Digital Media Literacy Summit 2007

Welcome to the Digital Media Literacy Summit (Organised by the Media Literacy Task Force)

Peter Packer — Thu, 21 Jun 2007 23:01:22 +0100

The Media Literacy Task Force* invite you to participate in the Digital Media Literacy Summit 2007

Date: 08 November 2007
Location: Channel 4 Television 124 Horseferry Road, London, SW1P 2TX

Working for a Media Literate UK

The extraordinary changes taking place in how we create, consume and talk about media content requires the whole industry, policy makers and educators to think afresh about how we can ensure that the public is able to access the social skills, experiences and cultural competencies to fully participate in and make sense of a landscape that is characterised by a ceaseless riptide of innovation.
The Digital Media Literacy Summit will provide a unique opportunity to explore these challenges with input from leading thinkers and practitioners from the UK and overseas.

In particular, the emergence of new participatory cultures is creating a whole series of new challenges to accepted thinking about media literacy as the focus moves from one of individual expression to one of community involvement.

Digital Media Literacy Summit 2007

Invite Boredom

Paul Conneally — Sat, 05 Apr 2008 00:55:33 +0100

Listening to the Invigilator:Digbeth discussion I was struck by oblique and direct references to boredom - the gallery invigilator's job being referred to as sometimes boring.

When transposed to an outside space where the invigilator has to stand or sit and simply 'watch over' then the space and the action of simply watching over it sets up an interaction that is boring in such a way that it can transcend boredom if we let it... The space becoming bored of the invigilator throws up new facets new resonances between it and the 'watcher over' the 'invigilator'.

A couple of Invigilator:Digbeth participants said that they found the invigilating very zen like - another not at all - the invigilating passed-by with a contrived doing - a counting of and classification of vehicles passing through the invigilated space. Such actions are invoked by the space itself as it is watched over - after all it was only chance that the space invigilated happened to have cars passing through it - this counting this classifying borne out of the possibility of boredom.

"INVITE BOREDOM" - paul conneally 2008

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INVIGILATOR : DIGBETH

Paul Conneally — Mon, 31 Mar 2008 23:08:59 +0100

Here are some pictures followed by something about the piece itself:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/nikki_pugh/sets/72157604315544938/

http://www.flickr.com/photos/nikki_pugh/collections/72157604320330003/

paul conneally + nikki pugh + you + them
Saturday 29th March, 2-5pm
VIVID at 2pm

As Digbeth continues its metamorphosis and assimilation into Eastside (Birmingham’s transforming, revitalising and regenerating regeneration project[1]) art institutions and project spaces present there are slowly increasing in number and yet, for the most part, they are safely kept behind locked gates, barred windows and access-controlled doors.

For Invigilator: Digbeth, a team of volunteers took the role of gallery invigilator/visitor assistant outside where, rather than sitting in gallery spaces, they were watchful over the streets and the day-to-day life unfolding there.

This is the fifth in the Invigilator series[2] where a single set of directions has been transposed onto different locations to determine the exact place for watching over; we can choose our significant starting points, but then a pre-determined sequence of lefts, rights and straight-ons takes us on a not-quite-random walk to an unplanned invigilation site.

Invigilator: Digbeth consisted of several invigilations taking place simultaneously throughout the Digbeth area. The significant starting points were the galleries, studios and project spaces that would normally host the invigilators. The same galleries, studios and project spaces responsible for Digbeth’s renaissance…

Digbeth is also significant as the starting point for the Invigilator series as a whole since the directions used to arrive at the invigilation sites were derived from those used to get from home to a part-time job invigilating at VIVID.

Invigilators met at VIVID at 2pm, borrowing some of their red t-shirts and then walked to our respective invigilation sites (3 people per team) where we were watchful for about 30 minutes before returning to VIVID for refreshments and feedback. No special equipment was required: just suitably warm clothing and a willingness to interact with the city.

references:
[1] www.birmingham.gov.uk/eastside.bcc
[2]New Forest,Derby,Tokyo and Nuneaton

Invigilator:Digbeth has been supported by Access West Midlands

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Overwhelmed by all the videos? The media literacy summit summarised...

Tim_Davies — Sat, 10 Nov 2007 18:26:41 +0000

I realise the wealth of video captured on the day at the Digital Media Literacy Summit can look a little overwhelming here. With many minutes of interviews and vox pops shared, there is a lot of information to digest.

I've put together a summary of all the video content I was able to capture, along with links to some of the MediaSnackers clips, in a blog post over here.

Whether you were at the event and want a reminder of the key points from the speakers or you couldn't make it and want to tap into some of the ideas and reflections shared on the day - I would recomend making use of the videos captured.

Follow this link to read the summary.

Background information: Making use of video

All you need to be able to watch these videos is a computer with sound (speakers or headphones) and with the Macromedia Flash player installed. If you can't see the videos after following the links in the blog post then contact your IT support.

These videos are all three minutes or less - two minutes on average. Most of these videos can simply be listened to, and so you may prefer to load each video in a new window as you read the blog post and listen to it in the background whilst looking to see if any other clips may interest you.

Many feel that using online video to share information offers a different experience and offers access to different nuances from those in written text. Please do use the comments here or on the blog post linked to above in order to share your thoughts on whether you find these video interviews a useful addition to the summit record.

Digital Media Literacy Summit 2007

Video: Tanya Byron

Tim_Davies — Sat, 10 Nov 2007 18:07:54 +0000

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Video: Matt Locke

Tim_Davies — Sat, 10 Nov 2007 17:46:29 +0000

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Digital Journalists Film Review

Digital Journalists — Sat, 10 Nov 2007 17:14:35 +0000

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Video: Joan Barker

Tim_Davies — Sat, 10 Nov 2007 16:17:24 +0000

Joan Barker, Silver Surfer of the Year 2007, talking about the importance of engaging older people in digital media literacy building.

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Video: Dick Penny

Tim_Davies — Sat, 10 Nov 2007 14:00:14 +0000

Dick Penny from the Watershed in Bristol talking about the importance of community organisations in enabling groups 'at the edges' to engage with technology and to realise their digital media literacy.

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Video: Jon Gisby

Tim_Davies — Sat, 10 Nov 2007 13:58:14 +0000

Jon Gisby considering how the media landscape has changed and looking at the role of the media literacy taskforce.