A surprising way that technology can promote social interaction, with a video of different ways that information can be presented in a museum setting.
Ed.VoiceThread is a secure collaborative network designed for the K-12 academic environment. Using one simple tool, educators and students can collaborate around almost any tpe of media via voice, text, webcam and drawing commentary, all within a secure environment.
This radio and television show chronicles various lives of different people in America. Each episode relates several personal anecdotes that focus on a central theme in an attempt to capture the experiences, both serious and humorous, of living in America. Archives of the radio show and short YouTube clips of the television show are available on this site.
In 2000, NPR chose the top 100 musical works from the 20th century from many genres. This Web site contains audio clips about the decision-making process as well as clips of the radio stories that aired on the 100 chosen works.
This report, aired on NPR in 2002, discusses the influence of choreographer Pearl Primus on contemporary choreographers. Excerpts from an interview with the now deceased Primus, as well as a focus on (retro)spective choreographer Jawole Willa Jo Zollar make this an extremely valuable recording. RealPlayer is required to listen.
This amazingly comprehensive Web site from the Library of Congress is a multi-format ethnographic field collection of traditional fiddle tunes performed by Henry Reed of Glen Lyn, Virginia. Along with extensive historical background and field notes, the site houses 184 songs and audio clips recorded by folklorist Alan Jabbour in 1966-7, when Reed was over 80 years old.
This short NPR feature about Sones de México Ensemble has two of their cover songs available in streaming audio: J.S. Bach’s Brandenburg Concerto No. 3 in G Major and a beautiful and lively version of Led Zeppelin’s Four Sticks.
At this Web site of Boston-based NPR affiliate WBUR, you can listen to an episode of the nationally syndicated radio show The Connection entitled “Forgetting Yourself: Memory and Identity.†Guest Jill Robinson, a writer who was struck with sudden amnesia, explores the answers to questions such as, Can you love without memory? Or hate? Does personality remember who to be on its own?
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In 2005 the American Museum of the Moving Image interviewed Sidney Lumet as part of its Pinewood Dialogue series. The director reflects on his career, including his engagement with social issues and his interest in justice in a flawed society. The site also includes a transcript of the recorded interview. Some language may be objectionable to young audiences.
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A surprising way that technology can promote social interaction, with a video of different ways that information can be presented in a museum setting.
Ed.VoiceThread is a secure collaborative network designed for the K-12 academic environment. Using one simple tool, educators and students can collaborate around almost any tpe of media via voice, text, webcam and drawing commentary, all within a secure environment.
This radio and television show chronicles various lives of different people in America. Each episode relates several personal anecdotes that focus on a central theme in an attempt to capture the experiences, both serious and humorous, of living in America. Archives of the radio show and short YouTube clips of the television show are available on this site.
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