Delta School District = a Social Media History Maker
Cross-post from DSD Youth Activities
Pretty impressed with the forward thinking of the Delta School District, as as far I am aware they will be one of the first school districts in Canada to fully embrace social media this summer, by actually offering students a course in it.
That’s right, the Delta School District is having me teach two mini-courses this summer on ‘Blogging and Storytelling’ and I’m pretty gosh, darn excited about it. I love Interactive Storytelling (which is a part of what using social media tools to tell story is), I love to share knowledge (especially that which excites me) and I love working with young people and seeing them get excited about learning.
So details on the classes? Here they are:
BLOGGING – STORYTELLING RESPONSIBLY & SAFELY (ages 10 – 15)
If our youth are going to blog, tweet or fire up flickr photos – on the new information highways – then might it be wise to teach them to do it in both a socially responsible and personally safe fashion? Join media arts specialist and Delta teacher Erica Hargreave as she helps students create their stories and characters online in a safe and responsible manner. This week of storytelling explores the use of social media tools which are becoming more and more a part of their lives. And of course … don’t forget your digital camera!
Fee: $70
ID 8153 July 6 -10 9:00 – 11:00 am Seaquam Secondary
ID 8154 July 13 – 17 1:00 – 3:00 pm Delta Secondary
Nervous about your child learning how to use social media? Well, I hate to say it, but it is just like sex. You can hide it from them, but that doesn’t mean they’re not going to experiment on their own. By showing young people the cool things they can do with social media and storytelling, we can encourage them to be safe, show them how to be safe and how to use the tools responsibly. I also might add, that it is the knowledge of how to use these tools safely and responsibly that a lot of businesses are looking to young people for guidance, opening those that know how to do this to a lot of opportunity.
Hope to see you and your young storytellers this summer!
Chicks Who Click Hit Vancouver!!!
A few of you have been asking about Tris Hussey’s and my upcoming workshops and where you can sign up. Those are still on the horizon, but in the mean time there is another exciting event coming to town where you can learn the ins and outs of utilizing social media in your storytelling and other aspects of your business and personal life. That’s right Chicks Who Click are coming to town on June 26th and 27th.
What’s that you ask?
Chicks who Click is an initiative born in Colorado thats designed to bring dynamic women together with minds that are creative, connected and looking to collaborate and be the best in their fields with social media.
Does that mean that you need to be a leader in social media to attend?
Absolutely not. The event is designed to foster women starting to utilize Social Media and provide those already using Social Media with growth opportunities.
So should you come and will you gain from the experience?
Absolutely.
For those of you curious to learn more, here’s what the event looks like:
Friday, June 26, 2009
5:00 p.m.
Chicks who Mix: Tweet-up at the Alibi Room
Saturday, June 27, 2009
8:00-8:30
Breakfast and Networking8:30-9:30
Via Livecast from Seattle-Monica Guzman, from the Seattle Post Intelligencer9:45-10:45
“Twitter: Tweeting, Following & Finding” -Monica Hamburg11:00-12:00
“Breaking the Glass Ceiling-Women in Tech Start-ups”-Megan Cole, Victoria Revay, Alexandra Samuel, moderated by Boris Mann12:15-1:15
Lunch
Carrie McCarthy-Marketing your image-online and off.1:30-2:30
“Connecting Communities-Traditional Media and New Media”-Erica Hargreave3:45-5:00
“Privacy vs Transparency-Where do you draw the line?”- Gillian Shaw, Rebecca Bolwitt, Erica Hargreave, Moderated by Doyle Albee5:30-?
Chicks who Mix Cocktail Party and Networking
Making Twitter History in Yorkton, Saskatchewan
A very cool thing happened to us at this years Yorkton Film Festival. We hit the ‘top ten trending twitter topics’!
Festival Social Media Team: Lee, Karen & Tris tweeting away
Now I know what some of you are thinking, so what, we do that all the time at various events here in Vancouver. Well, what made this hit on the ‘top ten trending twitter topics’ so exciting for both Tris Hussey and myself is that it was the twitter community following along on the Interactive Storytelling Panel conversation from outside of the room that drove us up to the ‘top ten trending twitter topics’. To the best of Tris’ and my knowledge this had only ever been done with conferences and events from inside the room. Definitely a twitter first for both Tris and I.
yff09 delegate, Joanne MacDonald, tweeting for the first time.
To make this even more exciting, this happened whilst one of the main points that we were getting across is that social media is about community and building the community around you. The twitter community demoed this for the festival delegates in real time, as they illustrated to the room how a conversation could go beyond four-walls and those that could not be present could still be a part of the conversation. The highlight of this for me was not during the panel, but at the awards gala, when @heckofamom could not be present at festival to see her sister, Teresa MacInnes win two Golden Sheaf Awards for ‘Norm’, but she could follow along in real time on twitter and be a part of the night with her parents, brother-in-law and Teresa. My eyes welled up with tears and I got all choked up when they thanked Tris and I at the end of the evening.
Teresa & her husband, Kent winning the Golden Sheaf for Best of Festival for 'Norm'
Community is also the factor that makes the Yorkton Film Festival so special to me. This Film Festival is a whole community event that the families of Yorkton, Saskatchewan put on for the film community. The community made us dinner every night for heavens sake. It was pretty gosh, darn special and I feel incredibly fortunate for having been a part of it.
Members of the Yorkton Red Hat Society at Opening Night
An enormous thank you to the twitter community, Yorkton community and yff09 delegates for making this years Yorkton Film Festival so very special to us!
Raising a glass to the following tweeters:
From Outside the Room:
- @atomicfez
- @heckofamom
- @IanAMartin
- @lordlikely
- @SookieBonTemps
- @cognoscento
- @gresco
- @inkcanada
- @hummingbird604
- @AspaPhoto
- @iChris
- @Jaymes
- @rott1058
- @menvent
- @davidgane
- @himpster
- @JonJennings
- @raincoaster
- @vic_toria
- @harrietglynn
- @HelenHatzis
- @b_radley
- @bokahiman
- @SocialMediabbl
- @stevengroves
- @TWalk
- @nsi
- @lizhover
- @CSTC_SIFT
- @thekyleguy
- @shel
- @_lisas
- @davidiangray
- @tyfn
- @gillianshaw
- @fakedanudey
- @frogboy229
- @CarolSill
- @formulaphoto
- @ldgbruno
- @saskatooncom
- @StormyWeather
From Inside the Room: