It's been an exciting couple of weeks at the Mobile lab. On the evening of Thursday, June 5th, we celebrated the completion of the Locative Learning Project with our partners, Banff Community High School and Learning Through The Arts, as well as with the Grade 7 Social Studies students and their parents. A barbeque in the park seemed a fitting finale to a collaboration that took us often took us outdoors. While the food was being served and eaten, we gave students and parents the opportunity to the final version of the Banff Mobile History Tour for a spin. This version features audio/video media files created by the students that play when a tour participant walks into the area chosen by the students at an earlier phase of the project. If you missed this event or the public demos that followed, please take a look at www.banffmobilehistory.ca for all of the content and a mapping application - the next best thing to actually physically experiencing the tour!

As well, in early May, students from the Kainai Reserve in Southern Alberta traveled to Banff for a visit to the Banff Centre. As part of their activities here, the middle school students were able to take the Banff Mobile History Tour for a spin. As it was the first time in Banff for many students, the tour allowed them to walk around the townsite while about learning its history. The students enjoyed the humour in many of the projects and gained new insight into the possibilities of mobile technology.

As you can imagine, all of these events took a lot of work and help, so the LLP team would like to take a few lines to thank everyone who helped out with making this ambitious project a reality. The project would never have been more than just an idea if not for our generous funders, Inukshuk Wireless. And it couldn't have come together if not for the hard work of our partners, Learning Through The Arts and Banff Community High School. We'd also like to thank the Banff Community Foundation for their financial support of the barbeque and the Canmore student visits. Other thank-yous go out to The Whyte Museum, the faculty of BCHS, the Banff New Media Institute Staff, and everyone else who has helped over the past 10 months!