Digital storytelling in the Digital Youth Project

We have just been discussing digital video and digital storytelling in our last class. In the class, I described experiences with one project which utilizes digital video in the tertiary context, and I have just come across this video, describing the Digital Youth Project, which uses digital storytelling in the secondary school context. I thought you might like to take a look and leave your comments.



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Events in Second Life

One of these days I really should take the plunge and attend one of these conferences in Second Life. I've just come across this summary of the recent SLanguages conference, 15-16 October.

The summary is interesting for the range of different events and activities that were hosted, and there are plenty of pictures and videos that give an idea of the potential for SL to bring together geographically disparate individuals around a common idea. Among the events at the conference were 2 theatre plays, one of which you can see recorded here (skip to about 47s for the beginning of the intro).

When you first come across Second Life, it is not immediately obvious what to do, or how you can use it in language teaching. If you're interested in SL and education, then I think the best way to learn more is to join one of the educational groups in SL, and learn from the residents.