inc. where she has been an eyewitness to an evolution in the way that books are produced, marketed and sold for more than 20 years. She currently leads the team responsible for eBook development and production and keeps Random House on a focused strategic path for digital product development. She has spoken at a variety of conferences and has taught at Wellesley, NYU and Yale. As a digital book evangelist, she has given up reading in print form to become an expert in the variety of digital reading systems and the ways they can present content.
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