Showing posts with label video. Show all posts
Showing posts with label video. Show all posts
Friday, March 2, 2012
Sunday, December 18, 2011
Saturday, October 1, 2011
Chat with a 21.5 Month Old
As a typical child, Alma will chat up a storm until the video camera turns on. While not the best video of her, I was able to catch her chatting a bit. (Yes, we are testing paint colors in the dining room. I think we are going with the lighter blue color. Hooray!)
Thursday, March 31, 2011
Wednesday, March 30, 2011
Tuesday, March 29, 2011
Friday, March 11, 2011
Press Release about a Movie that Joshua Helped Create
Digital Stories Dramatize Information’s Role in the Lives of People and Communities
February 28, 2011
What's at stake when local news and information flow doesn't serve all members of a community equally well? How can people respond?
These questions lie at the heart of Information Stories (http://informationstories.org), a series of twelve three-to-five-minute videos (plus an introduction and conclusion) making their official online debut this week.
Some are stories of journalism. Examples include the struggle of a labor union secretary/mother of five to get media coverage for asbestos-related disease in Libby, Montana, and the creation of an online newspaper for the “news desert” of southeast New Hampshire.
Others are stories of activism. The executive director of Native Public Media describes the drive to bring broadband to Indian Country. A faith-based community organizer discusses a campaign to help poor people overcome the powerlessness caused by living “in an information vacuum.”
Inclusiveness is a major theme to Information Stories. For example, an undocumented immigrant tells how he pursues art and community organizing to make visible the immigrant experience. A young radio reporter and producer from Chicago reveals how he learned to listen to, not just speak to his community. A high school student relates why she thought it important to make transgender people a more visible presence at San Francisco Pride. A “hard-of-hearing” English professor talks about making the voices of deaf students heard.
Other storytellers include a small town mayor, the manager of an online dialogue space, a community television board member, and a convener of community conversations about public health.
Information Stories reveals the loss when local information flows leave stories uncovered, concerns unaddressed, or voices left out – and the gain when these exclusions don’t happen.
The series idea was conceived by Ohio State University law professor Peter M. Shane and Columbus, Ohio filmmaker Liv Gjestvang. In 2008 and 2009, Shane served as executive director to the Knight Commission on the Information Needs of Communities in a Democracy. Gjestvang serves as Faculty Programs Manager for Ohio State’s Digital Union.
The Knight Commission was a diverse, bipartisan group of 17 leaders in media, public policy, and community, who were organized in 2008 to articulate the democratic information needs of America’s 21st century local communities. They were asked to recommend remedial measures where the Commission perceived that community news and information needs were not being met. Funded by the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation and organized through the Aspen Institute, the Commission maintains an active, resource-rich website (http://www.knightcomm.org).
As the Knight Commission was preparing to issue its October, 2009 report, Professor Shane approached Ms. Gjestvang for help in making the Knight Commission issues more compelling and concrete for the everyday public.
“The Commission explained why ‘second-class information citizenship is looming’ for many Americans,” according to Professor Shane. “I am hoping to motivate activists around the country to pay attention to their local information ecologies. We want them to ask whether everyone in their communities gets the information they require to meet both their personal and civic needs.”
Shane emphasized that Ms. Gjestvang and he also intended the diversity embodied in Information Stories to send an important message. “We wanted to come as close as we could with just a dozen storytellers to assemble a kind of American tapestry. The last line of the Knight Commission report is, ‘The “information issue” is everyone’s issue,’ and we wanted to drive that home,” Shane said.
The Information Stories storytellers learned how to produce their narratives through a July, 2010 Digital Storytelling Workshop, co-sponsored by the Ohio State University Digital Union, the University Libraries, and the University Center for the Advancement of Teaching. The series was produced with a grant from the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation, which advances journalism in the digital age and invests in the vitality of communities where the Knight brothers owned newspapers. Since 1950, the foundation has granted more than $400 million to advance quality journalism and freedom of expression. The Knight Foundation focuses on projects that promote informed and engaged communities and lead to transformational change. Additional information about the foundation and its programs appears at www.knightfoundation.org.
The Information Stories web site (http://informationstories.org) provides links to both captioned and non-captioned versions of the individual stories. The site links also to resources that explain how anyone can produce his or her own “information story” and a feedback form to enable viewers to explain how they used Information Stories in their local communities. A low-cost DVD containing both the individual stories and a “full reel” version that shows them as a continuous documentary is available at .
Ohio State University is releasing the Information Stories series subject to a Creative Commons non-commercial license. That license allows the stories to be freely copied, distributed, transmitted or adapted for noncommercial purposes, provided appropriate credit is given.
Please take a moment to watch Joshua's portion of the movie, which is beautiful, powerful and sums up his work perfectly.
February 28, 2011
What's at stake when local news and information flow doesn't serve all members of a community equally well? How can people respond?
These questions lie at the heart of Information Stories (http://informationstories.org), a series of twelve three-to-five-minute videos (plus an introduction and conclusion) making their official online debut this week.
Some are stories of journalism. Examples include the struggle of a labor union secretary/mother of five to get media coverage for asbestos-related disease in Libby, Montana, and the creation of an online newspaper for the “news desert” of southeast New Hampshire.
Others are stories of activism. The executive director of Native Public Media describes the drive to bring broadband to Indian Country. A faith-based community organizer discusses a campaign to help poor people overcome the powerlessness caused by living “in an information vacuum.”
Inclusiveness is a major theme to Information Stories. For example, an undocumented immigrant tells how he pursues art and community organizing to make visible the immigrant experience. A young radio reporter and producer from Chicago reveals how he learned to listen to, not just speak to his community. A high school student relates why she thought it important to make transgender people a more visible presence at San Francisco Pride. A “hard-of-hearing” English professor talks about making the voices of deaf students heard.
Other storytellers include a small town mayor, the manager of an online dialogue space, a community television board member, and a convener of community conversations about public health.
Information Stories reveals the loss when local information flows leave stories uncovered, concerns unaddressed, or voices left out – and the gain when these exclusions don’t happen.
The series idea was conceived by Ohio State University law professor Peter M. Shane and Columbus, Ohio filmmaker Liv Gjestvang. In 2008 and 2009, Shane served as executive director to the Knight Commission on the Information Needs of Communities in a Democracy. Gjestvang serves as Faculty Programs Manager for Ohio State’s Digital Union.
The Knight Commission was a diverse, bipartisan group of 17 leaders in media, public policy, and community, who were organized in 2008 to articulate the democratic information needs of America’s 21st century local communities. They were asked to recommend remedial measures where the Commission perceived that community news and information needs were not being met. Funded by the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation and organized through the Aspen Institute, the Commission maintains an active, resource-rich website (http://www.knightcomm.org).
As the Knight Commission was preparing to issue its October, 2009 report, Professor Shane approached Ms. Gjestvang for help in making the Knight Commission issues more compelling and concrete for the everyday public.
“The Commission explained why ‘second-class information citizenship is looming’ for many Americans,” according to Professor Shane. “I am hoping to motivate activists around the country to pay attention to their local information ecologies. We want them to ask whether everyone in their communities gets the information they require to meet both their personal and civic needs.”
Shane emphasized that Ms. Gjestvang and he also intended the diversity embodied in Information Stories to send an important message. “We wanted to come as close as we could with just a dozen storytellers to assemble a kind of American tapestry. The last line of the Knight Commission report is, ‘The “information issue” is everyone’s issue,’ and we wanted to drive that home,” Shane said.
The Information Stories storytellers learned how to produce their narratives through a July, 2010 Digital Storytelling Workshop, co-sponsored by the Ohio State University Digital Union, the University Libraries, and the University Center for the Advancement of Teaching. The series was produced with a grant from the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation, which advances journalism in the digital age and invests in the vitality of communities where the Knight brothers owned newspapers. Since 1950, the foundation has granted more than $400 million to advance quality journalism and freedom of expression. The Knight Foundation focuses on projects that promote informed and engaged communities and lead to transformational change. Additional information about the foundation and its programs appears at www.knightfoundation.org.
The Information Stories web site (http://informationstories.org) provides links to both captioned and non-captioned versions of the individual stories. The site links also to resources that explain how anyone can produce his or her own “information story” and a feedback form to enable viewers to explain how they used Information Stories in their local communities. A low-cost DVD containing both the individual stories and a “full reel” version that shows them as a continuous documentary is available at .
Ohio State University is releasing the Information Stories series subject to a Creative Commons non-commercial license. That license allows the stories to be freely copied, distributed, transmitted or adapted for noncommercial purposes, provided appropriate credit is given.
Please take a moment to watch Joshua's portion of the movie, which is beautiful, powerful and sums up his work perfectly.
Thursday, March 10, 2011
This is the way...
Another video that shows how joyful Alma is. She has recently figured out how to spin around (who taught her that?!) and it's funny to see her adverse reaction to being dizzy.
Wednesday, March 9, 2011
Around the House
Shot this video yesterday after we spent the morning making doughnut holes for Fasnacht Day (a.k.a. Fat Tuesday). When she rubs her stomach, that means "please" which she also uses to mean "please help me."
Wednesday, March 2, 2011
Birds
This video pretty much sums up Alma's feelings on birds.
Alma is constantly pointing out bird and seems so excited to see them. However, when she gets close to them, she freaks out like we have never seen. The tears explode from her eyes. She grips us with such intensity that she has left bruises. We have learned to skip the bird section of Petsmart in favor of the rabbits and fish. I cannot wait until she can throw dishes at them! Wait, maybe I should reconsider the bird feeder I just hung outside of the kitchen window...
Alma is constantly pointing out bird and seems so excited to see them. However, when she gets close to them, she freaks out like we have never seen. The tears explode from her eyes. She grips us with such intensity that she has left bruises. We have learned to skip the bird section of Petsmart in favor of the rabbits and fish. I cannot wait until she can throw dishes at them! Wait, maybe I should reconsider the bird feeder I just hung outside of the kitchen window...
Friday, February 25, 2011
Throwing the Ball
Here is a video from last weekend when the weather was warm and wonderful. The sound is muted because I filmed this from our dining room window.
We are hoping that Alma's new throwing skills will start a wonderful partnership with Simon.
We are hoping that Alma's new throwing skills will start a wonderful partnership with Simon.
Thursday, February 17, 2011
Video
We cannot stop watching this video and daydreaming about how we are going to make something similar with Alma.
Sunday, December 19, 2010
New Squeaky Shoes
Even funnier than Alma's walk while wearing these shoes (she seems to want to step out of them) was the time that Alma and I went to Petsmart to purchase some food for the pets while she was wearing these shoes ... the puppies who were shopping there were so excited for the walking chew toy!
Thursday, December 2, 2010
Blowing a Kiss
While I was finishing up my work on the computer in the kitchen, I captured a chatty Alma who was willing to blow a kiss to the camera. Too cute! She always seems to go silent and still when the camera comes on so I try to sneak in some videotaping with the laptop's webcam.
Tuesday, August 10, 2010
Thursday, May 27, 2010
Saturday, March 6, 2010
Video of the Day: Alma at 11 weeks
Yes, that is Whitney Houston singing in the background of this video. Simon gets to choose the music on Mondays and he is a huge fan.
(from February 22, 2010)
This concludes video week. Some of them may have seemed a little slow but they are thrilling to us!
(from February 22, 2010)
This concludes video week. Some of them may have seemed a little slow but they are thrilling to us!
Friday, March 5, 2010
Video of the Day: Why It Was Great to Have Hayden Visit
Having seen me "wear" Alma all week, Hayden decided to make a similar sling for his favorite stuffed animal, Lambie. Side note: The very well loved quilt he is using as a sling is the quilt I made him when he was a baby. This brings me an incredible amount of joy.
(from February 20, 2010)
(from February 20, 2010)
Thursday, March 4, 2010
Wednesday, March 3, 2010
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