I had the pleasure of visiting the Levine Museum of the New South with my daughter, a history buff, and my 7 month old grandbaby. It was his first trip to a museum, and he loved it - the pictures, the hands-on exhibits, and of course, the multimedia technology. Future historian? Museum curator? Digital archivist? We'll see...
We had a chance to explore the Cotton Fields to Skyscrapers exhibit and Whirlwind of Growth, updated to take a look at the past decade and how recent events, such as rapid population growth in the region (69% between 1990, the year I moved to Charlotte, and 2010), recession and financial crisis, have impacted the Charlotte region and the Carolinas.
I especially liked the New South TalkBack part of the exhibit. I think the TalkBack feature was originally part of the Changing Places exhibit, a multi-part project that focuses on how people in the Charlotte region deal with the growing cultural diversity and steady stream of newcomers who come from just about everywhere, and how newcomers experience their transition to the area. The exhibit was unveiled in February of 2009, and due to positive feedback, was extended well past the planned ending date. The exhibit's impact was extended to the virtual world through the Changing Places Project website, as well as the museum's YouTube channel. Both are great places to explore.
I'd like to share a bit more about the Levine Museum of the New South "experience" from content related to the Changing Places: From Black and White to Technicolor® exhibit:
This overview video of the Changing Places exhibit at the Levine Museum provides a good dose of civic pride. I've lived in the Charlotte area since 1990 and have come to appreciate the rich tapestry that makes up our community, reflected in the short stories (and songs!) shared in the visitors' video clips.
Changing Places "Our History":
(I especially liked the uplifting background music in this video.)
Changing Places: "The Out of Towners" is a mashup of clips created by visitors to the Levine Museum who come from other places in the US and around the globe:
For more videos from Levine Museum visitors, take a look at the Levine Museum's YouTube channel. The videos are much better than what I took using my cell phone video cam, below:
New South Talkback, Levine Museum of the New South
What I didn't like so much...
Below is a video of a multi-touch picture/info display, part of the exhibit. I didn't like it very much, as the screen was very cluttered and the content was "jumpy" at the slightest touch. Given my interest in large displays, multi-touch, and gesture interaction, my expectations were pretty high:
REMIX HISTORY
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Perhaps it is my civic duty to volunteer with a few other multi-touch techies to create a "redo" of this application!
RELATED
The following links are to some of the organizations/people who work or have worked in partnership with the Levine Museum of the New South:
Darcie Fohrman, Exhibit Developer and Designer, Changing Places
Irene Morris , Graphic Design, Changing Places
Dr. Pamela Grundy, curator, Changing Places
Dr. Tom Hanchett, assistant curator, Changing Places
Sarah Bryan, researcher, Changing Places
New Granada Productions, edited video footage from the Talkback Booth at the Levine Museum, spanning the course of 14 months.
Studio Displays, Inc. (Changing Places)
Brad Larson Media "Using technology to encourage family learning in museums, zoos, and other public places" (Changing Places)
Community Building Initiative
Emulsion Arts, Film production, Changing Places
Luquire George Andrews, Changing Places (PR, brand strategy, media planning, digital solutions, located in Charlotte, NC)
Nancy Pierce, Photographer, Changing Places
Michael Daul, Kaplan & Associates Cultural Resources, Online Curator, Website Design and Development, Changing Places
Video preview of the new section of the exhibit, including some shots of "Remix History":
Jul 7, 2011
Jul 6, 2011
Worldwide Library 2.011 Conference Online, November 2-3 2011: Call for Presentations - This might be of interest to IMT readers!
We no longer are prisoners of the world of printed words and paper. In the digital world, technological innovations are rapidly transforming the way we learn, read, interact with information, and share knowledge. How does this bode for the future of libraries?
What sort thinking, discussion, and collaborations will be necessary to ensure that everyone has free access to information/knowledge/wisdom?
If you are a regular reader of this blog, or if you are a first time visitor, you might be interested in some of the topics planned for the upcoming Worldwide Library 2.011 conference, which will be held online on November 2-3, 2011.
STRAND 1: "Libraries" - The Roles of Libraries in Today’s World
I encourage readers to think seriously about participating in this conference- the CFP below provides links for people to volunteer in a variety of ways:
The Library 2.011 conference will be a unique chance to participate in a global conversation on the current and future state of libraries. The conference strands are at the bottom of this email. Session proposals will be posted on the conference website, and we encourage making comments to and connecting with others based on their session proposals, as well as "voting" for session using the "like" button on the submissions. Session proposals are due September 15, and session acceptances will be communicated by September 30.
You may submit more than one session, but priority will be given to providing as many presenters as possible the chance to present before accepting additional sessions from a particular presenter. Sessions should be planned to be at least 20 minutes or more in length, and all sessions must be completed (including Q&A) within one hour. All sessions will be held in Blackboard Collaborate (previously Elluminate/Wimba). Presenters will be responsible for being familiar enough with the program to present. There is very good recorded training we will send you, as well as providing a number of live training sessions where you can ask questions. To practice you can also sign up for the free 3-person Collaborate room at http://www.LearnCentral.org. Please note that all sessions will be recorded and quickly made available under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs License (for more information, see http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/). By submitting to present you are agreeing to these terms.
Session proposals are to be non-commercial. Interest in commercial sponsorship or presentations should be directed to Steve Hargadon at steve@hargadon.com.
Additionally, there are other ways to also participate in the conference!
If you want to be a conference volunteer, be sure to join the volunteer group athttp://www.library20.com/group/library2011conferencemoderatorvolunteers. Volunteers will help us to advertise/promote the conference as broadly as possible, and will also be needed to help moderate actual conference sessions. You can either be familiar with Blackboard Collaborate (formerly Elluminate, and the event platform), or we will have training sessions to help you become familiar if this is something you would like to do.
If you'd like to apply to be on our international advisory board, please sign up athttp://www.library20.com/page/international-advisory-board. The advisory board members are asked to promote both participation and attendance at the conference, to help us find partner organizations in their regions, to help train and support presenters in their geographical region and local languages, and if possible to help moderate sessions during the actual conference.
Your organization can also apply to be a conference partner! We actively encourage non-commercial organizations that are primarily or substantively focused on libraries, librarians, librarianship, or library programs to become conference partners at http://www.library20.com/page/conference-partners.
Organizations will be listed with a link, logo, and a short description and will be provided with a "spotlight" speaker session in the conference. There are no financial obligations for being a partner organization. Our goal for the conference is to have it be a milestone event, bringing together organizations and individuals from all over the world--so in return for recognizing organizations as partners, we ask that they actively promote the conference to their membership, and encourage participation as well as presentations submissions. Please let your organizations know about this opportunity.
We are very excited about this conference, and look forward to your participation!
Thank you,
Dr. Sandra Hirsh, Professor and Director
School of Library and Information Science (SLIS) at San José State University
More Information: http://slisweb.sjsu.edu/people/faculty/hirshs/hirshs.php
Steve Hargadon
Web 2.0 Labs
Email: steve@hargadon.com
Phone: 916-283-7901
More Information: http://www.stevehargadon.com
CONFERENCE STRANDS
STRAND 1: "Libraries" - The Roles of Libraries in Today’s World
Example Topics:
Libraries as community centers
Libraries as learning commons
Serving distributed and distance users
The library as a space versus the library as a service
Library privatization issues
STRAND 2: "Librarians and Information Professionals" - Evolving Professional Roles in Today’s World
Example Topics:
Librarians as Leaders
Library and Information Professional Careers in a Networked and Changing World
Embedded librarians
Applying library and information science skills in a variety of venues
Advocacy and building influence (professionally and institutionally)
STRAND 3: "Information Organization"
Example Topics:
Social organization of information
Subject gateways, online catalogs, and portals
Metadata: creation, storage, management, dissemination, harvesting and aggregating
RDA
Library automation / management software / integrated library systems
STRAND 4: "Access and Delivery"
Example Topics:
Digital media and the e-book revolution
Social networking use (social networking media for outreach and service promotion, location-based mobile social networks, etc.)
Emerging technology use (augmented reality, QR codes, mobile apps and delivery, etc.)
The changing roles of publishers
Working with vendors in the digital age
Conflicts between privacy and freedom of speech in a hyperlinked world
Measuring and assessing: determining the effectiveness of access and service delivery
Outsourcing
STRAND 5: "Learning" - Digital Age Learning Cultures
Example Topics:
New learning models and the role of the librarian and information professional
The growth of individualized and self-paced learning
Multiliteracies : digital literacy, visual literacy, media literacy, information literacy
STRAND 6: "Content and Creation" - Changes in Accessing and Organizing Information
Example Topics:
From Information Consumption to Co-creation and Production
Digital copyright and licensing
Open educational resources
Open Source Software
Multimedia creation and gaming spaces
What sort thinking, discussion, and collaborations will be necessary to ensure that everyone has free access to information/knowledge/wisdom?
If you are a regular reader of this blog, or if you are a first time visitor, you might be interested in some of the topics planned for the upcoming Worldwide Library 2.011 conference, which will be held online on November 2-3, 2011.
STRAND 1: "Libraries" - The Roles of Libraries in Today’s World
STRAND 2: "Librarians and Information Professionals" - Evolving Professional Roles in Today’s World
STRAND 3: "Information Organization"
STRAND 4: "Access and Delivery"
STRAND 5: "Learning" - Digital Age Learning Cultures
STRAND 6: "Content and Creation" - Changes in Accessing and Organizing Information
More information regarding the strands can be found below.
Via Steve Hargadon
Worldwide Library 2.011 Conference - Call for Presentations
This is our official call for presentations for the Library 2.011 conference, November 2 - 3, 2011. The conference will be held online, in multiple time zones over the course of two days, and will be free to attend. We encourage all to participate, and ask that you share this information where appropriate. Presentation submission instructions are at http://www.library20.com/pages/call-for-proposals.The Library 2.011 conference will be a unique chance to participate in a global conversation on the current and future state of libraries. The conference strands are at the bottom of this email. Session proposals will be posted on the conference website, and we encourage making comments to and connecting with others based on their session proposals, as well as "voting" for session using the "like" button on the submissions. Session proposals are due September 15, and session acceptances will be communicated by September 30.
You may submit more than one session, but priority will be given to providing as many presenters as possible the chance to present before accepting additional sessions from a particular presenter. Sessions should be planned to be at least 20 minutes or more in length, and all sessions must be completed (including Q&A) within one hour. All sessions will be held in Blackboard Collaborate (previously Elluminate/Wimba). Presenters will be responsible for being familiar enough with the program to present. There is very good recorded training we will send you, as well as providing a number of live training sessions where you can ask questions. To practice you can also sign up for the free 3-person Collaborate room at http://www.LearnCentral.org. Please note that all sessions will be recorded and quickly made available under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs License (for more information, see http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/). By submitting to present you are agreeing to these terms.
Session proposals are to be non-commercial. Interest in commercial sponsorship or presentations should be directed to Steve Hargadon at steve@hargadon.com.
Additionally, there are other ways to also participate in the conference!
If you want to be a conference volunteer, be sure to join the volunteer group athttp://www.library20.com/group/library2011conferencemoderatorvolunteers. Volunteers will help us to advertise/promote the conference as broadly as possible, and will also be needed to help moderate actual conference sessions. You can either be familiar with Blackboard Collaborate (formerly Elluminate, and the event platform), or we will have training sessions to help you become familiar if this is something you would like to do.
If you'd like to apply to be on our international advisory board, please sign up athttp://www.library20.com/page/international-advisory-board. The advisory board members are asked to promote both participation and attendance at the conference, to help us find partner organizations in their regions, to help train and support presenters in their geographical region and local languages, and if possible to help moderate sessions during the actual conference.
Your organization can also apply to be a conference partner! We actively encourage non-commercial organizations that are primarily or substantively focused on libraries, librarians, librarianship, or library programs to become conference partners at http://www.library20.com/page/conference-partners.
Organizations will be listed with a link, logo, and a short description and will be provided with a "spotlight" speaker session in the conference. There are no financial obligations for being a partner organization. Our goal for the conference is to have it be a milestone event, bringing together organizations and individuals from all over the world--so in return for recognizing organizations as partners, we ask that they actively promote the conference to their membership, and encourage participation as well as presentations submissions. Please let your organizations know about this opportunity.
We are very excited about this conference, and look forward to your participation!
Thank you,
Dr. Sandra Hirsh, Professor and Director
School of Library and Information Science (SLIS) at San José State University
More Information: http://slisweb.sjsu.edu/people/faculty/hirshs/hirshs.php
Steve Hargadon
Web 2.0 Labs
Email: steve@hargadon.com
Phone: 916-283-7901
More Information: http://www.stevehargadon.com
CONFERENCE STRANDS
STRAND 1: "Libraries" - The Roles of Libraries in Today’s World
Example Topics:
Libraries as community centers
Libraries as learning commons
Serving distributed and distance users
The library as a space versus the library as a service
Library privatization issues
STRAND 2: "Librarians and Information Professionals" - Evolving Professional Roles in Today’s World
Example Topics:
Librarians as Leaders
Library and Information Professional Careers in a Networked and Changing World
Embedded librarians
Applying library and information science skills in a variety of venues
Advocacy and building influence (professionally and institutionally)
STRAND 3: "Information Organization"
Example Topics:
Social organization of information
Subject gateways, online catalogs, and portals
Metadata: creation, storage, management, dissemination, harvesting and aggregating
RDA
Library automation / management software / integrated library systems
STRAND 4: "Access and Delivery"
Example Topics:
Digital media and the e-book revolution
Social networking use (social networking media for outreach and service promotion, location-based mobile social networks, etc.)
Emerging technology use (augmented reality, QR codes, mobile apps and delivery, etc.)
The changing roles of publishers
Working with vendors in the digital age
Conflicts between privacy and freedom of speech in a hyperlinked world
Measuring and assessing: determining the effectiveness of access and service delivery
Outsourcing
STRAND 5: "Learning" - Digital Age Learning Cultures
Example Topics:
New learning models and the role of the librarian and information professional
The growth of individualized and self-paced learning
Multiliteracies : digital literacy, visual literacy, media literacy, information literacy
STRAND 6: "Content and Creation" - Changes in Accessing and Organizing Information
Example Topics:
From Information Consumption to Co-creation and Production
Digital copyright and licensing
Open educational resources
Open Source Software
Multimedia creation and gaming spaces
Revisiting CHI 2011: Videos of Interactive Touch, Gesture, Large Surface, and Mobile Apps with Potential for Use in Education (CHI = Computer Human Interaction)
One of my interests is how the power and potential post-WIMP interactive technologies can be harnessed for use for formal and informal education purposes, including life-long collaborative learning.
In May, I had a chance to meet with a number of like-minded people during the CHI 2011 conference at the 2nd Workshop on UI Technologies and Impact on Educational Pedagogy. I was impressed with the depth and breadth of the presentations at the workshop. Since then, I've been looking through other papers and videos from CHI 2011 to find interesting applications that hold potential for use in educational settings.
I've come across a good number of interesting applications and prototypes, so be sure to check back for future posts on this topic. For now, here are a few applications that I'd like to share.
Below are a few videos from Phillip Chi-Wing Fu. (He doesn't know it yet, but I've admitted his videos into the Post-WIMP Explorers' Club.)
Interactive Multi-touch Sketching Interface for Diffusion Curves
"A novel multi-touch sketching interface enabling interactive and practical design with 2D diffusion curves is proposed; featured interaction techniques include simultaneous sketching of multiple diffusion curves and at-the-spot colors tuning."
Distinguishing Multiple Smart-Phone Interactions on a Multi-touch Wall Display using Tilt Correlation
"This paper proposes a novel matching technique, called tilt correlation, which employs the built-in tilt sensor on smart-phones to identify their concurrent contacts on a common multi-touch wall display."
WYSIWYF: Exploring and Annotating Volume Data with a Tangible Handheld Device (CHI 2011)
"Integration of a multi-touch wall display with a tangible handheld device with multi-touch and tilt sensing capabilities to provide intuitive what-you-see-is-what-you-feel visual exploration and annotation of volume data."
The following videos were uploaded by alucero:
Pass-Them-Around: Collaborative Use of Mobile Phones for Photo Sharing (CHI 2011)
"Pass-Them-Around is a phone-based application that allows a small group of collocated people to share photos using the metaphor of passing paper photos around. The prototype encourages people to share their devices and use them interchangeably while discussing photos face-to-face. The prototype supports ad-hoc photo sharing in different contexts by taking into account the spatial arrangement of users around a table, measured with sensors embedded in their mobile phones."
The next video was part of MobileHCI '10:
MindMap: Collaborative Use of Mobile Phones for Brainstorming
In May, I had a chance to meet with a number of like-minded people during the CHI 2011 conference at the 2nd Workshop on UI Technologies and Impact on Educational Pedagogy. I was impressed with the depth and breadth of the presentations at the workshop. Since then, I've been looking through other papers and videos from CHI 2011 to find interesting applications that hold potential for use in educational settings.
I've come across a good number of interesting applications and prototypes, so be sure to check back for future posts on this topic. For now, here are a few applications that I'd like to share.
Below are a few videos from Phillip Chi-Wing Fu. (He doesn't know it yet, but I've admitted his videos into the Post-WIMP Explorers' Club.)
Interactive Multi-touch Sketching Interface for Diffusion Curves
"A novel multi-touch sketching interface enabling interactive and practical design with 2D diffusion curves is proposed; featured interaction techniques include simultaneous sketching of multiple diffusion curves and at-the-spot colors tuning."
Distinguishing Multiple Smart-Phone Interactions on a Multi-touch Wall Display using Tilt Correlation
"This paper proposes a novel matching technique, called tilt correlation, which employs the built-in tilt sensor on smart-phones to identify their concurrent contacts on a common multi-touch wall display."
WYSIWYF: Exploring and Annotating Volume Data with a Tangible Handheld Device (CHI 2011)
"Integration of a multi-touch wall display with a tangible handheld device with multi-touch and tilt sensing capabilities to provide intuitive what-you-see-is-what-you-feel visual exploration and annotation of volume data."
The following videos were uploaded by alucero:
Pass-Them-Around: Collaborative Use of Mobile Phones for Photo Sharing (CHI 2011)
"Pass-Them-Around is a phone-based application that allows a small group of collocated people to share photos using the metaphor of passing paper photos around. The prototype encourages people to share their devices and use them interchangeably while discussing photos face-to-face. The prototype supports ad-hoc photo sharing in different contexts by taking into account the spatial arrangement of users around a table, measured with sensors embedded in their mobile phones."
The next video was part of MobileHCI '10:
MindMap: Collaborative Use of Mobile Phones for Brainstorming
Labels:
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HCI,
interaction,
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Jul 5, 2011
Update: I'm using Google+ , link to a good article on the topic - WAS: I want to explore GooglePlus. I've been invited, but Google won't let me come inside to play!
Update: I am exploring Google+, in the meantime, take a look at the following article:
Keith Kleiner, Singularity Hub, 4/6/11
My recent blog post linking to an article about Google + and education was found by someone searching for "Google Plus". It was the fourth link in the search.
I've been invited to join Google+, but Google isn't ready to let me in to play!
Interesting article about Google Plus and Social Tools for Schools (Audrey Watters, ReadWrite Web)
I've been invited to Google Plus, but can't play there yet until further notice. In the meantime, I'd like to share an interesting article about the potential for Google Plus for use in education settings:
Google Plus: Is This the Social Tool Schools Have Been Waiting For?
Audrey Watters, ReadWrite Web, 4/2/11)
Thanks to Stephanie Richardson for the link!
Google Plus: Is This the Social Tool Schools Have Been Waiting For?
Audrey Watters, ReadWrite Web, 4/2/11)
Thanks to Stephanie Richardson for the link!
Augmented Reality Cookies: Link to video and website for QKies, a new twist that blends cookies and AR.
QKies is a cooperative project of Juchem Gruppe, a German food trade company, and DFKI, the German Research Center for Artificial Intelligence. QKies is a special twist on baking cookies that involves the use of QR codes that people can share as they share cookies with others:
"Give your friends and acquaintances cookies, they send you directly to a specific site. For example, this can be a video on YouTube, a photo from Flickr or your own website."
Below is a picture from a blog post about QKies:
-Bemme51
Here is an introductory video of the product, in German:
QKies - sag's mit Keksen from r3 media on Vimeo.
Below is a video created by Johannes Schoening of his augmented reality Christmas Cookies. The idea for the concept, as you see, started out as a joke, after his wife asked him to bake some cookies for the holidays.
Johannes worked as a senior researcher at DFKI and is now following his new motto, "Baked to the Future" at "people interactive" (http://www.people-
"Give your friends and acquaintances cookies, they send you directly to a specific site. For example, this can be a video on YouTube, a photo from Flickr or your own website."
Below is a picture from a blog post about QKies:
-Bemme51
Here is an introductory video of the product, in German:
QKies - sag's mit Keksen from r3 media on Vimeo.
Below is a video created by Johannes Schoening of his augmented reality Christmas Cookies. The idea for the concept, as you see, started out as a joke, after his wife asked him to bake some cookies for the holidays.
Johannes worked as a senior researcher at DFKI and is now following his new motto, "Baked to the Future" at "people interactive" (http://www.people-
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augmented reality,
cookies,
DFKI,
johannes schoening,
juchem grouppe,
QR,
QR code
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