Category: digitalstorytelling
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Window Washer on a Chicago Skyscraper
Before going up to the top of the Willis (Sears) Tower today in Chicago, I saw the following window washer rappelling down a nearby building. Now that’s a risky job! – Posted using BlogPress from my iPad Location:N Kingsbury St,Chicago,United States
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Inspired to Dream BIG @NorthwesternU
It’s never too early to start talking with kids about college, and you can’t put a price on inspiration. These were some of the ideas reinforced by our “partial” family’s visit today to Northwestern University in Evanston, Illinois, about thirty minutes north of downtown Chicago right on the western shore of Lake Michigan. I’m here…
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Thank You Teachers (Teacher Appreciation Week Message)
Yesterday after much waiting and deliberation, I purchased a Kodak Play-Touch flash-based camcorder at Best Buy for $78. This was a substantial discount, and this sale may be available at your own local Best Buy as well this week. Since I also purchased an 8 GB EyeFi SD card (which is an amazingly cool wifi-capable…
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Visually Capturing Stress in the White House During SEAL Operations Against Bin Laden
The following photos from the official U.S. White House Flickr stream vividly portray the stress involved in the recent military operation which resulted in the death of Osama Bin Laden. This first photo particularly captures the stress and seriousness of these hours. From articles I’ve read, it sounds like our national command authority (the folks…
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Using Copyright-friendly Images Effectively in Presentations
Yesterday on April 25, 2011, I shared a workshop for faculty and staff at Western Oklahoma State College in Altus titled, “Using Copyright-friendly Images Effectively in Presentations.” The recorded audio from this workshop is available in two parts on my secondary “Fuel for Educational Change Agents” podcast channel. (part 1 and part 2) Referenced resources…
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Digitally Resurrecting the 1957 Wyoming 4A Football Finals
Thanks to a high school classmate who was able to digitize ancient silent movie footage of the 1957 Wyoming 4A Football Finals and Semifinals, my dad has been reliving his glory days as a high school quarterback for the Powell Panthers. This evening after watching both games on DVD, I asked if he’d like to…
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Spectacular Scenes of Controlled Burning on the Kansas Prairie
Today driving up for a Storychasers‘”Celebrate Kansas Voices” digital storytelling workshop in Manhattan, I witnessed some dramatic scenes of controlled burning on the prairie just south of Junction City along US 77. I don’t think these images do the landscape justice. In addition to photos taken with the default camera app of my iPhone4, I…
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Super Digital Stories from Celebrate Texas Voices in Lubbock
This week was historic: the first workshop for “Celebrate Texas Voices” was held at Region 17 Service Center in Lubbock. Twenty five educators from around West Texas gathered for two days to learn how to create digital stories using a “digital backpack” of equipment and free software. Here are a few of the wonderful stories…
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Use a cell phone supporting 3 way calling to record audio interviews
Today in our “Celebrate Texas Voices” workshop for Storychasers in Lubbock, Don Wilson and I showed teachers how they could use any cell phone supporting 3 way calling and the free website, iPadio.com, to record an audio interview with another person. Of course, as is the case with all audio recording, it’s important to get…
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Science is a Contact Sport with the Brightest Minds in the World @GovInternships
How are you going to help the students you teach get more interested, motivated, and excited THIS WEEK about becoming scholars in the areas of STEM: Science, Technology, Engineering and Math? Consider sharing the following six minute video and discussing it. Multiple researchers (including post-doc students) at the Oak Ridge National Laboratory (in Tennessee) describe…