8th February 2007

Creative Educator magazine

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In my phone conversation with my wife this morning, she mentioned a great new magazine arrived at our house yesterday, “The Creative Educator.” This is a publication of the very creative and innovative folks over at Tech4Learning, who make wonderful products that inspire creativity like The Clay Animation Kit and Frames, which is a Mac/Windows compatible program for creating stop-frame animations.

“The Creative Educator,” as one might expect if you’re familiar with Tech4Learning and the pedagogical perspective their developers come from (they descended from the original makers of HyperStudio, which originated with HyperCard) emphasizes constructivist and project-based learning. The lead article for this initial edition is available online, and titled “Clay Animation SpecTECHular: Engage and Inspire with Hands-on Curriculum Projects.”

Creating curriculum projects or just plain FUN projects with clay animation can be engaging stuff. On their Recipies4Success website, you can find a wealth of lesson plans relating to the Clay Animation kit and other products, grade levels, subject areas and keywords.

If you want to get more creative with your teaching, “The Creative Educator” looks like a great place to go for inspiration! And, my wife was quick to point out there’s an article by Cheryl Oakes in the first edition. If Cheryl is contributing, you know the content is bound to be great! :-)

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  1. 1 On February 8th, 2007, Cheryl Oakes said:

    Thanks for the heads up, I”ll have to be on the look out.
    Cheryl

  2. 2 On February 9th, 2007, JenniferW said:

    WOW — Thanks Wes, for letting us know about the new Mag……….

    and THANKS for letting us know Cheryl was a part of it.

    Let us know when you are coming to chat with us at Women of Web 2 — we hope it will be the end of this month. (my fingers are crossed!!)

    Jen

  3. 3 On February 9th, 2007, Wesley Fryer said:

    I will Jen, I apologize for not replying to your email yet! I will get back to you on this over the weekend! :-)