This document outlines the agenda and objectives for a course on incorporating digital and innovative technologies into arts projects. The course will include presentations on key technologies and platforms, small group workshops, case studies, and resources for digital engagement. The learning objectives are to provide an understanding of social media and technologies, introduce useful applications, create awareness of good digital engagement practices through examples, and help participants plan digital engagement for their own projects.

1. Digital and Innovative Technologies in the Arts
James Peacefull of Lets Go Global, for Arts+Media and the DART project
Date: 16th March 2010

2. Housekeeping
✤ no smoking in the building or directly outside
✤ no fire alarm is expected
✤ open wifi - mdda_internet
✤ if there is anything you are not sure about please ask

3. Aim of the Course
✤ The course aims to show artists, curators and arts development
workers how they can incorporate and exploit digital and innovative
technologies in their work.

4. How will we do this?
✤ Presentations around the key areas of learning, technologies and
platforms
✤ Small group workshops
✤ Case studies
✤ Signposts to resources

5. Learning Objectives
✤ Provide an understanding of social media and innovative digital
technologies
✤ Introduction to a number of useful social media applications and
concepts
✤ Create an awareness of good practice in digital engagement through
examples and case studies
✤ Know how to plan a digital engagement plan for a project
✤ Understand how to integrate digital engagement with other
engagement activities

6. Introductions
James Peacefull
✤ Technical manager at Lets Go Global
✤ Artist and film maker
✤ Curator
✤ Web developer

7. Introductions
Lets Go Global - Creativity for all through technology
✤ Community Media and Arts organisation
✤ Part of Trafford Council
✤ Aim: Build creative digital capacity in the public and voluntary services
✤ Community Media and Art Projects
✤ Training
✤ Video Commissions

8. Introductions
You?
✤ Your name?
✤ What you do?
✤ Any previous experience of digital technologies or social media?
✤ Any specific things you want to learn from today?