the joys of mixing and remixing content
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This presentation, delivered to undergraduate media communications students at Bath Spa University, looks at the curation and remixing of old content into new. It includes a story of how I crowdsourced a story and shared it in a variety of formats.TRANSCRIPT
The joys of mixing and remixing content
@martincouzins
www.itsdevelopmental.com
Why me, why here, why now? Examples of content mixing and remixing Storytelling in the mix
Credit: James Barker
Why here, why now?This is why . . .
So how is content being remixed?
Song to flowchart
2 songs/videos into a new song/video
Cred
it: W
ikim
edia
Book into animation
Digital game into physical game
Storytelling in the mixThe mechanics of a crowdsourced story
Start with a question
Create a place for the answers
Credit: Wikimedia
Keep narrating progress
Get creative with your content
Make the most of what you’ve created
This project ended up taking many forms: •A Pecha Kucha talk at an unconference•A slidedeck on Slideshare•A video On Youtube•A blog post on itsdevelopmental.com•A set of images on Flickr
Final thoughts . . .
1.Choose your topic2.Choose your tactics: crowdsourcing, curation, creation, remixing3.Choose your tools 4.Narrate and amplify your work with social tools5.Have fun as there is lots to be had, like this
@martincouzinswww.itsdevelopmental.com