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Interesting map-based storytelling site from the Melbourne Writers Festival. There's a mobile app to go with it.
Spotted here - http://bit.ly/qxuHG5
Watch out. Looking at this site could be a time killer!
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Sober piece from Mike Ellis (@m1ke_ellis) about making effective use of QR codes. Points out that are QR codes are not an end point on the tech highway, just a stage in the development of techniques that allow "poking the virtual into the real world".
Mike asks us to consider what the value of the user is of scanning in a QR code beyond just typing in a URL and also how people deploying the codes can get some idea of their effectiveness against more traditional methods.
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From the Queaar Blog. I'm not sure what this says about the effectiveness of QR codes beyond marketing but there are some interesting demographic points if only from the perspective of the US.
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Short report on the use of QR codes to enhance field trips round Kew gardens.
Interesting comment on how the use of phones freed students from a reliance on teachers a little but also that the approach of the teacher was key to the success of the activity.
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this sense of student ownership and exploration was of interest to us – the phone seemed to ‘free’ students from the teacher a little
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teacher style appeared key in how the app and phones were made use of – notably teacher questioning style, their relationhip to the production of knowledge that is whether they saw knowledge as produced by teachers, students, experts, the ‘crowd’ appeared to impact on the way the app was used and inserted into interaction.
Fantastic piece of location-based digital storytelling combining video and audio with Google Maps.
It's taken a bit of work with Actionscript and the Google Maps API to put together but this sort of thing might form the basis of a project for anyone without skills in Web development.
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Via @hblanchett.
Bristol Council have set up "Know Your Place", a digital mapping service that allows users to explore historic Bristol. There's an option for people to contribute to the information layer as well.
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The original blog post that brought the iOS tracking data to the public eye - from the O'Reilly Radar.
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From the O'Reilly Radar
Alex Kilpatrick and Mary Haskett interview piece on the implications of developments in biometric and location-based technologies.
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One to try out when I get home. This application uses the backup files from your iPhone to map your movements. Hopefully an interesting window on how location information about us is being logged.
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A great collation and commentary on how information can be shown on maps. My particular faves are the maps that challenge misconceptions about the world like the proportionate map examples shown here. I'm ashamed to say I had so little idea that Sudan was quite so big.
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A blog post announcing the release of an interactive map shwoing the frequency of surnames in London according to the 2001 census data. Interesting
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Article highlighting some of the risks in using location-based social networks.
Slightly creepy - went straight to my 4square settings and privacy'd myself up.
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