The ambient web extends this by placing all these capabilities in the context of located media. This will transform the way we perceive public space, as it will allow us to create shared meaning by using the web directly connected to day-to-day activities out in the world .The societal potential for this has been explored recently by projects such as Urban Tapestries6 and Presence7, which showed there is an enthusiasm for located, context-sensitive media that is at least as strong as for the conventional web. Two recent projects - New Sense of Place and Mudlarking in Deptford - have explored the learning potential of involving children as active participants in building interactive mediascapes.
The New Sense of Place project8 explored how children could use mediascapes to enhance their geography studies in urban settings. Over a period of several weeks the children created soundscapes (located sounds only, no pictures) that all related to a particular piece of open space close to their school .They were free to decide what sort of content they wanted and to control who it was shared with.
The children responded with enthusiasm and their soundscapes were as varied as titles such as' Evil Footsteps', and 'Secret Super Wood' suggest When invited to think about how they would extend these ideas into their local neigh bourhood, they easily generated a wide variety of both playful and serious uses.