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Five card story-telling

Created by G. Christopher Clark (University of Notre Dame) on March 17, 2010

Anyone who has played poker will see the resemblance between “five card draw” and Five Card Flickr, an engaging exercise that presents random images and challenges you to create a story to save and share. [read more]

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Infographics in the classroom

Created by G. Christopher Clark (University of Notre Dame) on March 12, 2010

Yesterday an article at Bionic Teaching featured “Mega Shark,” an infographic by Stephen Taubman. Based on a cheesy 2009 sci-fi flick, the poster explains the physics of an enormous creature leaping out of the ocean and bringing down an airplane – great for the classroom, don’t you think? [read more]

Graphic Design, Imaging and Publishing | images | infographics | Learning | visualization

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Controlled serendipity

Created by G. Christopher Clark (University of Notre Dame) on March 11, 2010

A while back, in the New York Times “Bits” blog, Nick Bilton wrote an article titled ‘Controlled Serendipity’ Liberates the Web, about the phenomenon of combing internet news sources for information that was useful enough to pass on to others [read more]

blog | Blogs | crowdsourcing | Social Media

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Musical gaming for charity

Created by G. Christopher Clark (University of Notre Dame) on March 10, 2010

In the Xbox game Chime you play against a melody, placing one shape at a time on a grid. While placing the blocks you are also remixing music tracks by world-famous artists like Philip Glass and Moby. A line moves across the grid in time with the music, triggering different sounds for each kind of shape it passes. [read more]

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Video humor for spring break

Created by G. Christopher Clark (University of Notre Dame) on March 9, 2010

It’s spring break here and some of us are in a sort of summer mode — an opportune moment for levity. Today we feature humorous YouTube videos. They all relate to technology, so you have permission to watch them at work. [go ahead]

audio/video | Fun / Humor | Humor | spring break | YouTube

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A tasty way to share lists of websites with classes

Created by G. Christopher Clark (University of Notre Dame) on March 8, 2010

I am always finding websites that I want to remember.
Luckily, Delicious.com is there to help me save and organize bookmarks.
One of the things it's great for is sharing lists of websites with students.
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Creating seriously good comics online

Created by G. Christopher Clark (University of Notre Dame) on March 4, 2010

I have always wished I could draw, but I don’t have the talent and I never had the patience to learn how. Online tools like Pixton make it easy to create your own comics. [read more]

applications | comic creation | images | Tools | visualization

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We need all kinds of minds

Created by G. Christopher Clark (University of Notre Dame) on March 3, 2010

Prof. Temple Grandin of Colorado State lives with autism and describes herself as a visual thinker. Last week at the TED Conference, Grandin shared her concern that we are ignoring potentially brilliant scientists because they have autism. [read more]

autism | intelligence | Learning | Students | Temple Grandin

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Second Life moves closer to prime time

Created by G. Christopher Clark (University of Notre Dame) on March 2, 2010

Last week Second Life released a public beta version of the software used to enter their virtual world. "Viewer 2" is a huge step towards broader acceptance of virtual world technology. [learn more]

immersive learning environments and simulations | Second Life | Virtual Worlds

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How millennial are you?

Created by G. Christopher Clark (University of Notre Dame) on February 25, 2010

You don't have to read Cosmopolitan to find out, just take a quiz offered by the Pew Research Center. My score says I behave more like a Gen-Xer than the Baby Boomer I really am. [learn more here]

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		cclark2's blog Five card story-telling Created by G. Christopher Clark (University of Notre Dame) on March 17, 2010 Anyone who has played poker will see the resemblance between “five card draw” and Five Card Flickr, an engaging exercise that presents random images and challenges you to create a story to save and share. [read more] Digital Storytelling \| flickr \| images \| storytelling Login or register to post comments 15 reads Infographics in the classroom Created by G. Christopher Clark (University of Notre Dame) on March 12, 2010 Yesterday an article at Bionic Teaching featured “Mega Shark,” an infographic by Stephen Taubman. Based on a cheesy 2009 sci-fi flick, the poster explains the physics of an enormous creature leaping out of the ocean and bringing down an airplane – great for the classroom, don’t you think? [read more] Graphic Design, Imaging and Publishing \| images \| infographics \| Learning \| visualization Login or register to post comments 20 reads Controlled serendipity Created by G. Christopher Clark (University of Notre Dame) on March 11, 2010 A while back, in the New York Times “Bits” blog, Nick Bilton wrote an article titled ‘Controlled Serendipity’ Liberates the Web, about the phenomenon of combing internet news sources for information that was useful enough to pass on to others [read more] blog \| Blogs \| crowdsourcing \| Social Media Login or register to post comments 18 reads Musical gaming for charity Created by G. Christopher Clark (University of Notre Dame) on March 10, 2010 In the Xbox game Chime you play against a melody, placing one shape at a time on a grid. While placing the blocks you are also remixing music tracks by world-famous artists like Philip Glass and Moby. A line moves across the grid in time with the music, triggering different sounds for each kind of shape it passes. [read more] Digital Game-Based Learning \| Games and Gaming \| Music \| social issues \| xbox \| xbox 360 games Login or register to post comments 13 reads Video humor for spring break Created by G. Christopher Clark (University of Notre Dame) on March 9, 2010 It’s spring break here and some of us are in a sort of summer mode — an opportune moment for levity. Today we feature humorous YouTube videos. They all relate to technology, so you have permission to watch them at work. [go ahead] audio/video \| Fun / Humor \| Humor \| spring break \| YouTube 1 comment 37 reads A tasty way to share lists of websites with classes Created by G. Christopher Clark (University of Notre Dame) on March 8, 2010 I am always finding websites that I want to remember. Luckily, Delicious.com is there to help me save and organize bookmarks. One of the things it's great for is sharing lists of websites with students. [read more] browser \| delicious \| Social Bookmarking \| Social Media \| web browser \| website Login or register to post comments 26 reads Creating seriously good comics online Created by G. Christopher Clark (University of Notre Dame) on March 4, 2010 I have always wished I could draw, but I don’t have the talent and I never had the patience to learn how. Online tools like Pixton make it easy to create your own comics. [read more] applications \| comic creation \| images \| Tools \| visualization Login or register to post comments 15 reads We need all kinds of minds Created by G. Christopher Clark (University of Notre Dame) on March 3, 2010 Prof. Temple Grandin of Colorado State lives with autism and describes herself as a visual thinker. Last week at the TED Conference, Grandin shared her concern that we are ignoring potentially brilliant scientists because they have autism. [read more] autism \| intelligence \| Learning \| Students \| Temple Grandin Login or register to post comments 4 reads Second Life moves closer to prime time Created by G. Christopher Clark (University of Notre Dame) on March 2, 2010 Last week Second Life released a public beta version of the software used to enter their virtual world. "Viewer 2" is a huge step towards broader acceptance of virtual world technology. [learn more] immersive learning environments and simulations \| Second Life \| Virtual Worlds Login or register to post comments 10 reads How millennial are you? Created by G. Christopher Clark (University of Notre Dame) on February 25, 2010 You don't have to read Cosmopolitan to find out, just take a quiz offered by the Pew Research Center. My score says I behave more like a Gen-Xer than the Baby Boomer I really am. [learn more here] Millennial Generation \| Millennials \| Pew Internet and American Life Project \| Research and Reporting \| sociology \| Students Login or register to post comments 51 reads 1 2 3 4 5 next › last »
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