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First Nations, Storytelling and Learning Technology
Posted by: mcs1 | January 14, 2012 | 2 Comments
I’ve really been wrestling with how to examine this course. I am completely committed to this project with the Haisla. I think it is very important and I see my own future really tied to it. I hate to use the term “calling” because it is really over used, but I definitely feel the pull. However, it would likely be much easier on me to look at one the college classes I teach (Technical Writing, for example) and apply the learning in 565 to that. MUCH easier. However, I can’t imagine it would be anywhere near as fulfilling. At certain points in life you just have to take a risk. It’s what I always try and teach writing students (conventional will get you ZZZZZZZZZZZs) and now I am being forced to put my money where my mouth is. Or not (the last day to withdraw is Monday;-). Fortunately, there is a beautiful place called the library and I have been able to find some great scholarship on this type of project. Always very comforting to be able to draw on the experience of those who came before you. Anyway, I found these really interesting articles that are related to my own project, even though they may approach the topic from different angles and fields. Definitely useful for those working with First Nations learners, storytelling and technology, me thinks.
*Looks like these links may actually break the law (thanks John) so I will look for another way to post.In the meantime, however, here are the names of those articles:
“Meeting in the Middle: An Exploration of Distance and First Nation Education in Canada.” By Teprine Baldo
“The ANCESTOR (AborigiNal Computer Education through STORytelling) Project: Aboriginal Youth Engagement in Alternative Careers.” by Marla Weston and Dianne Biin
“Flattening the World from the Inside: Digital Storytelling with Incarcerated Youth” by
Raj Boora, Diane Conrad, Susan Spence-Campbell
“E-Learning in Remote First Nations: The BC – Yukon First Nations’ Health Network” by
David G. Harper, Ph.D.
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Miguel,
Unless you’ve been given to host these papers on this site you need to remove them. You can use links to external (non-UBC) sites though.
This puts UBC in violation of copyright law: please remove the articles from the site (not just the links, the actual articles) ASAP. Or forward me the permissions you’ve received to upload them here.
Thanks!
Appreciate your attending to this so quickly!