Can you do the future?
DMSC declares a state of engagement!
We're proud to re-brand; announcing our three-state, regional Governor's Challenge: a new name for our Podcasting Tournament.
Come visit our repository at the University of Tennessee-Martin's iTunes U at this site:
2008 Governor's Challenge Podcast Entries
The Governor's Challenge will register judges for the tournament through the following Google Tool:
Judges who complete all assessments will register for an iPod Nano giveaway and other prizes from Targus and Microsoft.
The DMSC, through its partnership with the Tennessee Campus Compact advances a convergence of technology and education for economic development and quality of life.
See our sponsors below and thank them for their support!
It's a new day and a brand-new sandbox to build it in!
Regional tournament judging will take place during October; winners announced in November!!
GOVERNOR'S CHALLENGE!!
DIGITAL MEDIA/ACADEMIC PODCAST TOURNAMENT 2.0
A Veritable Digital Harvest of Virtual Knowledge!!
Sponsored by:
DMSC: The Sandbox Network
FedEx Institute
Emma
echomusic
Apple, Inc
Supporting the new Tennessee Campus Compact (and National Campus Compact)
with a special Service Learning Category
Sending out a call for entries for the second annual Tennessee State University Digital Media (Academic Podcast) Tournament.
All entries become eligible for drawings for an iPhone and commemorative Hatch Show Print limited edition posters.
All participants must take participant survey located on resources/links page of site at www.tnsandbox.com .
We are looking to ‘harvest' 3-7 minute productions of audio, video and enhanced podcasts encoded in .mp3, .mp4, .mov and .m4a files in the following categories grouped by Student/Faculty cohorts: Course Concept, Feature and Service Learning.
Special consideration will be given to works that explicitly address the following null hypothesis: A project-based, active learning application of digital media does not enhance teaching and learning.
Follow the instructions listed on the website. Simply attach your digital media file to an e-mail and send it to Dr. Luke Powers, Sandbox Coordinator at Tennessee State University at lpowers@tnstate.edu.
If you are a student, please sign the eligibility form at www.tnsandbox.com and turn in to your faculty sponsor. The release allows your product to be archived with other pioneers in 21st Century knowledge agency.
Submissions will be housed and accessible on the University of Tennesse-Martin's iTunes U.
Best practice in each category will proceed to state level. Cash and other prizes have been proposed. Sponsors added regularly.
For overall program details, see ‘The New Sandbox': http://www.tnsandbox.com/
Please circulate this memo to all interested parties.
02.02.08
Can you do the future?
Welcome to The New Sandbox (tnsandbox.com), official home of the Digital Media Sandbox Consortium (DMSC). This website kindly sponsored by one of our corporate partners, echomusic, a Nashville-based e-commerce entity.
The DMSC Sandbox Network is a guided information system that nurtures innovation and implementation through a convergence of academic technology, engaged scholarship and social entrepreneurship.
Please find updated information on this site regarding our activities, including categories for the Spring 09 Governor's Challenge Digital Media Tournament in Academic Podcasting.
Prizes link contains description of tournament call for entries.
Resources page contains supporting documents for the DMSC Tournament and Mission. Please review our timeline:
February 10-14: North Carolina Campus Compact presentation, Elon University
March 14-17: Gulf-South Regional Service Learning Conference: Nashville, Tennessee
July 30: Podcast Tournament: Regional deadline for submissions
August 30: Regional Knowledge Championship
Thanks for visiting and stay tuned for more developments.....
2.23.08:
Just broke last March's record for bandwidth in a month! metrics and measurements.
1/21/08
Posting this in honor of MLK Day with thanks to all who have given shelter, support and inspiration to the DMSC. East Tennessee State University's Karen King, first DMSC President and CEO, and David Currie, DMSC COO, have moved mountains and we are all grateful to you both.
Two of the most compelling e-commerce firms in the nation now support DMSC:
- Emma
- echomusic
Tennessee State University's President Melvin Johnson and TNCC Director Mani Hull called forth an amazing gathering of state executives for the January 17th Tennessee Campus Compact event at TSU in Nashville.
Lots of press and great networking advanced the convergent missions of DMSC and TNCC, which extend to National Campus Compact and beyond.
DMSC hereby declares "A State of Engagement" in Tennessee.
12/11/07
We are finishing up docs for the 08 Tournament. You will be able to view them on the resources page. This page is worth spending some time on. Lots of incisive resources regarding digital media enterprise, which is the focus of DMSC. We will be launching our new student-driven website in mid-January.
Our tournament posters from Hatch Showprint are finished and are gorgeous: historic collector's items. More on our upcoming tournament, conference and e-journal soon.
11/27/07
SANDBOX SUMMIT III UPDATE:
DATE: 11/30/07
TIME: 11-1 Eastern Time; 10-12 Standard Time
PLACE: ETSU Second Life Island
ASSIGNMENT:
Please compute: 1. travel/distance from you from East Tennessee State University in Johnson City, TN, 2. the per diem rate from your state, and 3. lodging costs X # of days it would take to make the trip. We will establish ROI/Savings metric for DMSC research project into social networking and virtual meetings.
ALSO: Please view the following video (file it under digital ethnography) and see how an anthropology class at kansas state has set the bar for the the Sandbox Project's spring 08 podcast challenge: 1. How has digital media enhanced your learning 2. how has digital media impacted your earning?
Please copy and paste this link in browser. (also--type in 'digital ethnography' in youtube search for additional resource videos on web 2.0, etc.)
The following video and others on the site detail vital work in digital ethnography at Kansas State. DMSC will be utilizing their archive to shape this year's academic podcasting tournament challenges: How can digital media enterprise impact education? How can digital media enterprise make the case for more investment in academic technology? How can these investments impact economic development in learning communities?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dGCJ46vyR9o
11/15/07
Announcing Sandbox Summit III: Friday 11/30/07, 11-1 at ETSU Second Life Island. Get your avatars ready!! We'll meet at the HUB and work through our agenda. Then we'll open up the dialogue and plan our year.
We'll use Sandbox Second Life Island Hopping as our planning strategy: We'll move subsequent meetings to other islands. We may meet at Apple's island, for instance.
11/4/07
Sandbox Marketing Tour II met and surpassed all goals and objectives. Full report will be forthcoming within the next two weeks.
Will meet at ETSU 11/11-13 next week to frame the second life virtual sandbox summit i.
Proposals for Apple and FedEx are in development and will be submitted by Thanksgiving holiday.
Many thanks to all who gave of their time and attention during this eventful two weeks in American New Media.
DMSC (Digital Media Sandbox Consortium) has identified a powerful opportunity for leaders in education and business to advance digital media enterprise and outreach for economic development in underserved rural and urban communities.
10/19/07
Great meeting on the 16th! Many thanks to all who traveled to University of Tennessee-Martin for the DMSC Summit II: Convergence 102.
Our gratitude to hosts Steve Holt and his team. A full report on details for tournament and social networking will be uploaded soon.
Also--UT Martin will be taking over website duties and ramping thing up. Have been running this site and its front page almost more like a blog. So this space will become the home of Digital Media Sandbox Consortium Publishing, and Steve Holt and his top-shelf shop will be kicking a highly interactive, compelling new website. Our brand-look will be created by Hatch Show Print on Lower Broadway in Nashville.
Mark Crawford of TSU Commercial Music will work with our current and new sponsors to build out that project. We will be creating a digital media enterprise model for learning communities.
More soon!!
09/22/07
Mark your calendars for Sandbox Summit II: 10/16/07 at UT-Martin. 11-3. We'll be hammering out granulars of the 08 Tournament. More info soon.
Over and out,
bb
09/01/07
Please see the resources page for two important articles in the latest edition of Educause magazine.
More updates regarding Spring 07 contest to follow.
Sandbox Summit II: October 16: UT Martin. Details to follow.
Sandbox will present in October at UNC-CH SCALES Conference and at Center for Design Innovation in Winston-Salem, NC, as well as UGA, UVA, VA TECH, Berry and Elon.
Thanks to all for everything.
Peace.
bb
Phase I: Podcasting
Spring/Summer: 2007
07/07/07
Phase I is now complete.
To access all tournament assets, please go to Samples page and scroll down to East Tennessee State University link.
For winners and project proof of concept to date:
Tennessee Sandbox Digital Media Tournament Report Wiki 07/07/07
Lucky 7s for the Sandbox.
Phase II mini-grant program (social entrepreneurship) engaged as of July 12.
Thanks to all.
(only you know who you are)
6/20/07
Just in: Mark your calendars for August 7: The first Sandbox Summit at Vanderbilt's First Amendment Center, 9:30--3:00.
We will be celebrating our achievements and planning to grow the program through Fall, 2007. Sandbox Summit 2 will be announced in September.
Currently, our WPLN (Nashville NPR) are judging our podcasts; results soon!!
6/1/07:
Please visit the East Tennessee State University iTunes U link. We have populated this archive with individual institutional winners. (You'll need iTunes)
We are currently organizing the first Tennessee Sandbox Summit, slated for 7/26 at Vanderbilt First Amendment Center.
Our topic will be "Convergence: Organizing a Community of Inquiry in Technology, Entrepreneurship and Service/Outreach."
Stay tuned for updates.
4/27/07
PODCAST SURVEY!!!
Please take a moment and complete our survey; this will be key data for our project.
PRIZES AS OF 4/17/07:
300.00 and an iPod for each of the 5 state-wide winners!
100.00 for each campus-wide winners in five categories!!
(Thanks to FED EX Institute, Apple and Bone, McAllester, Norton PLLC of Nashville!)
Currently, we are working with EchoMusic to adjust the Prizes page. This page is current and official as of 4/9/07.
Keep in touch here for more updates...
Coming soon: participate in the Tennessee Sandbox wiki detailing project vision and growth (begun Summer 06).
Digital Media Tournament Overview
Universities across Tennessee are collaborating in a state-wide podcasting tournament for students and faculty.
The Tennessee Sandbox promotes active learning through digital content creation.
Initial competitions will be held on individual campuses. Institutions will enter the winners of the individual campus competitions into the state-wide competition.
Deadline for institutional submission to the state tournament: May 31, 2007.
Nashville's NPR affiliate, WPLN, will facilitate judging of final nominees from each institution. Winners will be announced July 1 of 2007.
The Tennessee Sandbox supports the establishment of a Tennessee Campus Compact, led by Tennessee State University President Melvin N. Johnson, in the National Campus Compact (click on icon below). Campus Compact, a consortium of higher-education presidents and chancellors, promotes best practices in Service Learning and Civic Engagement. By 'grounding' educational technology in civic engagement, the Tennessee Sandbox seeks to promote 21st Century leadership skills to all rural and urban underserved communities in Tennessee.
Timeline:
Tennessee State University
TSU will have a deadline of April 15 for all submissions.
Details on submitting entries to be judged will be listed here.
TSU judging will take place from April 15-May 15.
State Sandbox
May 31 is deadline for all State Sandbox submissions uploaded to our host site: East Tennessee State University will be the host for all state-wide submissions. Thanks to ETSU!!
We'll be posting instructions for uploading to their iTunes U here soon. We will link from this site to their iTunes U.
Submissions will include the following information:
Name of Creator
Title
Length
Category
Department
College
University
All entries must download and complete eligibility page. This information will facilitate asset archiving and program development. Individual campuses will retain these records. Rubric for judging is available through link at the bottom of page.
All contestants must register on the website and complete short survey (soon to be posted) to be considered.
State judging will take place from May 31-June 30.
Press Releases announcing tournament will go out the first week of June, as soon as all assets are in place.
Final winners will be announced on July 1.
All information on this page will be reviewed and revised regularly.
