Remix/Mash-Up Culture

7 Feb
2010

This morning, I watched a fascinating video on YouTube. It came to me in the form of a tweet from fellow educator Joyce Valenza. The video draws inspiration from a Ted.com talk by Larry Lessig about the nature of creativity and copyright law and looks at the way our culture uses mash-ups and remixing to [...]

Finding Music in Green Places

18 Jan
2010

Diego Stocco – Music From A Tree from Diego Stocco on Vimeo.
I love happening across some unexpected and delightful corner of creativity. This weekend, as I shuffled through a couple dozen websites using the discover tool StumbleUpon, I came upon a video of a musician and composer named Diego Stocco. Now, I love music in [...]

Artistry Through Technology

16 Jan
2010

Lately, the DreamExtreme class has come across some very fun and interesting technology tools that could lend themselves to learning projects. Students have already used some in class work, and have only just begun to explore others. I’m including links and screenshots in this post to give you a launch pad to do some exploration [...]

Xtranormal Animation

11 Dec
2009

Students in the DreamExtreme classroom have been exploring a web-based tool called Xtranormal.com. Xtranormal allows a person to use text to create an animation sequence. The user is able to select a character, background, voice, and other video and audio elements. It also allows you to add actions, camera angles and other semi-cinematic elements.

Above, I’ve [...]

Video Connections and Literature Circles

4 Dec
2009

As we barrel toward the Christmas break, we’re feverishly trying to tie up loose ends and bring projects to a satisfying and successful close. We’re also throwing some new irons into the fire just to keep things interesting.
This week we had the wonderful opportunity to connect with artist Lonnie Powell from Missouri. Along with four [...]

A Bug’s Life: Up CLOSE!

29 Oct
2009

Bugs.
They’re kind of tricky. Some people love them. Love to look at them and catch them and play with them and learn about them.
Other people just like to squash them as soon as they amble across their paths.
Today, in the DreamExtreme classroom, we had the extraordinary opportunity to look at bugs up close. And by [...]

Door to Door Virtually

16 Oct
2009

Each one of us has to travel some distance to get to school each day. Some students walk or ride bikes and scooters. Some ride on a bus while others are dropped off by parents. I drive to school each morning in my family van with my two children who attend Kennedy. For all of [...]

CoverItLive Sample Blog

15 Oct
2009

We’re trying out using CoverItLive with the whole class. It’s important to build liveblogging skills so we’re ready next time we connect with another class.
DreamExtreme Sample 3
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