This article touched close to home in terms of utilizing technology to help preserve culture, especially languages. An organization, Arwarbukarl Cultural Resource Association (ACRA), has developed a program called Miromaa that allows indigenous language speakers an opportunity to record their language in technological format and preserve it. The primary motivation for the development of this program is to allow indigenous tribes that are in fear of dying out the opportunity to capture their way of life.
Being able to utilize a program that takes pictures, sound recordings, video recordings, and text in a cohesive manner for categorizing and developing instructions for learning a new language is fascinating. I've seen similar software used for English speakers trying to learn Spanish, French, German, etc. This takes the idea to a meta level by creating the framework these courses operate within, and then allowing people to create their own learning tool.
When I checked out the website, I couldn't find a price for the software, only contact information for an inquiry. The site was informative and well laid out, but had issues displaying content in Firefox. Overall, though, I'm impressed with the software program, idea behind it, and dissemination method for utilizing it.
Original Article: http://www.abc.net.au/northqld/stories/s2060162.htm?backyard
ACRA Product Website: http://www.arwarbukarl.com.au/default.aspx?id=153
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