Ken Burns’ “The National Parks” on PBS Online features Buffalo Soldiers at Yosemite
by Robin Caldwell
Documentary filmmaker Ken Burns has consistently produced works that tell as much of the whole story as possible. (See Ken’s list of films here.) In fact, his PBS bio states that he has produced films that are “unafraid of controversy and tragedy.”
Read MorePBS at SxSW: Guy Kawasaki
by Robin Caldwell
I’m indulging my tech crush on Guy Kawasaki who talks to blogger Zadi Diaz about the beginnings and mechanism of Alltop.com. Guy (sigh) also discusses everything from his background in technology to the future of new media.
Read MorePBS Frontline’s Your Digital Nation Project
by Robin Caldwell
Michael Lang always finds the most obscure yet compelling and exciting videos for his site BlackDigerati.org. Last week, I posted one I found on his site featuring a young woman discussing how she uses her mobile phone to access the Internet and social networks (I use my T-Mobile). I noted that her video was submitted to PBS Frontline’s Your Digital Nation Project, which is a part of a larger multimedia project, Digital Nation, that involves social media, broadcast media and technology. It is interactive and honestly, quite brilliant because it invites viewers to submit video testimonies of their use of digital media. (I think it’s smart any time you posit users as experts.) Watch these very brief videos recorded at BlogHer 09.
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How Google Saved a School
by Black Digerati
In this video PBS Frontline profiles Intermediate School 339 of Community Technology in the Bronx, NY. At one point this inner city school was one of New York’s lowest performing until technology was implemented.
Read MorePBS Offers ‘Tavis Smiley’ on iPhone
by Liz
While on my regular internet travels I came upon the iPhone-optimized website for Tavis Smiley. It looks like the folks over at PBS have made available a mini-version of their regular Tavis Smiley website.
The mobile site looks clean and well-designed for the iPhone. It provides you with the week’s schedule of guests appearing on the [...]
