Presenter: Sara Perry, director of studies, digital heritage, University of York. This interactive session offers an introduction to the application of a variety of simple digital media technologies in building intellectual independence, critical thinking, professional networks and confidence amongst their users. Such technologies offer not only meaningful creative opportunities, but also mechanisms by which the very nature of academic and professional fields of practice can be prodded, extended and perhaps even fundamentally reconfigured. Alongside considering their problematic implications (including their relationship to free labour, neoliberalism and personal security), I demonstrate here how they promise both to narrow the gap between theory and practice, and simultaneously empower emerging professionals. Please bring your laptop, smartphone or tablet, and come ready to invent, experiment, discuss your experiences and share your questions and concerns about digital media in the educational environment.

1. Digital jamming: Creativity, collaboration and skill-building
through easy engagements with media technologies
Sara Perry

2. Digital jamming
Dr Sara Perry
email | sara.perry@york.ac.uk
twitter | @archaeologistsp
google plus | https://plus.google.com/+SaraPerryArchaeology
web | saraperry.wordpress.com
Photo by Amel Ewieda, 2016

3. Mobile apps & audio guides
Photo by Sara Perry, 2015

4. Printed & digital site brochures
Photo by Dena Tasse Winter, 2016

5. Short films
Photo by Mohamed el-Saiedy, 2016

6. Published reviews
https://medium.com/@ssm535/stories-
shaped-by-space-a14f3d992ac6#.az3rayjdc

7. Public exhibitionsPhoto by Sara Perry, 2013

8. Immersive displaysPhoto by Tom Smith, 2015

9. https://hiddendale.wordpress.com/
Web

10. Photo by Colleen Morgan, 2014
(1) Worksheets (simple how-tos on using the technology)
(2) Guidelines for safe & ethical practice (e.g., JISC’s own resources)
(3) Assignment brief

11. Photo by Gavin Repton, 2014
“I’ve learnt how to work successfully as part of a
team…adapting myself to the demands of the outside
world. I’ve furthered myself as a person by listening to
the feedback of others…and taking action on those
points. Yes, I’ve acquired more skills that I can put on
my CV…but I think that what I will take away from the
module are the friends I’ve made along the way and
how I, as a person, have changed for the better.”

12. Your assignment brief
INTRODUCTORY ACTIVITY…
By show of hands: who has technology with them: laptop,
iphone, ipad that they are willing to use for some simple group
work?

13. Your assignment brief: Intro activity (5 mins)
Sit yourself in a group of 3 or max 4 people. Need at least one
functioning device, preferably a device w camera.*
Introduce yourselves to one another + quickly nominate one
person to act as (1) written record taker, (2) mediocre photo
taker, (3) web surfer, (4) time keeper & positive support giver
Name at least one creative talent that you have – could be
related to music, art, writing, coding, gaming, photography,
filmmaking, selfie-taking, comedy. Record taker writes this down.
Draw a stick-person representation of yourself & your creative
talent. Photo taker documents your stick person family. You
should have a ‘group’ photo + photos of each individual.

14. “…I feel like…this is going to sound really cheesy, but I feel like I learned something
about me. You know what I mean, I learned something about what I am.” (Y3 UG,
female on BLOGGING)
“I think it’s informed a sense that I’ve recently come to that I’d like to do something
that gives back to society, that isn’t just working for a company, 9-5 or whatever. I
want to contribute something to the world around…” (PG, male on BLOGGING)
“I have found the module to be one of my favourite modules thus far. I really
enjoyed the creativity it has allowed me through the Google Group discussion and
the assessments…” (PG on GOOGLE GROUP)
“I was really satisfied with using Google Groups because I’m an international
student [South Korean] so I can understand what professors are speaking…I can
study outside of the classroom so I can understand 100% what British people are
speaking. So for me, I can say what I want to”. (PG on GOOGLE GROUP)
“I have never felt so encouraged or empowered to pursue the interests developed
in a module beyond the confines of the course.” (PG on MEDIUM.com)
“fosters a real sense of camaraderie in the cohort as we learn how to constructively
comment on each others' work.” (PG on GROUP and MEDIUM.com)

15. My focus today…
Google Groups
medium.com
Blogging
Twitter
Pinterest
Google Forms
LucidPress
YouTube
Audacity and Soundcloud
Moviemaker & iMovie
Livecode & other mobile app development platforms
But also experienced with…

16. Google Groups

17. medium.com

18. Your assignment brief: cooperative activity
Develop a meme about Digifest 2017.
What’s a meme?: “an activity, concept, catchphrase or piece of
media which spreads, often as mimicry, from person to person
via the Internet.”
Memes often have a standard look:
(1) Text, typically in Impact font, centered at the top and
bottom of the image. White text with a black border.
(2) Image placed behind the text.

19. http://mashable.com/2013/09/25/making-memes/#RPE4.sXE_mqi

20. Your assignment brief: cooperative activity
Develop a meme about Digifest 2017.
What’s a meme?: “an activity, concept, catchphrase or piece of
media which spreads, often as mimicry, from person to person
via the Internet.”
Memes often have a standard look:
(1) Text, typically in Impact font, centered at the top and
bottom of the image. White text with a black border
(2) Image placed behind the text.
Why meme?: as a political statement, advocacy, awareness-
building, marketing, teasing, team-building

21. https://www.lifewire.com/internet-memes-that-have-won-our-
hearts-3573553
https://twitter.com/museumhack/status/674338421238796288

22. https://www.lifewire.com/internet-memes-that-have-won-our-hearts-3573553

23. Develop a meme about Digifest 2017.
Use paper to develop your prototype meme. Or link here -
https://goo.gl/55azoq - & use a slide to make your meme. Make
sure you are the only group using that slide (colour coding).
Use your stick figure family to populate the imagery. (If you are
using a laptop, upload your photos.) Or have your web surfer
look *fast* for a CC-licensed image through one of the sites
listed on the CC file here – https://goo.gl/wA5JB6
You have 5 mins.
What do you want to say about Digifest? Can you say it via the
“This is Bill” format? Or by another standard meme format like
“What if I told you…”

25. Your assignment brief: cooperative activity
Develop a meme about Digifest 2017.
Show the group your meme.
Photograph your meme for posterity if you’ve been working
from a paper prototype.
Please hand your papers to Sara at the end of the session.
Add your email addresses if you want to keep in touch/share
the meme digitally. Sara will circulate.

26. “helped to develop my confidence and improve [the] quality of my English.
Writing…for our blog has reminded me how much [it] gives me a pleasure & maybe
in the future I would like to create my own blog.” (Y1 UG, female on BLOGGING)
“you had the chance to be creative and think outside the box of what heritage and
archaeology have been built up for you to be…it gave me more confidence…we
produced something at the end which we were all really proud of.” (Y1 UG, female
on BLOGGING & MOVIEMAKER/YOUTUBE)
“it was good to explain to people outside of our small group what we were doing,
and I hope that people saw it because it’s something that meant a lot to us. It’s just
trying to get across how much time and effort and how much love has gone into
this project.” (Y2 UG, female on BLOGGING)
“I thought the use of Google Group and medium.com linked with the module was
really stimulating to develop new ideas, discussions around heritage.” (PG, on
MEDIUM.com & GOOGLE GROUP)
“It actually got me reading news related to heritage & archaeology, which
previously I’d never bothered with ever…I knew more than I ever did prior to
studying it or even working in various positions. Twitter…built understanding and
actually widened my own interests…It leads you towards things.” (PG on TWITTER)

27. Thank you! 
Dr Sara Perry: sara.perry@york.ac.uk
@archaeologistsp
saraperry.wordpress.com