Winter 2015
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Right now I am working on a project called Digital Yarning<br />
with teenagers at the Juvenile Detention Centre in Brisbane.<br />
Working with these kids is compelling. We are exploring<br />
identity with tablets, cameras, apps, art, and sharing old<br />
and new stories. Weaving culture and technology, the kids<br />
are again teaching me. They are re-creating how they see<br />
the world. Their diverse worldviews, cultural know-how, and<br />
perspectives are amazing. We have been exploring stories to<br />
create a special place, an ancient winding river with paperbark<br />
fishing canoes, captured by tablet animation experiments. We<br />
are at the beginning of growing a collective digital story for<br />
exhibition at Kuril Dhagun, the Indigenous Knowledge Centre at<br />
State Library Queensland. I can’t wait to see what unfolds.<br />
Digital devices are multiplying all around us, crammed with<br />
intuitive cameras, filters, recorders, and software. Creative apps<br />
and ideas are burgeoning. The sky is no longer the limit. We<br />
now have the Cloud. Evolving technology beckons fun, everchanging<br />
experiments and adapting ideas for transformative<br />
outcomes. The benefits of exploring digital media include<br />
improved digital literacy and communication skills, healthier<br />
and more resilient communities, and a culture enriched by<br />
shared perspectives and experiences. The world is your digital<br />
oyster. What will you explore?<br />
ARE YOU INTERESTED IN EXPLORING<br />
RICH DIGITAL MEDIA IDEAS AND<br />
COLLABORATIVE TECHNIQUES?<br />
Later this year I am delivering Creative Digital Natives<br />
workshops. The workshops are aimed at leaders, educators<br />
and carers who wish to develop and refresh their creativity<br />
and digital media skills. Prior knowledge of digital media<br />
applications is not necessary. The program is suited to people<br />
who would like to:<br />
• Develop skills in creating rich, story-based, digital<br />
multimedia works,<br />
• Use co-creative media techniques to facilitate<br />
children’s participation in digital media projects,<br />
and<br />
• Apply digital storytelling techniques in community<br />
development and engagement activities.<br />
You will learn how to create your own digital media works and<br />
stories, working with widely available software, and have the<br />
opportunity to publish works in formats that will allow you to<br />
share by email, to upload to social media such as Facebook<br />
and video sites such as YouTube. Bring your tablet/camera/<br />
laptop and questions. Let’s see what we co-create!<br />
For more information about these upcoming<br />
workshops and how to register, please go to<br />
the events and workshops page at<br />
www.workforce.org.au<br />
REFERENCES:<br />
1. Ray L Wilbur, Stanford University President 2. The 1976 film based on Colin Thiele’s book 3. Verna Alley The Knowledge Evolution<br />
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