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Audio recordings triggered by scanning a barcode on old clothes sounds like a fab way of tracking the life of a garment and its owners. This is experiment begun by an Oxfam charity shop in Manchester, England, and you can read more about it here:

http://www.tonic.com/article/if-your-clothes-could-talk-what-would-they-say/
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- Janette Sargent-Hamill, author of "Family, Your Story: A Guide to Digital Storytelling".

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Here’s a nice profile of filmmaker Cindy Ball who studied digital storytelling at masters level on Ball State University’s well-known digital storytelling course:

http://www.indystar.com/article/20100704/LIVING19/7040325/1275/LIVING19/Conversation-Cindy-Ball-filmmaker
I’ve kept an eye on this university’s digital storytelling progress over the last few years. I was particularly interested in their work with people affected by Hurricane Katrina.
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As part of The Planter and the Gael Project, Donegal County Museum and Derry City Council Heritage and Museum Service are hosting a seminar called ‘The Plantation of Ulster – What Does It Mean To Us Now?’ Speakers include Dr Eamonn O’Ciardha, Academy of Irish Cultural Heritages, University of Ulster at Magee. Groups from Donegal [...]

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Singing Bowl Media helped the group learn basic video and web design skills to complete their short video productions.  New residents across Hobsons Bay and Wyndham City in Australia took part and their stories are being screened locally at the free ‘Light in Winter Festival’ until Sunday 4 July 2010 and also being Skyped from [...]

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Ted Lai is the director of Technology and Media Services in California’s Fullerton School District. Here’s his write-up of his Beyond Digital Storytelling session at ISTE Denver which he co-presented with Michelle Bourgeois and Bud Hunt of St. Vrain School District:

http://www.eschoolnews.com/2010/06/28/making-the-most-of-iste-sessions/
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“..we solicit novel papers describing approaches in digital storytelling that address the challenges posed by real world environments experienced through mobile devices.”
http://www.mediaartplatform.nl/blog/angelina-tsitoura/call-papers-mobile-digi…
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..stopping plagiarism isn’t one of them. This is an article in The Economic Voice which argues that encouraging digital storytelling in school might cut down on the stealing of other people’s work. I can’t see it myself but, whatever floats your boat I guess:

http://www.economicvoice.com/plagiarism-in-the-classroom-trise-of-the-plagiosphere/50011245#axzz0rb5M1HUh
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Fijian artist Thelma Thomas will work with Islander children aged under ten in making digital stories about life in western Sydney. It’s part of a celebration of all things Pacific in Liverpool June 25-27. The Casula Powerhouse Arts Centre, Australian Museum and NRL have joined forces to launch the Body Pacifica festival.

http://mt-druitt-standard.whereilive.com.au/lifestyle/story/spotlight-on-pacific-at-liverpool/>
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"The topic of each group’s project was limited only by the need to have some bearing on Alameda’s history. … one girl, for example, has an uncle who is heavily into the annual Alameda Car Show. Another group was interested in telling an immigrant’s tale, and they chose to interview a Vietnamese refugee (in Vietnamese, [...]

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