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From DSC: My sincere thanks to Mr. Steven P. Jobs and to Apple’s employees that worked for him.

On 08/25/2011, in 21st century, A/V -- audio/visual, Apple, business, cloud-based computing / apps / other cloud-related, communities of practice, computer science, creativity, digital audio, digital learning, digital photography, digital storytelling, digital textbooks, digital video, education technology, emerging technologies, engineering, global / globalization, human-computer interaction (HCI), innovation, internet, liberal arts, lifelong learning, media/film, mirroring and/or multiple devices, mobile learning, mobile technologies, multi-touch, multimedia, music, new business models, new media literacies, online media, pace of change, presentations, programming, quality, research, science, society, staying relevant, storytelling, strategy, student-related, technologies for your home, technology (general), television, tools, transmedia, United States, usability, user experience (UX), user interface design, videoconferencing, vision/possibilities, visualizing information, workplace, by Daniel Christian
Steve Jobs has resigned as Apple CEO "effective immediately"

 

From DSC:
I want to post a thank you note to Mr. Steven P. Jobs, whom you most likely have heard has resigned as Apple’s CEO. Some articles are listed below, but I want to say thank you to Steve and to the employees of Apple who worked at Apple while he was CEO:

  • Thank you for working hard to enhance the world and to make positive impacts to our world!
  • Thank you for painstakingly pursuing perfection, usability, and excellence!
  • Thank you for getting back up on the horse again when you came out of a meeting with Steve, Tim and others and you just got reamed for an idea or implementation that wasn’t quite there yet.
  • Thanks go out to all of the families who were missing a dad or mom for long periods of time as they were still at work cranking out the next version of ____ or ____.
  • Thanks for modeling what a vocation looks like — i.e. pursuing your God-given gifts/calling/passions; and from my economics training for modeling that everyone wins when you do what you do best!

Thanks again all!

 

 

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Who watches TV on the iPad? Nielsen plans to find out [padgadget.com]

On 08/23/2011, in 21st century, 24x7x365 access, A/V -- audio/visual, convergence, Daniel S. Christian, emerging technologies, homeschooling/homeschoolers, interactivity, Learning from the Living [Class] Room, New "Amazon.com" of Higher Education, participation, technologies for your home, television, transmedia, trends, by Daniel Christian

Who watches TV on the iPad? Nielsen plans to find out — from padgadget.com

 

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Some updates on learning from the living room

On 08/17/2011, in 21st century, A/V -- audio/visual, convergence, Daniel S. Christian, digital learning, digital textbooks, Learning from the Living [Class] Room, New "Amazon.com" of Higher Education, technologies for your home, transmedia, trends, by Daniel Christian

Some updates on learning from the living room:

US cable and pay TV lose another half million customers in Q2, 2011 – cord cutting continues — from appmarket.tv by Richard Kastelein
According to Bloomberg, the six largest publicly traded U.S. cable and Pay TV providers are to lose 580,000 customers in the second quarter of 2011 – which is the biggest such decline in history.

‘TV textbooks’ bring access to low-income Florida students — from eSchoolNews.com by Jenna Zwang
Jacksonville officials introduce a program to raise reading scores
Prompted by lackluster reading scores, Duval County Public Schools (DCPS) in Jacksonville, Fla., is attempting to reach low-income students by turning students’ televisions into learning centers.

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Time Warner cable head says company future is broadband, not TV  –– ReelSEO Video Marketing by Jeremy Scott
Well surprise, surprise. The chief executive of Time Warner Cable, the second-largest cable operator in the U.S., says that broadband is the anchor service of the company’s future, not television. And while that may be a no-brainer for most of us observers in the industry, it’s still a pretty big deal for a cable company to admit their future isn’t in cable (emphasis DSC).

Research: Connected TV will be consumers’ portal to the Web by 2015 — from fierceonlinevideo.com

Google, Motorola deal may impact TV future — from bizreport.com by Kristina Knight
Add another destination for online giant Google – your living room (emphasis DSC). With the announcement that Google will purchase Motorola Mobility many in the space wonder what is next.

 

Addendum on 8/18/11:


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How the BBC is quietly, confidently shaping the future of TV [Eaton]

On 08/09/2011, in 21st century, 24x7x365 access, A/V -- audio/visual, convergence, digital audio, digital learning, digital storytelling, digital textbooks, digital video, mirroring and/or multiple devices, streams of content, technologies for your home, television, transmedia, trends, UK, by Daniel Christian

How the BBC is quietly, confidently shaping the future of TV –– from FastCompany.com by Kit Eaton

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[On Monday] morning the BBC launched a whole new version of its iPlayer app, destined for connected TVs that sport a Net connection. In essence this means the BBC has taken its TV content online, added on-demand features, advanced search powers, playability on multiple platforms both mobile and static, and then fed all of its lessons back into an app…for TVs.

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Amazon acquires Pushbutton

On 08/07/2011, in A/V -- audio/visual, convergence, digital storytelling, interactivity, participation, television, transmedia, trends, user experience (UX), by Daniel Christian

Amazon acquires Pushbutton — from pushbutton.tv

Excerpt:

Pushbutton have announced today that Amazon.com, Inc (NASDAQ: AMZN). have acquired Push Button Holdings Ltd.

“Pushbutton has a strong reputation for delivering amazing user experiences on connected devices,” said Greg Greeley, Amazon’s Vice President of European Retail. “They were instrumental in helping launch the LOVEFiLM player through a variety of devices, and we look forward to helping them continue to innovate on behalf of customers.”

“With Amazon and LOVEFiLM’s support, we look forward to offering our clients, as well as their customers, even more ways to access digital services in the future,” said Paula Byrne, Pushbutton Managing Director.

 

Also see:

 

Planit from Pushbutton bought by Amazon

Planit, a concept app from Pushbutton.
Image: Pushbutton

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Items on Connected/Smart TV’s from nyxiotechnologies.com

On 07/26/2011, in 21st century, 24x7x365 access, 3D, A/V -- audio/visual, convergence, corporate universities / corporate training, Daniel S. Christian, digital audio, digital learning, digital storytelling, digital textbooks, digital video, disruption, e-books, e-publishing related items (EPUB and more), e-readers, emerging technologies, engagement / engaging students, flipping -- inverted learning, future, future of higher education, global / globalization, higher education, homeschooling/homeschoolers, human-computer interaction (HCI), innovation, intelligent systems, intelligent tutoring, internet, K-12 related, learning ecosystem, learning spaces, media/film, mirroring and/or multiple devices, multi-touch, multimedia, music, new media literacies, online learning, online media, online tutoring, personalized/customized learning, play, social learning / networks, social media, storytelling, streams of content, technologies for your home, technology (general), telecommunications, telepresence, television, training / L&D, transmedia, trends, user experience (UX), videoconferencing, virtual field trips, virtual K-12 schools, Virtual Reality (VR) / worlds / learning, virtual tutoring, web-based collaboration, by Daniel Christian

Intel predicts Smart TV is the device of the future — from nyxiotechnologies.com’s blog
Chipmaker Intel believes that the Smart TV is the electronic device of the future, in the living room anyway.

Excerpt:

The Smart TV is already upon us, in its various forms from various manufacturers. It has arrived with 3D capabilities, web browsing and social networking and applications. Currently Samsung and LG seem to be two of the big players pushing the Smart TV to consumers.

Also see:

 

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Traditional embraces Transmedia – to great effect in kid’s storytelling [Hamacher]

On 07/13/2011, in creativity, digital storytelling, innovation, K-12 related, story, storytelling, traditional / tradition, transmedia, UK, by Daniel Christian

Traditional embraces Transmedia – to great effect in kid’s storytelling — from appmarket.tv by Adriana Hamacher

Excerpt:

The current buzz around Transmedia is justified to its capital T, to listen to some of the original and fascinating ways theatre, film and even toys are being developed. The award winning Unlimited Theatre Co. and Makieworld were two of the best which showcased at the Children’s Media Conference in Sheffield, UK, last week.

From MakieLab:

MakieLab is a new games-and-toys company, founded this year and based in London. We’re making a new kind of toy: customisable, 3D-printed, locally made, and internet-enabled.

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Note the outline/topics of this Transmedia Masterclass [Gomez]

On 07/13/2011, in Australia, digital storytelling, story, storytelling, transmedia, by Daniel Christian

X Media Lab Presents: The 2011 Jeff Gomez Transmedia Masterclass Series (Australia)

Part I: The Power of Transmedia Storytelling

  • The history, the value proposition, how Jeff came to embrace it, and the latest industry news as its potential begins to begins to be realised in the entertainment industry.

Part II: Immersion & Incubation

  • The role of the Grand Narrative
  • Criteria for a successful transmedia franchise
  • The elements of storyworld incubation
  • Criteria for an evergreen franchise

Part III: Development

  • Fiction vs. Non-Fiction / Open vs. Closed systems
  • Brand archetypes and aspirational drivers
  • Intellectual Property Bibles and Mythologies
  • Building platform-neutral Storyworlds that are extensible over multiple touchpoints
  • Establishing Authorship and Pitch Materials
  • Failed properties

Part IV: Production

  • Building partnerships, fans and coalitions
  • Role of the driving platform
  • Defining and incentivizing canon
  • Constructing bridges between marketing, digital and creative
  • Remaining the visionary (consumer products & licensing)

Part V: The Future of Transmedia Narrative

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Robert Pratten on Transmedia Storytelling [mobilizedTV]

On 07/12/2011, in 21st century, 24x7x365 access, A/V -- audio/visual, convergence, digital storytelling, mirroring and/or multiple devices, mobile technologies, story, storytelling, technologies for your home, television, trends, by Daniel Christian

Robert Pratten on Transmedia Storytelling — mobilizedTV.com

 

 

 

 

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Storytelling gets an upgrade: Beyond tactile stories [Hutchins]

On 07/05/2011, in digital audio, digital learning, digital storytelling, digital textbooks, digital video, media/film, mobile learning, mobile technologies, multi-touch, multimedia, story, storytelling, transmedia, by Daniel Christian

Storytelling gets an upgrade: Beyond tactile stories — from digitalbookworld.com by J.C. Hutchins, novelist and transmedia storyteller

Excerpt:

Over the course of my two previous pieces on storytelling upgrades, I showed how tactile and kinetic features native to the iPad can be linked to traditional narrative devices, such as foreshadowing. However, where it gets really exciting is how the device can unlock a deeply interactive and immersive environment in which the “reader” is an integral part of a nonlinear story—all narrative features that cannot be rendered in print.

Up to now, I had been focusing on the tactile and kinetic, but there are dozens of ways exist to leverage the iPad’s other built-in features, including…

Also see:

 

StoryWorld 2011

StoryWorld Conference + Expo is a timely event for:

  • Transmedia content developers
  • Book publishing professionals
  • Television development and acquisition professionals
  • Film professionals
  • Advertising agencies and multi-media marketing firms
  • Game developers (including web, video, roleplaying and alternate reality games)
  • Mobile developers
  • Production companies
  • Literary and entertainment agencies
  • Writers and content creators
  • Media consultants
  • Any firm or professional in the business of producing cross-platform content
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Teaching students to be multimedia storytellers [Spotlight]

On 06/29/2011, in communications, creativity, digital audio, digital learning, digital video, education, ideas, innovation, interactivity, library / librarians, multimedia, new media literacies, story, storytelling, teaching & learning, transmedia, writing, by Daniel Christian

Teaching students to be multimedia storytellers — from Spotlight on Digital Media & Learning

From DSC:
With a special congrats out to Laura Fleming on her curation efforts:

We wanted to point Spotlight readers to a new, powerful collection on the National Writing Project’s Digital Is website. Reading and Writing Transmedia is curated by Laura Fleming, a library media specialist in River Edge, N.J., who blogs regularly about the connection between transmedia and education.

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JK Rowling creates transmedia storytelling site Pottermore.com, dumps Amazon [Fawkes]

On 06/27/2011, in 21st century, digital storytelling, disruption, interactivity, internet, new business models, publishing, storytelling, transmedia, by Daniel Christian

JK Rowling creates transmedia storytelling site Pottermore.com, dumps Amazon — from psfk.com by Piers Fawkes

From DSC:
Many of you have seen this already, but I just got back from vacation and I want to document this event.
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Connected device, iPad impressions continue to rise [Trendbird.biz]

On 06/17/2011, in Apple, convergence, Google, mirroring and/or multiple devices, mobile technologies, telecommunications, transmedia, trends, vendors, by Daniel Christian

(PDF) Connected Device, iPad Impressions Continue to Rise — from Trendbird.biz

 


 

 

…and several more informative graphics.

 

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The Evolution of Transmedia Storytelling [Rose & Gomez]

On 06/14/2011, in creativity, digital storytelling, media/film, mirroring and/or multiple devices, play, story, storytelling, transmedia, by Daniel Christian

The Evolution of Transmedia Storytelling
These videos capture a discussion between Frank Rose, Author of “The Art of Immersion” (and a contributing Editor at Wired) and Jeff Gomez, President and CEO of Starlight Runner Entertainment at Ad Age’s “Creativity and Technology” (CaT) Conference in NYC June 9th, 2011.

  1. The Evolution of Transmedia Storytelling (Part 1 of 3) (5 min introduction)
  2. The Evolution of Transmedia Storytelling (Part 2 of 3) (15 min)
  3. The Evolution of Transmedia Storytelling (Part 3 of 3) (14.5 min)

 

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Interesting set of ID-related courses from the University of Central Florida

On 06/14/2011, in 21st century, career development, corporate universities / corporate training, educational games / serious games, instructional design, simulations, training / L&D, transmedia, workplace, by Daniel Christian

Instructional Design for Simulations — from the University of Central Florida

Training and educational programs are now incorporating stand-alone and PC-based simulations and instructional (video) games to enhance human performance. The result has been a growing demand for simulation, game-based training, and instructional systems in corporate, government, and education sectors. The Graduate Certificate in Instructional Design for Simulations takes an interdisciplinary approach to prepare educators, instructional designers, human resource personnel, and training specialists in corporate, industry, and educational settings. Students will acquire the skills to successfully work with engineers, graphic artists, computer programmers, and game developers to design training and instructional systems, focusing on the pedagogical aspects of stand-alone and PC-based desktop training and educational simulations and games. To learn more, visit the Instructional Technology website at: http://education.ucf.edu/insttech.

Required Courses: 15 Total Credit Hours
Courses are available both in Web-based and mixed mode (reduced seat time) formats. This program may be completed entirely online.

EME 6613 Instructional System Design
EME 6601 Instructional Simulation Design for Training and Education
EME 6614 Instructional Game Design for Training and Education
IDS5717C Introduction to Modeling and Simulation
DIG 6432 Transmedia Story Creation

For information contact:
Atsusi Hirumi, Ph.D., Associate Professor
College of Education…

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