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
>>>
>>
>>
>>
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>> National Institute for Technology in Liberal Education (NITLE)
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>>
>> ************************************************
>> 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
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