links for 2007-03-14
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“Professors aren’t the only ones making podcasts for the purpose of education. Their students are being required to create them …” (Not exactly new).
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“EdPod presents a mix of education stories, from early childhood to the end of secondary school. … EdPod examines new education ideas, and asks whether things could or should be done differently. … EdPod brings you the latest ideas about learning.”
links for 2007-03-13
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“The stereotypical image of gamers as spotty, teenage boys is a long way off the mark, according to new research showing the average gamer is in their 30s and just as likely to be a woman.”
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“BigPond today launched Australia’s first major corporate presence in the online virtual world, Second Life, with the unveiling of ‘The Pond’. …features islands with uniquely Australian themes and recreations of iconic Australian landmarks…”
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Jane McGonigal, Ian Bogost, and Mia Consalvo choose and run through the top ten research findings in Game Studies in the past year. So much more fun than a literature review … 🙂
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“If Twitter continues its meteoric rise, then we may well be witnessing a changing of the guard. That doesn’t mean blogging as we know it will go away. But it will surely morph in Twitter’s wake if a big shift is underway.” (Rubel stakes a claim as Twitte
Sculpture by the Sea 2007
Last night Emily and I went down to Cottesloe beach to see the amazing Sculpture by the Sea exhibition which runs until next Sunday (March 18th). The mix of amazing art – some cute, some inspiring, and some just really, really big – and the casual atmosphere of the beach is a winning combination to my mind. If you’re living in or around Perth, I thoroughly recommend you ensure you get down to Cott before the show ends; if you’re a photographer, sunset is definitely your friend!
I’ve uploaded a set of my best photos to Flickr which I hope you’ll take a peak at, but I thought I’d tempt you with these few images:
This gigantic sculpture of what looks rather like a recycle symbol is one of the most popular pieces. People like having their photos taken under these energetic arches!
Bronzed, pregnant and enjoying a marvellous sunset; how very Australian!
And as fortune would have it, as I was lining up this shot of the giant eight-ball which is tethered just off the beach, the tall-ship Leeuwin sailed across the horizon!
Open Content Licensing: Cultivating the Creative Commons
Creative Commons Australia announced today the release of Open Content Licensing: Cultivating the Creative Commons, a book collecting a number of essays about copyright and open content licensing in teh Australian context. It’s edited by Brian Fitzgerarld, who leads Australia’s CC project. It draws on a 2005 conference, but given the speed at which Australian copyright laws change (glacier speed), it’s findings and commentaries are entirely in keeping with the current Australian copyright landscape.
The book can either be purchased in hardcopy from Sydney University Press or individual articles are available for download from Sydney’s eScholarship Repository.
Given the many confusing layers of copyright law in Australia, I think this book will prove very useful in navigating these licensing waters both for those in creative industries and educators grappling with these issues.
links for 2007-03-12
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Yesterday – 10th March, 2007 – marked the tenth anniversary of the first episode of Buffy the Vampire Slayer!
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Interesting look at non-digital archives in a research cultures increasingly digitally-based: “Material that is not digitized risks being neglected as it would not have been in the past, virtually lost to the great majority of potential users.”
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“As younger people reveal their private lives on the Internet, the older generation looks on with alarm and misapprehension not seen since the early days of rock and roll. The future belongs to the uninhibited.” (Gen.com?)
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“…Hollywood’s public virulence toward YouTube continues to grow, it’s a more complicated story. Many studios, labels and diskeries are busy taking full advantage of the ever growing promotional power of YouTube, particularly among the younger 18-24 demo
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A photo-essay looking at some of the most famous manipulated photos, from the erasure of Trotksy in photos of Lenin to Reuter’s photographer Adnan Hajj’s photoshopping of Iraqi warzones.
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With the ongoing rise in online dating sites, a new photography and photo-manipulation industry has emerged focused on getting those online profile pictures as good (or better) as they can be!
My Second Life: Impressive SL Mystery Machinima
Here’s the blurb from Douglas Gayeton’s impressively edited, Second Life machinima short:
In January 2007, a man named Molotov Alva, dissapeared from his Californian home. Recently, a series of video dispatches by a Traveler of the same name have appeared within a popular online world called Second Life. Filmmaker Douglas Gayeton came across these video dispatches and put them together into a documentary of seven episodes.
And here’s the first episode:
It’s very well edited, telling a great story, and selling both the filmic potential of machinima based in Second Life, and the value of a good story in any medium. For educators using machinima to teach editing skills, and other machinima makers looking for great examples, check this series out. For everyone else: it’s a good story, so why not click the great big play button? [Via Boing Boing]
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