Saturday, January 26, 2013

The Real Ghostubster animated series review

 

How did this long running series help change animation in the 80s? What was the difference between the Real Ghostbusters and the Ghostbusters with the Gorilla?

Check out my Ghostbusters article on Yahoo! Contributor Network for more details

Don't forget my other works of animation articles on my Squidoo Lens

Source: squidoo.com via James on Pinterest

Thursday, January 24, 2013

I am Featured in the Launchpad Leaders Program for use of Toontastic

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I was asked by Launchpad Toys to submit information and this video for utilizing Toontastic in such a creative way

You can also check out a previous post I made about using iBooks to review their Toontastic Memoirs

You can also view the iBook of Toontastic Memoirs by 7th grade BWMS Media Arts students

You can see the full Mission Plan as a PDF on the Launchpad Leaders sitel 

Tuesday, January 22, 2013

Monday, January 21, 2013

I am Featured in November Parent News Magazine for use of Minecraft

Skim on through to page 10 to find an article written by one of my collaborting teachers Mrs. Baker and her article Get App...ppy

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You can also view the article on the Parent News Magazine web site

Saturday, January 19, 2013

Toontastic memoirs student films YouTube playlist

Here are some of my students Toontastic movies featured in a YouTube playlist

Don't forget to check out my previous Toontastic posts such as the iBook we made out of them or the Toontastic Memoir lesson plan

Friday, January 18, 2013

Fauvist Painting Rough Drafts w/ Drawcast

By introducing my students to Fauvism, they were able to create a simple piece of art that showcased Complementary Colors and Contour Line

7th_Grade_Fauvists_painting.pdf Download this file

My Media Arts students get to make too much traditional art, so it was fun getting back into artistic concepts such as color and line. You can see some of my previous posts that utilized Color in the Classroom

7th graders took a photo of their hand with Drawcast. See some of my other posts that we used Drawcast to make art. They then did a contour sketch of their hand using the foreground layer. Once they had a good outline, they painted the midground with the appropiate color scheme with complementary colors

I look forward to their final project where hopefully they incorporate monochromatic or analogous color schemes as well

 

Sunday, January 13, 2013

Build Your Wild Self Stories : iBook of 6th grade BWMS Media Arts digital storytelling

Check out a previous blog post about Build Your Wild Self Stories

to get the individual stories and more details. Scroll down to read the full PDF version and the iBook version

Don't like PDF's? How about you download the iBook and read it on your Apple device

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Saturday, January 12, 2013

My ultimate guide to Minecraft in Education : YouTube playlist & Yahoo!! article

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Click the link below for my Yahoo! Voices article 

How to Download Minecraft : the Minecraft App in School Project

You can also check out my YouTube playlist of all of my Minecraft in Education videos

 

Or you can go back through all of my previous Minecraft Posts

Friday, January 4, 2013

He-Man and the Masters of the Universe one of greatest and moral rich animated cartoons in the 80s

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‘He-Man’ One of the Best Animated Cartoons in the 80s, a Review 

#6 in my countdown to find the greatest works of animation in the 80s. Don't forget to check out my other posts such as on He-Man's twin sister, She-Ra or my most popular review of Who Framed Roger Rabbit.