Encounters with Tech: Space, Silence and Empathy

Shift Happens

http://youtu.be/6-ueOorEAQw

Re-thinking Learning: The 21st Century Learner

http://youtu.be/c0xa98cy-Rw

Conducttr

http://www.tstoryteller.com/case-study-categories/education

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YADbPYJNGOg

RICHARD III’s CAR PARK

SILENCE

MEMORY

EMPATHYScenario: A skeleton found beneath a Leicester car park has been confirmed as that of English king Richard III.The car park is likely to become a site of great interest. How might you use digital media to engage people with the various narratives associated with the king.

EMPATHY

MEMORY

SILENCE

TOWER OF LONDON

Scenario: The Tower’s visitors are many and varied. Choose one visitor or education group and design a digital tool that will help them access one of the Tower’s more difficult heritages

IMPERIAL WAR MUSEUM NORTH

SILENCE

MEMORY

EMPATHYScenario: IWM North is known as much for its architecture as for its collections. How might you use digital media to engage people with the various emotional resonances of the museum space. Remember, you can use inside and/or outside the building.

STONEHENGE

SILENCE

MEMORY

EMPATHY

Scenario: The true meaning of this ancient creation is unknown. How might digital media help visitors to explore the options and really engage with he space? Was Stonehenge a temple for sun worship, a healing centre, a burial site or perhaps a huge calendar? How did our ancestors manage to carry the mighty stones from so far away and then, build this amazing structure?

BRITISH MUSEUM

SILENCE

MEMORY

EMPATHY

Scenario: The BM’s visitors are many and varied. Choose one visitor or education group and design a digital tool to help them explore the contested ownership of The Elgin Marbles.