Here’s a taster – follow the first day’s events from the link at the end.
The IHBC’s 2014 Annual School used new digital media tools to record and report on the huge range of tours, talks and networks generated by its coming to in Edinburgh, experimenting as never before with the use of new technology and communications to develop an accessible and complementary coverage to that to come in September’s Context, the IHBC’s membership journal.
IHBC Communications Secretary Charles Strang said: ‘In each of the coming few weeks we will be posting summaries of the digital posts, all in the most accessible of digital formats, ‘Storify’, where you don’t need any social media or online accounts to read the reports. All you need is an online connection, click the link and you’re away!’
IHBC Director Sean O’Reilly said: This new social media work is very much geared towards making our training programmes and events as accessible as possible. This way anyone can get a real taste of the IHBC’s School experience – and its learning – in formats to suit their needs. For example the ‘Storify’ experience lets anyone interested in heritage gain real insights to the world of conservation at our School, while even the most highly skilled practitioners, if they missed the School, will be able to get a a closer involvement with the issues raised, and maybe also be reminded of how valuable it will be to attend the next School, in Norwich, in June 2015’.
Alison McCandlish, who co-ordinated the School’s digital media programme and is developing this work for the IHBC, and who also serves as the IHBC’s NewsBlog consultant, said: ‘Delegates were invited to contribute to the digital storytelling of the Annual School, through social media such as Twitter and LinkedIn. They were also encouraged to contribute by creating video, photographs and even audio files that offer their own opinion on the school highlights, so sharing the events ‘as they happened’ through online networks.’
‘We have compiled a selection of the online posts from each day in Storify form, giving a taster of the school for those who could not attend, and a reminder for those who could. Our digital report for this week’s NewsBlog showcases the Thursday tours, including the spectacular climb of, and even more impressive views from, the Forth Bridge.’
Storify is an online tool to help people capture conversations around a subject, event or discussion, it can include information from any online source and you do not require an account to read the stories, or need to log in to view it.
We would be interested to hear your feedback on the Annual school digital reporting, as we have piloted it this year; please get in touch via newsblog@ihbc.org.uk or if you prefer you can Tweet us @ihbctweet
Storify link– IHBC Summer School tours (day 1)
IHBC newsblogs on the summer school 2014
