Hi, There are to be three Education for sustainability projects at SCANZ 2009. These are also known as 60 Springs projects; both are an initiative of Puke Ariki integrated library museum in association with Shell.
To date, 60 Springs projects have included two school groups conducting experiments in Pukekura Park, using data loggers, mainly with a science focus. The SCANZ 60 Springs projects are aimed at engaging youth with creativity in the environment where this is mediated by technology. Three SCANZ projects fall under the 60 Springs banner. Nina Czegledy's project 'What will you do' asks participants directly to consider the environment and make a pledge or statement of what they will do to counter degradation in the environment. This statement can then be sent via text to a website, where the responses are displayed. Brett Stalbaum's 'Pukekura Park Demonstration/Environment and Sustainability Tours' utilises open source software, GPS and mobile phones to create GPS guided tours of Pukekura Park, the local botanic garden and the focus of 60 Springs (there are 60 Springs in Pukekura Park). Andrew Paterson's project 'Taranaki Platform Ecologies' responds to and sets out to nourish, the online platforms surrounding Puke Ariki by exploring, documenting and bridging online/offline aspects of the former wiki and soon to be kete. Online kete were developed by the Horowhenua Library, and the format has been adopted by Puke Ariki to form the basis for a public pool of knowledge around Pukekura Park. Last year, local high schoolteachers were asked to put forward the names of their laterally thinking students and of the list provided, seven have indicated an interest in participating. The high school students, some of whom are off to first year uni, come from a range of disciplines, not just visual arts. Some students from the BVA at WITT are also involved. These projects will be reported on at the symposium. Online registrations are now open at http://intercreate.org/view/symposium13 +=+ Ian M Clothier Intercreate Research Centre intercreate.org Faculty of Arts, Commerce and Technology Western Institute of Technology at Taranaki www.witt.ac.nz New Plymouth, New Zealand South Pacific Ocean P= +64 6 757 3100 x8895 F= +64 6 757 3232 E= [email protected] This communication - including any attachments - may contain legally privileged information, and is confidential to the addressee. If you are not the intended recipient you should delete the communication and contact the sender immediately. If you have received this e-mail in error, you must not read, copy, disseminate, distribute or otherwise use or disclose any part of this communication, or any information on matters or persons to which it refers. WITT reserves the right to monitor all e-mail communications sent through its network. _______________________________________________ Ada_list mailing list [email protected] http://aotearoadigitalarts.org.nz/
