Category: digitalstorytelling
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Now that was a late game
Yes, that watch actually does read 12:05 AM. Saturday AND Sunday’s KSU versus CU football matchup had just finished: Made with FD’s Flickr Toys.
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50 Web 2.0 Ways To Tell a Story
If the information landscape has seasons, this should definitely be considered spring in the sense that SO MUCH is growing and proliferating. The 2007 K-12 Online Conference starts its first regular week on Monday, and it is going to be AMAZING. As a co-convener, I’ve been able to preview several of the presentations. Wow am…
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Refreshed VoiceThread and Parent Permission form
A new and “refreshed” version of my favorite web-based digital storytelling tool, VoiceThread, is now online and available. I’ve just given it a brief spin, and it looks good. According to Andrew writing on the VoiceThread blog: Here’s what’s new on VoiceThread: Redesigned browsing, creating content and account management functionalities Upload more media types to…
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Time to switch to CFLs
Want to save money? Help the environment? See yet another phenomenal example of effective communication via digital storytelling? Watch Lee LeFever’s “New Light Bulbs in Plain English” video to learn how to do the first two things, and experience the third: Also available on Blip.tv. If you are looking for a great example of digital…
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Turning to YouTube for an Origami Tutorial
My 4th grade son is working on a homemade boat project this weekend, as he’ll be racing his model tomorrow at school in recognition of Columbus Day and Christopher Columbus. The specifications require the boat be made of homemade materials, include no motors, and have a width no greater than 2 1/2 inches. Students must…
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Voicethread about Civil War artifacts in Oklahoma
Last week I had a chance to visit the Confederate Memorial Museum in Atoka, Oklahoma. Here are a few narrated images of artifacts from the U.S. Civil War from my visit. The museum has a website with more information.
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Many more K-12 Online Conference Teasers
If you haven’t been regularly checking out the K-12 Online Conference blog the last two weeks, check out this page which includes links to all the presentation “teasers” submitted to date. Wow do we ever have a creative lineup of presenters for the conference this year! 🙂
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A whole different level of amateur rocket launches
Have you ever launched Estes model rockets with students or with your own children? As part of a “Power and Energy” class I took in 7th grade in Manhattan, Kansas, we built our own rockets and used Estes engines to launch them. That was certainly a memorable class project! A year or so ago, we…
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Shanghai Cricket Market VoiceThread
I created and published a short VoiceThread this evening I titled “Shanghai Cricket Market.” Apparently crickets have both a lucky/superstitious value for many Chinese people living in Shanghai, as well as a “sporting” value for gambling. We learned a lot more about crickets and saw all different sizes in this Shanghai Cricket Market when my…
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A fun activity for October 13th
Got plans for Saturday, October 13th? If not, consider getting together with some buddies and shooting a 3 minute film masterpiece in 24 hours for the 2007 Insomnia Film Festival! If your film wins top votes from either the public or the professional judges, “each member of your team will receive a MacBook Pro, Final…