Category: creativity
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DanCoyote ZeroG SkyDancers at MODLA in Second Life on 10 July 2008
These are my notes from DanCoyote ZeroG SkyDancers at MODLA in Second Life on 10 July 2008. This performance was/is our closing MODLA keynote. According to the SkyDancer’s page on Second Life Wikia: In mid 2006 new resident DanCoyote Antonelli envisioned a completely new art form in Second Life, the Hyperformalist live peformance. Based on…
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The challenge: Record “Geek Rockstar”
Karen Montgomery has written lyrics for a new song, “Geek Rockstar” set to the tune of Rockstar by Nickelback. Anyone willing to record these lyrics to Nickelback’s music and post it online? (Sadly I don’t think this would qualify as fair use. Maybe the recorder could obtain their official permission for an Internet-published remix?) Any…
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21st Century Skills Our Students Need
Several months ago, during an iChat text exchange with Marco Torres he suggested I record a short video outlining the 21st century literacy skills I believe our students need to have as they enter the workforce. This afternoon (at long last) I recorded a 14 minute video and posted it to Google Video on this…
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The Transformational Power of Social Media Technology in Learning: Inspiring Stories from the Classroom and Beyond! (Idit Caperton)
These are my notes from Idit Caperton’s closing keynote at NECC 2008, “The Transformational Power of Social Media Technology in Learning: Inspiring Stories from the Classroom and Beyond!” MY THOUGHTS ARE IN ALL CAPS. THIS WAS A FANTASTIC KEYNOTE AND ONE OF THE BEST I’VE EVER SEEN AT NECC. INSPIRATIONAL, CHALLENGING, RESEARCH-BASED, KID AND LEARNING…
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Python for Fun Introductory Programming by Michelle Hutton
These are my notes from Michelle Hutton’s NECC 2008 session “Python for Fun Introductory Programming” on July 2, 2008. The official description was: Learn a modern, creative, classroom-tested approach to introducing programming with Python. Hook reluctant and inexperienced students from middle school through college. Computer science teachers are facing a problem of decreasing enrollment, especially…
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Lots more stopmotion fun and lessons learned
Our fourth day of stopmotion filmmaking fun at our church’s fine arts camp ended today, and our final completed video count stands at 22. None of these films tell complete stories, and many are pretty random, but they do represent a great deal of learning, work, and fun! I published all our videos this evening…
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Lessons learned about Stopmotion after Arts Academy Day 1
My experiences today teaching the stopmotion filmmaking class for the Fine Arts Academy at our church in Edmond, Oklahoma, were very positive. (For the record, I AM taking vacation this week from work to do this.) Here are a few of my “lessons learned” so far. Simple is better. It was interesting to see groups…
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A family evening media triple play
We didn’t plan this in advance, but each of our children ended up publishing (with help) a media file tonight after dinner. Our eight year old attended a theater camp for the past two weeks in Texas which culminated in two performances of “Schoolhouse Rocks Jr.” and recorded a VoiceThread about her experiences. She also…