Tonight Leslie from KQED came and spoke about locative learning. It was interesting to hear her perspective on the difference between digital storytelling in the first person, where the storyteller gets really deep into a personal narrative and the type of stories people were telling using locative learning - going outside and making content with a sense of place. Maybe like apples and oranges I think.
There were a lot of ideas about how this new technology might be used. I'm trying to be open-minded and have fun with these ideas, but I feel like I've heard a lot of Utopian ideas before of how technology will, or could, change things. I think these ideas reflect a certain agenda which may or may not reflect reality. But I do like the new tech and can see that it opens up many different opportunities to learn and have fun with the technology. Leslie pointed out some cool applications and was enthusiastic about using the new tech which I appreciate.
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Hi Eric!
I appreciate your use of the word, "utopian," in conjunction with the interface between new technology and education; I find there's a lot of "cheerleading" going on in the educational world where it intersects with Web 2.0. I encourage you to check out the following thesis (from MIT) which is a landmark in locative media and education.
http://dspace.mit.edu/handle/1721.1/39186?show=full
unfortunately I believe you need to cut/paste it into the address bar to use it
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