Our Stories Project: OLPC, UNICEF, Google, StoryCorps
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Channel: Google TechTalks · 2007 · Howto & Style
Google Tech Talks May 17, 2007 ABSTRACT "Our Stories" is a joint project of One Laptop Per Child, UNICEF, StoryCorps, and Google to help preserve and share the histories and identities of traditional cultures around the world through storytelling and oral histories captured and shared online. The goal is to capture 5 million stories through the OLPC efforts and to upload those audio files to the Google Our Stories site where they can be shared globally. Children will be asked to interview/ record stories of their parents and grandparents, asking them some of life's greater questions (e.g., what are the most important lessons you have learned? what would you like to be remembered for?). The...
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