Nancy Keck’s Blog

Photo from Benjamin ZAnder’s webpage http://www.benjaminzander.com/book/  The book “The Art of Possibility” by Rosamund Stone Zander and Benjamin Zander is a truly inspirational book. It is one of those books that you want to read bits and pieces so you can get the full impact of their messages. But, on the other hand you don’t want to […]

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1.     Who is Ron Smith?
2.     What are some of the technology devices used in his classroom?
3.     Were they (the devices) successful?
4.     What are his feelings about “powerpoints” being used for presentations?
5.     How does he accommodate the varying interests of students in his classroom?
6.     What did he mean by the statement that teaching digital is all […]

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Another student created videos on
Youtube
Animoto #1
Animoto #2  
Student cited graphic from www.cartoonstock.com

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Our Students have been working on their “Hunt for Pythagoras Projects”…
They came out fantastic!!!
We created a scrapbook on Smilebox…

Make a Smilebox photobook

Video may be viewed here…
hunt-for-pythagoras.mov

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“Boba Fett: Bounty Trail”
Watch the videos and tell me whether you think the fan film helps or hurts the franchise and how. What are the dangers of letting fans make up their own StarWars-based stories?
I really liked Star Wars but I did not think this video was in the same caliber of the Lucas […]

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Jenkins notes that in 2004 political candidates who were successful on the Internet were not necessarily successful with the general public. He notes that new media did not take over the political process but it did influence the process.
How has the Internet and new media changed culture and institutions in general?

Media played a tremendous […]

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Have there been any books or movies that have inspired you to the point of action, either to be like people/characters in the book/movie, or to do something creative? What books/movies and what did you do?The movie last year “The Ultimate Gift” inspired my co-teacher, myself and Robin Abrams to create a year long project […]

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Copy of My personal autographed print from “Yoda” in St Maarten
 Chapter 4: Quentin Tarantino’s Star Wars?

 How has technology change the division between folk culture and commercial or mass culture?
Folk culture has always been important remember “Woodstock” or the first time the Beatles played on the Ed Sullivan show. Now, current technology such as […]

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