Beginning the Journey

I returned to graduate school after working in the industry for 10 years to study how new media (information and communication technologies) are being used by not-for profit organizations and community based groups to promote social change. During one of the foundation courses, Digital Internet Culture, I decided this was the opportune time to start researching and collecting articles of interest that fit my plan of study.

And so here is the first of many to come this semester...it is an article about a center that conducts digital storytelling workshops. This article discusses how accessibility to new media technology like digital video cameras and digital editing software, enable non traditional stories to be told, collected, and disseminated.

This article is of particular interest to me b/c it is an example of how new media is being used to bring voice to people who are often rendered invisible and unheard.

Read the complete article:
Center for Digital Storytelling helps people hold up a lens to their own lives