There’s a lot of buzz both at home and abroad about broadband access, the power of telecommunications to transform the employment landscape of truly rural communities. Local and traditional industry can utilize the web to sustain and grow business, all from their own town. No longer is moving to urban centers for education [...]
Author Archives: remy
Media + Youth + School = local climate change action
June 18, 2009 – 9:03 pm
While “sustainability” and “climate change” are sometimes considered overplayed, catch-phrases, they are real issues, real topics, real conversations that people all around the world are engaging in and with in their communities. There’s a lot of information out there (Thank You, Google), and a lot of communication (Yikes! Where to begin?), but it’s often [...]
Taking ‘local’ to market
June 8, 2009 – 7:09 pm
Taking your goods, crafts, skills to market can seem overwhelming in the age of the internet and mobile technology. A neat company offering a solution for small-town businesses is Shustir – an online marketplace that focuses on providing small business owners with easy-to-use online tools to build a virtual storefront. Using the Shustir [...]
5×5’s
May 17, 2009 – 5:39 pm
Can you tell a story in 5 short, 5 second clips? That’s a question I pondered when I stumbled across Five Vignettes channel and 5×5 Fanatics group on Vimeo. Fun concept. I started by filming 5 still objects and scenes with little movement in them. It was boring, I admit. The images were “pretty” and [...]
Hello from the left coast
May 6, 2009 – 5:00 pm
Since graduating, I’ve been working inside and outside the classroom, in experiential education settings, and in international systems of education (namely India) working to consciously implement technology into classroom curricula, set up after school programs, and design programs of study that utilize multimedia tools. Technology for the sake of technology does not get my turbine spinning, rather it is the application of the technology that interests me – how can technological innovations weave into the realities/routines of everyday life to improve communication, learning, teaching, and, ultimately, understanding among and between different groups of people.