Update: Check out this post for my latest Avatar lesson plan While I was preparing for a presentation over Dan Pink for a regional technology conference, I ran across this amazing article in Newsweek entitled “It’s the Story, Stupid.” I do not think I could have made up better evidence of Dan Pink’s Story...
I ran onto this article on The Economist website. I think it really hits at the heart of technology use. The article discusses social networking and the desire to harness its value for business purposes. What if your students used something like Facebook to collaborate and create? I think this will be the defining...
This is a great article to introduce you to some basic color theory. If we encourage our students to develop their design aptitudes, we as teachers will need to develop our own right-brain design skills. In A Whole New Mind Daniel Pink relays the drawing class that he took. Teachers need to do the...
I plan on ordering this book in the near future. Dan Roam’s book The Back of the Napkin was a mind-opening experience for me, and was a building block for implementing Dan Pink’s design aptitude in my international studies class. Now Mr. Roam has published a guide book that looks like it would be...
This is a great resource that I was introduced to by our technology department. It has a number of great resources. Be sure to check out the cool websites link and the tip sheets. I have used a number of these technologies, and I will post about them in the future in order to...
I ran into this online collage maker which I thought might be a nice tool for student projects. You basically type in a URL of pictures that you would like to use. I used the Google image search in the sidebar and changed the word “cats” to whatever I was wanting to use. I...
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