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There Are No Natives
[SUMMARY—Paradigm shift time.]
(WORLD) Mark Prensky's 2001 Digital Natives, Digital Immigrants paper offers an accessible and understandable metaphor for those exploring social media and young people.
Much quoted by many people including myself…
…25 minutes into this gem of a presentation, Michael Wesch (creator of such hits as this, this and this) lets rip with the statement which nearly floored me:
…there are no natives…
The most popular platforms, which young people populate and use, are so new it makes us all natives. Couple this with the ever-changing media menu there becomes a huge amount of opportunity to utilise creativity and add context to these environments through critical thinking.
I'm paraphrasing (badly) so please check out the presentation for yourselves here and start to think differently about social media, young people and your nativeness/immigrantness.
Shame the video was not embeddable University of Manitoba.
SYELP Keynote / Masterclasses
[SUMMARY—Speaking and showing off.]
(GBR) MediaSnackers is up in Sheffield keynoting a South Yorkshire e-learning Programme (SYeLP) event for secondary school teachers and leaders as part of the Building Schools for the Future Programme.
We're also running two masterclasses to illutsrate the power of social media.
I would like to thank you for an inspiring session—delivered at breathtaking speed with great charisma and enthusiasm. The Masterclasses were variously described by Conference delegates as "inspirational" and "excellent" and the verbal feedback I have had, has been exceptionally positive.
The pdf resource is a super resource and will be uploaded to the Handheld Learning and Social Media blog which I will be embellishing with the ideas that I picked up from yesterday. I know of others who are going to create blogs too, one of whom works for the BSF Planning team.
It was a pleasure to meet you and Guy, you deliver what you say you will deliver and you impressed your audience.
Tricia Anderson, Sheffield Project Manager, South Yorkshire e-learning Programme
Rezed Podcast#7 / MediaSnackers Podcast#113
[SUMMARY—The hub for learning and virtual worlds podcast series.]
(WORLD) The seventh RezEd podcast, produced by MediaSnackers with Global Kids.
Jeremy W. Kemp is an instructional designer at San Jose State University and started teaching online back in 1999. Talking here about his varied experiences, insights and projects.
0.00—0.24 intro
0.25—4.21 RezEd news from Amira and Barry from Global Kids (any news or events can be submitted here)
5.04—6.47 Tracy Rebe explaining the Science through Second Life Program
6.48—8.43 what the program incoorporates
8.44—9.08 length of program
9.09—10.04 students responses
10.05—10.48 faculty/principal responses
10.49—12.23 tracking and measuring goals and standards
12.24—14.46 biggest challenges
14.47—16.36 what has been the outcomes
16.37—17.39 advice
17.40—18.49 future adoption of Second Life
18.50—18.56 thanks
18.57—21.16 Amira and Barry detailing the upcoming events for the RezEd community (any news or events can be submitted here)
21.17—21.24 outro
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Research Tagclouds
[SUMMARY—Summarising media research the MediaSnackers way.]
(WORLD) There has been a vast wealth of research coming through my RSS reader of late—a little too much to be honest. So I thought I'd run them all through the fantastic Wordle to get an instant flavour of their focus. Enjoy:
Media Literacy Audit: Report on UK children's media literacy
A Childnet International Research Report: Young People and Social Networking Services
Pew Internet and American Life Project: Teens and Social Media
Universal McCann: impact of social media
Youth Work and Social Networking: Interim report
Thanks Wordle
Saint Olaves Teacher Training: Part Two
[SUMMARY—Back to school.]
(GBR) A little video from our time with the science faculty at Saint Olaves:
Technology is now allowing students to display their work in a number of different formats besides exercise books. MediaSnackers highlighted the numerous ways they can do this, some familiar, some unfamiliar, in an enjoyable, clear and thought provoking way. Their INSET is highly recommended for any school!
Andrew Rees, Head of Science
Saint Olaves Teacher Training Part One
Saint Olaves Teacher Training: Part One
[SUMMARY—Back to school.]
(GBR) We're down in Orpington, Kent to deliver some of our social media training to the science faculty at Saint Olaves.
Einstein Kicking Ass
[SUMMARY—The MediaSnackers motto.]
Via Dynamic Einstein
Tell Your Story As It Happens
[SUMMARY—How to do PR (web 2.0 style).]
(WORLD) This is for anyone who has ever written or been involved in formulating a press release—normal PR route to try and tell your story is the following:
• compose and send out a press release at the beginning of a project/initiative to all known journalists and media outlets
• wait, make follow-up phonecalls and hope it gets picked up and featured
• compose and send out a press release at the end of a project/initiative to all known journalists and media outlets
• wait, make follow-up phonecalls and hope it gets picked up and featured
This process is: time intensive, energy sapping and devolving power to other gatekeepers. Why not use social media to tell your story as it happens.
Here's an example: this morning I got to tour the offices Cyfle in Cardiff. I got to chat to one of the young people currently taking a three month course that trains freelance animators in digital animation software while working together to make a short animated film (here's a teaser trailer of their production).
More importantly, here's their blog—telling their story in their words, as it happens.
Cheaper than any PR agency. Better use of time. More authentic and regaining your power to ditribute your message.
The MediaSnackers Meme #10
[SUMMARY—Keeping track of the growing MediaSnackers Meme.]
(WORLD) We probably weren't the first to apply the 'snacking' metaphor to media, although there seems to be a growing adoption in terms of describing the new youth-media landscape—we thought it would be good to keep an eye on the growing MediaSnacking meme:
Sofia's Diary debuted in March on Bebo, which has blazed a trail with online dramas such as KateModern, and has been running as short episodes described as "snack TV".
The rise of a new short-form hyrbid media production utilising social networking sites and produced televisual content.
People only hear soundbites and that's what they remember (we live in a media snack world).
A random twitterer.
The new bite-size media model is to reduce the news fat, cut back on content, and create tasty treats that requires fewer mental calories to digest.
How even the news are creating smaller digestable offerings.
Now, while everything else she said was brilliant and useful and insightful this just made no sense to me. Where's the longtail? Where's the viral tasty morsels that all those media snacking YouTube junkies wanna stuff down their faces?!?! This is old world thinking people surely it would be better to launch the site with basic content and release regular episodes to encourage stickiness?
A film students response to a visiting lecturer in the industry.
Providing a non-linear storytelling experience will satisfy the desires of people (who hunger for these kinds of stories) by connecting their actions, channel choices and media snacking to the unfolding story directly. Game developers have understood the potential of non-linear stories a long time ago and the IGDA offers a few good pointers to make the complexity work.
Another response to the fading film industry model of production.
The MediaSnackers Meme #1, #2, #3, #4, #5, #6, #7, #8 & #9.
Technology Changes Humans Don't
[SUMMARY—Sometimes all you need is a graphic.]
Thanks to Hugh McLeod
Mediacology
[SUMMARY—The Book.]
(WORLD) Our friend and Pacific Youth partner facilitator, Antonio Lopez has published a book called Mediacology.
You can read the background of the book here and also here's Antonio giving his a great insight into its content and focus:
Rezed Podcast#4 / MediaSnackers Podcast#111
[SUMMARY—The hub for learning and virtual worlds podcast series.]
(WORLD) The fourth RezEd podcast, produced by MediaSnackers with Global Kids.
Linda Burch is Chief Education and Strategy Officer for Common Sense Media, an organisation dedicated to improving the media and entertainment lives of kids and families.
0.00—0.24 intro
0.25—2.21 RezEd news from Amira and Barry from Global Kids (any news or events can be submitted here)
2.22—2.35 Linda Burch podcast intro
2.36—3.36 Common Sense Media
3.37—5.07 learning in and with virtual worlds
5.08—11.22 5 tips for parents thinking about virtual worlds
11.23—13.24 the fast-paced learning curve regarding virtual worlds
13.25—16.56 the role of digital media in kids' lives report
16.57—18.30 the future role of Common Sense Media relating to virtual worlds
18.31—18.40 thanks
18.41—20.55 Amira and Barry detailing the upcoming events for the RezEd community (any news or events can be submitted here)
20.56—21.04 outro
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