"Teachers will not take up attractive-sounding ideas, albeit based on extensive research, if these are presented as general principles which leave entirely to them the task of translating them into everyday practice … what they need is a variety of living examples of implementation, by teachers with whom they can identify and from whom they can derive conviction and confidence that they can do better and see concrete examples of what doing better means in practice"
What's new about new media? A visual essay that tracks how the discussion of the New Humanities spread following the posting of "The Future is Now" to youTube. As a way of starting a conversation, the video has helped bring insights from across the country to Rutgers, enriching our efforts to put together a vision that builds on the wisdom of others
It was not long ago that producing multimedia digital content required expensive equipment and technical expertise; we are at the point now where we can do some very compelling content creation with nothing more complex than a web browser. In this workshop you will:
* Design a basic story concept that can be created in a web 2.0 tool using images, audio, and/or video.
* And then create it quickly using one of 50+ different web tools that are free to use.
* Plus, you will share in this wiki site your example and observations on the value of the tool
We are using the word "story" in a general sense; it may be a deeply personal one of the digital storytelling variety, or it may be a tale of a travel trip, or a simple multimedia presentation.