Storytelling across the pond

From Bryan comes news of another e-twinning project. Trans-Pond leverages storytelling as a medium for cultural exchange between school kids from the North East of the United Kingdom and those in Canada (see the Frappr-powered Trans-Pond map). The project is the brainchild of Steve Thompson who writes:

…I'll be shaping open source blogging software to create an interface that will allow 20 (10 UK, 10 Canada) schools to have their own blog… We'll also be using our community media archive software developed here at Teesside Uni to allow a range of multimedia objects to be utilised in the storytelling.