This is your life

With his lifestylist hat on, Jeremy's been thinking about "how people record, organize and display their experiences." (Following the conversation through the blogosphere led me to SmartMobs and a comment left by Steven Sidman which linked to MyLifeBits, an ambitious project which is well worth a look.)

It turns out Helen's been having similar thoughts as well. I'm particularly excited when Helen says:

Here is an opportunity for schools, as well, to bring this digital storytelling process to their communities, to match young people who have the technology skills with older people who have the stories to be preserved. Then, we can truly become a community of lifelong learners who share our knowledge and wisdom with each other.

This is very similar to Chris Bigum's work with Knowledge Producing Schools which I have blogged about previously.

If communities are going be telling digital stories, then the technological barriers need to be removed. Enter COINE, a European research project whose objective is to ensure the accessibility of digital storytelling. This feature from IST provides a clear overview of the project.