International Day for Sharing Life Stories

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January 1, 2008
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SECOND LIFE AND VIRTUAL EVENTS /EVENTOS VIRTUAIS

The New Media Consortium (NMC) is organizing two virtual activities!

The New Media Consortium (NMC) is an international consortium of nearly 250 learning-focused organizations dedicated to the exploration and use of new media and new technologies. They are organizing two activities in Second Life, to celebrate the International Day for Sharing Life Stories! The first one is the exhibition of life stories produced by several of the Centers in Digital Storytelling around the world. The purpose is to illustrate for 3 hours the diversity of geographic areas where communities are being empowered through DS work. A ‘in-world’ hawker leading will invite visitors to these storycircles. She/he will also manage any parallel conversation; complement the on-screen information and log the chat history occurring in Second Life during the screening. The event will be announced via SLED (SL Educators list) and NMCTAB (New Media Consortium Techn. Advisory Board).

What? : Video screening
When? May 16, 9 am to 12 am (Second Life time)
Where? NMC Campus 1 in Second Life - URL: http://slurl.com/secondlife/NMC Campus 1/51/39/25

The other activity they’re organizing is a Conference on storytelling in virtual environments. Six speakers will do short presentations in Second Life (SL), in some cases illustrated by digital stories shown on a screen in SL. The conference will take place in front of a virtual audience and will have an in-world moderator. The presentations will be 5-7 min each and a Question & Answer session will follow.

What? Conference
When? May 17, 12 – 2 pm (Second Life time)
Where? NMC Campus 1 in Second Life - URL: http://slurl.com/secondlife/NMC Campus 1/51/39/25

+info: johnson@nmc.org or anaventura@mail.utexas.edu

Global Mindshift will be offering global online conversation

Starting at the International Day for Sharing Life Stories, the 16^th may, Global Mindshift will be offering small, online conversations where people from around the world can connect at a deeper level by sharing aspects of their life story.
What?Online conversation
When? May 16-22, 2008

Where? www.global-mindshift.org

+info: gmsadmin@global-mindshift.org

Bc Literacy Forum creates online forum for sharing stories

The Bc Literacy Forum invites people to share a story of a favorite family tradition in the format of their choice. They hope to celebrate cultures and family by getting stories from all over the world. Stories can be posted online between now and the end of May. The stories will be compiled into an online showcase, website.

What? Online Forum
When? During the month of May
Where? http://www.bcliteracyforum.ca
+info: shirtz@t2online.ca

Kiwi Educators shares stories in Second Life

The audience will primarily be Kiwi Educators in Second Life, but other storytellers are welcome. They’re going to share SL stories and to use SL as a place to tell stories and share experiences.

What?Online conversation
When? May 16
Where? http://slurl.com/secondlife/Koru/156/122/27
+info: Cheryl.brown@openpolytechnic.ac.nz

A trio of three NZ based organisations with a passion for digital stories. Stoyworx, Storyboards and Lasso creates a new website

The website uses social participatory software Ning- and sets up a place for New Zealanders to add and share their own digital stories. The site will go live on may 16, and it is open for everyone to share their stories.
What? Website
When? May 16
Where? http://ourlifestories.ning.com/
+info: Cheryl.brown@openpolytechnic.ac.nz