{"id":1328,"date":"2009-11-18T00:24:51","date_gmt":"2009-11-18T08:24:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/etec521\/?p=1328"},"modified":"2009-11-19T00:44:45","modified_gmt":"2009-11-19T08:44:45","slug":"usmob","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/etec521\/2009\/11\/18\/usmob\/","title":{"rendered":"UsMob"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"top\"UsMob<\/strong><\/span><\/a>, Australia’s first Aborignal children’s interactive website, was created to allow users to interact with a virtual experience life in Hidden Valley camp outside of Alice Springs. This site was created with the vision of using new media to develop cross-cultural lines of communication, creating a non-fictional story of life in this area. The producer’s goal was to for children to learn about the community and consequence as opposed to assuming the Aboriginal children in Australia were obliged to catch up to the digital divide standards that have been determined by other communities.<\/p>\n

Set in the central desert of Australia.\u00a0 Visitors interact with Aboriginal teenagers adventures and crisis.\u00a0 This site encourages an exchange of culture, creativity, and experience between non-indigenous and Indigenous youth.\u00a0 Its hope is to inspire young Indigenous people to use the Internet to develop skills.\u00a0 This online environment was developed with a sensitivity to authoring biases ensuring that it is relevant to Indigenous audiences.<\/p>\n

The interactive website takes visitors on a seven part journey which includes:<\/p>\n

Episode 1: Kwatye (Water)<\/strong>
\nAboriginal kids don’t get lost in the desert without any water… do they?
\nFact Sheet<\/span><\/em>:\u00a0Finding Water in Desert<\/a>
\nFact Sheet<\/span><\/em>:\u00a0Different Foods in Arrernte Country<\/a><\/p>\n

Episode 2: Money Day<\/strong>
\nTeased about her hearing aid at school, Della has to decide whose voice she will listen to.
\nFact Sheet<\/span><\/em>:\u00a0Indigenous Languages in Australia<\/a>
\nFact Sheet<\/span><\/em>:\u00a0Deafness in Indigenous Communities<\/a><\/p>\n

Episode 3: Ure (Fire)<\/strong>
\nWhen Harry burns a tree on someone else’s land, is it just nature that he is messing with?
\nFact Sheet<\/span><\/em>:\u00a0Traditional Healing<\/a>
\nFact Sheet<\/span><\/em>:\u00a0Lhere Mparntwe<\/a><\/p>\n

Episode 4: Wrong Skin<\/strong>
\nIn a battle for the same boy, sisters Jacquita and Della must decide whether to follow their hearts or their traditional law.
\nFact Sheet<\/span><\/em>:\u00a0Skin Names<\/a><\/p>\n

Episode 5: Pmere Amekemeke (Sacred Sites)<\/strong>
\n10, 9, 8, 7… As their childhood days disappear and the non-Aboriginal world seems to be closing in, will Charlie and Harry’s friendship survive?
\nFact Sheet<\/span><\/em>:\u00a0Traditional Stories<\/a>
\nFact Sheet<\/span><\/em>:\u00a0Sacred Sites<\/a><\/p>\n

Episode 6: Sniffer<\/strong>
\nAlienated by her family and friends, Della turns to petrol sniffing and leaves her sister with a difficult decision.
\nFact Sheet<\/span><\/em>:\u00a0Petrol Sniffing<\/a>
\nFact Sheet<\/span><\/em>:\u00a0Arrernte Culture I<\/a><\/p>\n

Episode 7: Iwerre Atherrame (Two Paths)<\/strong>
\nNo longer a boy but still not a man. Can Harry keep pushing both black and white laws and avoid the consequences?
\nFact Sheet<\/span><\/em>:\u00a0Arrernte Culture II<\/a><\/p>\n

UsMob logo<\/span> [Online Image]. (n.d.). Retrieved November 17, 2009, from UsMob website. http:\/\/www.usmob.com.au\/index.html<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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