But before I spill those beans, I should you remind you about Digital Storytelling Week kicking off our back to school webinars. 8/3/09 Thinking Outside the Slide: Creating non-linear PowerPoint presentations and learning centers with Discovery Education Media 8/4/09 Digital Storytelling Made Easy: Using Discovery Education Content with Animoto and PhotoStory 8/5/09 Director’s Cut: Discovery
AFI's ScreenNation 2.0
Just got a press release from the American Film Institute announcing a major upgrade for the ScreenNation site. There doesn’t seem to be a hard date yet, so I’m guessing by the end of summer at the latest. Join me in posting some of your favorite moivemaking how-to’s and/or encourage your students to share their
Screen Ed Exodus
Even occasional readers of this blog know that I hold the resources that Frank Guttler and Mitch Aiken have assembled for the American Film Institute’s K-12 Screen Ed program in very high regard. So, you too will probably share my sorrow on learning that the grant funded outreach has lost its funding and Frank and
CU D.C.
In what has become an annual summer event for me, I spent the last few days right outside of our nation’s capital at Discovery headquarters in Silver Spring, MD. As usual, it was a great opportunity to reconnect with my colleagues from both coasts, my neighbor Steve Dembo (who I almost only see when we’re
NECC, ScreenEd & ScreenNation
Just in case you weren’t able to meet the door scene guy (AFI’s Frank Guttler) in person at the DEN reception in San Antonio, you can see him in action on a NECC webcast. Look for “AFI Screen Education Center: Digital Filmmaking in the Core Curriculum,” Wednesday at 1:30. Due to copyright concerns for this
KISS
So, if you were the associate director of the American Film Institute’s Screen Education Center and had to make a ~90 second video in order to apply to attend the Google Teacher Academy, wouldn’t you bring all of the resources and talent you have access to at AFI into your entry clip? Of course not,
Hometown Challenge #2
Just a reminder as you are packing (or have packed) up for the summer, there’s still another month left to enter the American Film Institute’s Hometown Claim to Fame challenge. Right now it’s looking pretty good for a town just a couple of suburbs away from mine. They have three entries in! Though my sentimental
To Transition or…
…not to transition? That’s not much of a question unless you’re going for a cheesey, 1950’s kind of B movie trailer look. Keep yourself safe from PPTS (that’s “PowerPoint Transition Syndrome” according to my old buddy Ken Wiseman). And my new buddies Xander and Calvin make just that point in their latest ScreenNation learning video
ScreenNation 1st Challenge
The American Film Institute’s ScreenNation first challenge is on and it should be right up your alley, or your main street at least. It’s called Home Town Claim to Fame. I wouldn’t know where to start with the city I grew up in – Chicago and I’d have to learn a lot (maybe the point?)
Chicago, Chicago
I spent two days working with students and teachers in my hometown last week. A great way to cheer up cold, gray, rainy days for me. Come on spring! I’m really not in the rhythm of the school year anymore, so it was a pleasant surprise when I was contacted by a school to come