Category: creativity
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Pleased with VGA-out capabilities of PaperDesk LITE for iPad
This morning in our 5th grade Sunday school class, several students were able to use the free program “PaperDesk LITE for iPad” to share illustrations on our LCD projector which they drew to help visualize some of the vocabulary words and concepts which were a part of our lesson. I was delighted to find this…
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Music by Yukon, Oklahoma students aboard the John Lennon Educational Tour Bus
In February 2010, the John Lennon Educational Tour Bus stopped for a day in Yukon, Oklahoma. Several students from Yukon High School (recommended by their teachers) were selected to spend the day aboard the bus with professional musicians and teacher-educators, creating an original song and music video. “Oh, My Love” was the result of their…
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Online Student Portfolios: What Tools Are Best?
I received the following question via email recently, and am posting it here along with my thoughts. I’ve been wanting to write and share about ePortfolios for several weeks, and this question has given me a good opportunity to do so. Please chime in with other suggestions and ideas! I wonder if Moodle is a…
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Creativity unleashed with LEGO Stopmotion music videos and movie scene re-enactments
It’s amazing to see what creative people can do with music, movies, LEGOs, and a LOT of discretionary time. If you want proof, check out some of the LEGO stopmotion videos included in Mashable’s posts “Top 10 LEGO Movie Tributes on YouTube” and “10 Best LEGO Music Videos on YouTube.” The past two summers I’ve…
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Social, economic and cultural commentary via remixed multimedia: Meet DJ Spooky
What does the “War on Terror,” jazz, manufactured consent, hip-hop music, remix culture, Led Zepplin, globalization, Radio Head, contemporary Iranian music responding to recent alleged electoral fraud, and a 1924 film commissioned by the Soviet government have in common? These are all themes included in the latest album and DVD project, “The Secret Song” by…
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If you learned it you should have got an A on it (Scholar Ladies video and Beyoncé remix)
Singing and dancing students, teachers and administrators in the YouTube video, “Scholar Ladies (Get An A On It)” share a positive message about high expectations for school learning and good grades. One of the students in my Technology 4 Teachers class this semester shared this video with me, after we watched the video “Gotta Keep…
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Painting with Light! LCD Pens, Circuits and Creativity
This evening my son and I attended a two hour “Light Painting Workshop” at the Oklahoma City CoCo. (Coworking Collaborative) We learned about “makers,” building electronic circuits, LCD lights, and photography while we experienced new ways to have creative fun! During the workshop we built LCD light pens, and then used them to create different…
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Results in learning: What are ways we can assess the impact to teaching and learning? #i11i #vanmeter
These are my notes from Jen Sigrist‘s presentation, “Results in learning: What are ways we can assess the impact to teaching and learning?” at the Iowa 1 to 1 Institute on April 7, 2010. MY THOUGHTS AND REFLECTIONS ARE IN ALL CAPS. Jen is with Van Community Schools in Iowa. Results in learning: What are…
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Creative Music Making on YouTube with Four iPhones
It’s pretty amazing to see the musical possibilities with iPhone applications like “I Am T-Pain” and “Beatmaker.” In three weeks the YouTube video, “Lady Gaga – Poker Face by Applegirl (ver. I-Phone Apps)” has had over 1 million views. This female, Japanese iPhone musician and singer used four iPhones, running two copies Beatmaker, 1 copy…
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New Media Literacies by Vanessa Vartabedian
These are my notes from Vanessa Vartabedian’s presentation “New Media Literacies” at the LESCN conference in Meredith, New Hampshire on April 1, 2010. MY THOUGHTS ARE IN ALL CAPS. Vanessa is Va_Leigh on Twitter. Her personal Blip.tv account is vanessavartabedian.blip.tv. According to the NML website: New Media Literacies (NML), a research initiative based within USC’s…