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Indigenous Language News |
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“Awakening Our Languages” Handbooks #2 and #7 are now available!ILI is pleased to announce that
are currently in stock. Indigenous Language Institute was able to complete these “missing” volumes thanks to the generous support from Kalliopeia Foundation. ILI owes thanks also to dedicated work of the Authors/Editors team: Akira Yamamoto, Kimiko Yamamoto, Maya Honda, Mary S Linn, Sheilah Nicholas, Lizette Peter (Editor-in-Chief), Wayne O’Neil, Inée Y Slaughter. Please visit our Marketplace on the ILI website for order information. Digital Storytelling WorkshopsILI is conducting a series of workshops in collaboration with the Genographic Legacy Fund. These workshops will provide community people with technology tools and skills to create audio-visual stories in their indigenous language. The Digital Storytelling Workshop is a three-day workshop beginning in January 2008. Workshop participants will produce an audio visual material using computer technology and user friendly software programs. Participants receive instructor assisted training and computer software use of MovieMaker2, Audacity audio software, GIMP, and Windows Media Player features. Workshop participants will also learn to create storyboards and focus on hands-on lab activities under the guidance of instructors to create a short audio visual material in their Native language. The topics of stories that we are seeking participants to create are:
The Language Materials Development Center offers more information about this and other workshops offered by ILI. Please send an e-mail to Bonita or Rachael for specific details, or call us at (505) 820-0311, extension 3. Our Digital Stories informational brochure can be downloaded in the pdf format. Please Register Online or download the Digital Stories Workshop Registration Form and send it to ILI to participate in this exciting workshop. Course Fee: $300.00 |
