Justin, that sounds intriguing. Can you point me to some info? On Fri, Apr 6, 2012 at 12:12 AM, Justin Ball <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > I don't know if you've seen TwHistory, but it might be a useful tool > for your project. I wrote the code so let me know if you want to use > it and need help. > > Good luck with the project! > Justin > > On Thu, Apr 5, 2012 at 8:00 PM, Bryan Alexander <[log in to unmask]> > wrote: > > Here's a quick one, Kate: > > http://newdigitalstorytelling.net/2012/04/06/twittering-wwi-history/ > > All best wishes for the project! > > > > PS: I wrote about Twitter storytelling in chapter 4 of my New Digital > > Storytelling book. > > > > On Thu, Apr 5, 2012 at 4:21 PM, Katharine Lindsay > > <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > >> > >> Not at all, that would be excellent. Send me a link when you do. > >> > >> Best, > >> Kate > >> > >> On 5 Apr 2012, at 18:38, Bryan Alexander wrote: > >> > >> Splendid, Katharine. > >> > >> Do you mind if I blog about this for my digital storytelling site? I'm > >> keenly interested in using Twitter for narratives. > >> > >> > >> On Thu, Apr 5, 2012 at 6:16 AM, Katharine Lindsay > >> <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > >>> > >>> Dear All, > >>> > >>> Just a heads up on a campaign we are launching on Monday 9th for the > >>> World War One Centenary OER Project that may be of interest to you. > >>> > >>> http://ww1centenary.oucs.ox.ac.uk/battle-of-arras/arras95/ > >>> > >>> https://twitter.com/arras95 > >>> > >>> @Arras95 is an experiment in social media engagement to see what > happens > >>> when we ask online communities to discover open content around a > particular > >>> focal point, in this case the Battle of Arras. We want them to > contribute > >>> facts and information via Twitter, geotags, and an interactive event > map. To > >>> facilitate this practice we'll be tweeting some of the events of the > Battle > >>> in realtime (95 years later). > >>> > >>> We'd welcome any dissemination on this campaign, there are plenty of > >>> tweets on our project account https://twitter.com/ww1c worthy of a > retweet, > >>> > >>> Best, > >>> Kate > >>> > >>> > >>> ************************************************ > >>> Manager for Engagement, Learning Technologies Group > >>> Director RunCoCo | World War One: Continuations and Beginnings > >>> Manager The First World War Poetry Digital Archive | Great War Archive > >>> University of Oxford | http://www.oucs.ox.ac.uk/ltg > >>> 01865 273200 > >>> LinkedIn: http://uk.linkedin.com/in/khlindsay > >>> Twitter: http://twitter.com/ktdigital > >>> > >> > >> > >> > >> -- > >> Bryan Alexander, Ph.D. > >> Senior Fellow > >> National Institute for Technology in Liberal Education (NITLE) > >> 1001 East University Avenue | Georgetown, Texas 78626 > >> http://www.nitle.org | tel. 802 388-7850 | fax 512 819-7684 > >> > >> AIM: DoctorNemoBryan | ICQ: #23090001 > >> Skype: doctornemobryan | Twitter: @BryanAlexander > >> > >> > >> ************************************************ > >> Manager for Engagement, Learning Technologies Group > >> Director RunCoCo | World War One: Continuations and Beginnings > >> Manager The First World War Poetry Digital Archive | Great War Archive > >> University of Oxford | http://www.oucs.ox.ac.uk/ltg > >> 01865 273200 > >> LinkedIn: http://uk.linkedin.com/in/khlindsay > >> Twitter: http://twitter.com/ktdigital > >> > > > > > > > > -- > > Bryan Alexander, Ph.D. > > Senior Fellow > > National Institute for Technology in Liberal Education (NITLE) > > 1001 East University Avenue | Georgetown, Texas 78626 > > http://www.nitle.org | tel. 802 388-7850 | fax 512 819-7684 > > > > AIM: DoctorNemoBryan | ICQ: #23090001 > > Skype: doctornemobryan | Twitter: @BryanAlexander > -- Bryan Alexander, Ph.D. Senior Fellow National Institute for Technology in Liberal Education (NITLE) 1001 East University Avenue | Georgetown, Texas 78626 http://www.nitle.org | tel. 802 388-7850 | fax 512 819-7684 AIM: DoctorNemoBryan | ICQ: #23090001 Skype: doctornemobryan | Twitter: @BryanAlexander