Category: creativity
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Great Star Wars lego animations
My 8 year old son, Alexander, showed me some really fun stopmotion animations this morning, created with legos by some REALLY creative and talented digital storytellers! These movies include “Revenge of the Brick” (his favorite– he likes how Dooku uses Grievious as his TV antenna, how the Jedis are able to reconstruct starfighters on the…
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Podcast63: Guidelines for Educational Revolutionaries (1-7)
This podcast is the second in a series focusing on Guidelines for Educational Revolutionaries. In this podcast I explore the first seven guidelines. As always, listener responses and feedback are welcome as comments to this post! 🙂 Program Length: 32 min, 14 sec File size: 7.3 MB (Click here to listen to this podcast) Show…
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Open Video Contest
Let the aspiring digital storytellers in your circle of influence know about this one: The Open Video Contest sponsored by Creative Commons the Fedora Project. Submitted videos must be: about freedom and openness 30 sec long released under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 2.5 License submitted by July 20th There are a few more guidelines– but…
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Second Life First Impressions
Several weeks ago I heard about the game “Second Life” and downloaded it, but hadn’t installed it or really given it much thought. Until now, I really haven’t had time with everything that’s been going on with my move and new job! This evening I installed it and created an Avatar– and whoa! This world…
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iCommons, Remixes, Mashups and More
Tony Curzon Price’s article “iCommons for beginners” provides an excellent overview of US copyright, Creative Commons, and GPL licensing for software and other published works. It defines some words that you might have read or heard tossed around in the context of intellectual property, but not been too sure about their definitions. According to the…
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Podcast62: Cultures of Control and Creativity in Schools
This podcast is the first in a series focusing on Guidelines for Educational Revolutionaries. In this podcast I explore the natural tension which often exists between those in charge of K-12 educational technology (IT departments who tend to favor control over creativity) and those advocating for innovation and change. I explore ideas about what might…
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Garageband for Windows?
I am having a blast today working with teachers in Bryan, Texas, creating short, simple podcasts with Garageband. But what about folks who have Windows computers? I remember hearing about free software Sony had developed for Windows computers similar to Garageband– but I can’t find that link. Anyone know what that is? M-Audio has developed…
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Superb lego stopmotion: “The Good Samaritan”
Dean Shareski has posted an outstanding lego stop-motion movie that a 15 year old teenager he knows (Joel) created, titled “The Good Samaritan.” Superb work! Having created a few stopmotion movies myself with my son that look MUCH more amateurish than this one, I am quite impressed. Smooth animation, great use of sound effects, and…
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Custom lego cool creations
My son, Alexander, has added a new feature to his Lego Club Online website, showing the “cool creations” he made with actual legos and photographed using a digital camera. After uploading these images to the Lego Club website, they had to be “approved” by a moderator before showing up. This is an excellent feature of…
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WebPlay and the Arts
WebPlay is an: internet-based arts education project that links children from around the world to learn about theatre and each other. What a great concept. We need MORE OF THE ARTS in our schools, not less. Think.com teamed up with WebPlay back in March in California and apparently got lots of kids excited about theater,…