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Digital Drum | Website | "This is Our Beat"
With all the viral videos and online communities popping up these days, it's sometimes hard to cut through the garbage (aka. booty-shaking girls on webcam) to find something that's entertaining and culturally enlightening. Cue to the Aboriginal Peoples Television Network (APTN), which recently launched its new interactive site DigitalDrum.ca, in order to educate and appeal to Canadian youth through the wonders of the Internet.
The site allows users to explore Aboriginal culture, language, history, current events and art through videos, poetry, blogs, music file-sharing and artwork. Above all else, its goal is to create a strong community, especially amongst different generations, in "making us all feel youth have a sense of citizenship and pride in their Aboriginal heritage - both online and in the real-world" (digitaldrum.ca)
To get creativity flowing, the site also launched the "Show Us Your Beat Video Contest," asking for submissions across Canada. Prizes include a $2,500 scholarship for B.C.'s Gulf Islands Film & Television School, a MacBook Pro laptop, a Sony Handycam and tripod along with free T-shirts for the first 75 entries.
So either get cracking on your entry (all entries due Dec. 31st) or check out the videos already uploaded here.
More: Official Site @ www.DigitalDrum.ca | "Show us Your Beat Contest" Rules & Regulations @ www.DigitialDrum.ca/en/contest
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Posted by Shaena K.November 29, 2007 at 12:26 AM
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