Taanshi kihtwaam! Hello, again!<br><br>I have been thinking about doing an internet radio program for Michif for a long while.... I even have an account set up at Blogtalk Radio but haven't really done anything with it yet. I also set up an Ning site for Michif sometime ago but that never went anywhere either.... However, Phil's recent post talking about an Ning site and my friend's new radio show have gotten me thinking again.... Perhaps I wasn't meant to try to do these things in isolation?! (Dah!) Perhaps, we could do something as a community? Not just for Michif, of course, but for all our languages--or at least those of people who want to get involved. <br>
<br>Now, I am not a digital Native nor do I really "like" technology (sorry!). (I like it for what it can do but I don't really like messing around with the nuts and bolts! LOL!) However, I am hoping that there is someone out there who does and would be willing to get involved. ( Like Phil mentioned in an earlier email, perhaps an MA or PhD candidate?) <br>
<br>So, here is the dream.... What if WE started an Internet radio program (with
call in, etc.!--on Blogtalk Radio?) so that we could present our
ideas/talks/papers/interviews to a wider audience...? The program could
even be "broadcast" and the podcasts moved to an site like Ning where
access could be managed if/when necessary (at the request of the
speaker, an elder, a band or tribal council, etc.) (Of course, the
podcast could even be given to the carriers/owners of the knowledge
shared and the original destroyed if so asked.) What if we had an
Ning site we could put up videos as well and even have chat sessions
when if we wanted to get together...? I am almost positive that
Elluminate! (head office in Calgary, Alberta, close to here!) would be
willing to give us access to a virtual classroom when we could do
webcasts, have meetings, etc....<br><br>My sense is that many others may have dreamed or are dreaming in a similar way. I believe our dreams can show us the way....<br><br>Thanks for reading this and listening to me.<br>
<br>Eekoshi.<br>Heather<br>