The Girl Who Hated Books: An NFB film

Wonderful animated short film from the NFB, The Girl Who Hated Books. You can probaly guess with a title like that, that this book starts out with a character, Meena, who hates books, but of course in the end, she discovers the endless joys of reading! A great way to celebrate Book Week.

Digital Storytelling: What Makes Good Story?

With the creation of stories using digital media becoming increasingly popular, we should begin to ask ourselves "what makes a good story?" This is a collection of links to short documentary and animated films from the New York Times Videos site. Watch these and decide for yourself, "What makes a good story?" Let's build this list together. Please post your comments.

Films about Art
A studio, Animated
http://video.nytimes.com/video/2010/03/25/movies/1247467449026/a-studio-animated.html

Haiti's Enduring Creativity
http://video.nytimes.com/video/2010/03/04/world/americas/1247467248066/haitis-enduring-creativity.html

Forbidden Art in China
http://video.nytimes.com/video/2009/10/05/arts/1247465005209/forbidden-art-in-china.html

A Film about the Environment
Saving Sea Turtles, One Nest at a Time
http://video.nytimes.com/video/2009/11/13/science/earth/1247465671443/saving-sea-turtles-one-nest-at-a-time.html

Short Biography clip on Brad Pitt
New York Times Shorts: The First Ones
http://video.nytimes.com/video/2007/02/08/magazine/1194818820142/brad-pitt.html

Here's a trailer for a film produced by the NFB (National Film Board of Canada)
http://www.nfb.ca/film/and_music_trailer
What are the features of a catchy trailer?

Autobiographical Short Titled: "Away"
http://www.nfb.ca/film/Away

Semi- biographical: "Blossom"
http://www.nfb.ca/film/blossom

On the Importance of Recording our Personal Stories from "Caputring Reality: The Art of the Documentary
http://www.nfb.ca/film/capturing_reality_alanis_obomsawin

There's nothing like a good old fashioned story! A Canadian classic, The Sweater by: Sheldon Cohen
http://www.nfb.ca/film/sweater/

Learners' Tasks

-Created on Wordle and Photoshop
See Wordle.com for more fun with words!

Was at an Apple Workshop recently where we previewed Apple's Podcast Producer, the-one stop-shopping-spot for podcasters. Easy as pie to use,create, publish and promote all with the click of a button.

Edmodo

Check out Edmodo... a microblogging site for the classroom.
http://www.edmodo.com/

Birthday

"Do Something Special On Your Birthday" is a book by Blair Drawson.

Hands Help You Learn on PhotoPeach
PhotoPeach is a great little site for creating digital stories online. Check it out!