SPCA and New Media

I just signed up for the 2009 Wag n' Walk. It's a walkathon fundraiser for the Monterey SPCA. They allow "walkers" to sign up for free. They also give the "walkers" a free personalized home page to encourage friends and relatives to sponsor their walk. I think it's a great use of new media and Web 2.0. Check out Team Dink: http://wagnwalk.spcamc.org/goto/teamdinkMy only suggestion would be for the SPCA to take it one step further, and add options for "Wag N' Walk Walkers" to "share" their personal page with social network sites like Facebook, Twitter, Myspace, etc. Youtube allows users to directly "share" videos to Facebook with a click of a button.

My thesis on new media, education, and documentary

My Masters thesis on new media, education, and documentary is now available online. Go to: http://etd.lib.montana.edu/etd/view/item.php?id=835

It is entitled "Moving Beyond Broadcast: Making a Children's Documentary for the New Media Landscape". It should prove handy for those who want a good summary of new media. It also included links to some of the best examples of educational games and new media.

Funny educational podcasts from NASA

Several students from the Science and Natural History Filmmaking Graduate Program at MSU Bozeman are working for NASA. They are making some great podcasts. Ryan (aka Galilelo) was in my year. I am glad to see NASA is making good use of his sense of humor.
NASA | You're Welcome Science: Galileo's Greatest Hits from NASA Explorer on Vimeo.

Links to review of zebra film and to my thesis on new media and education

It looks like my zebra film is starting to make it into some education circles. I found this blog about my film and its use in lesson plans: Joy Mullin's Technology Integration Class Blog

Also, MSU Bozeman has now published my thesis online. You can now click and download "Moving Beyond Broadcast and Traditional Pedagogy: Making a Children's Documentary for the New Media Landscape".

Trying out Doodle

I am trying to keep up with web 2.0, and one of the sites I keep seeing inn the Twitterverse is Doodle. This is an online polling site. I think it would be a great way to send out party invites, poll your potential dinner guests about what they like to eat, drink, etc. But I made a simple test, asking what your favorite social network site is. Please feel free to take this random poll.

Update

Well I have finished the 5 week distraction of working on a feature film. Now it's back to new media. I just filled out my volunteer application for the Game Developers Conference in San Francisco March 23rd. The admission is normally $2,000, so that's the only way I could go at this point.


I am up in San Francisco at the moment. I am hoping to get the San Francisco Zoo to sign a location agreement so I can do more with my Zebra film. I am also thinking about going over to CurrentTV to see if they do tours or if I could speak to anyone that works there. CurrentTV is really leading the way in new media, documentary, and television.

I also just withdrew my application for an education coordinator job in Gilroy. I just had my second interview, but the hours were more than I previously thought. I want to be able to go do things like volunteer for conferences, etc. It does me no good to be committed to working several hours a day 5 days a week. So I have decided to stay focused on getting PodclassTV off the ground. I am going to start designing the prototype site as soon as I get back from San Francisco.

Oh, here's a good site for new media and education: http://www.glogster.com/edu

Zebra Film on TERRA

I gave permission to my Masters program in Montana to use my film for their TERRA podcast site. I just received word it had almost 10,000 hits its first week and was number 1. I am on edge waiting to hear back from 16 film festivals I entered. Here's a link to TERRA: http://www.lifeonterra.com/episode.php?id=191