“Animal School” is quite an allegory.
This is not an assignment, but I’d love to hear your thoughts in “comments”. Maybe you’ll want to show it to friends, parents, or teachers. Do you recognize anyone in this school? (No names.)
I’d also like you to notice the form of expression. Would this be as effective without images and sound? (Notice, it is still a piece of writing, beneath it all.)
The movie is here.
This is a cross-post from spells, my English classes’ class blog. You should see it too. Show your parents.
This video has been seen on the web thousands of times. It’s by Karl Fisch, a school technology coordinator outside of Denver, Colorado. (Karl hooked us up with the 1001 Tales Denver students we’re writing with on the wiki). Karl’s blog was so rich with ideas, I blogged reflections on them for about a full week during Winter Break.
Somehow that led to us networking–a real world example of how blogging with a purpose, an identity, and with care can lead to unforeseeable and very cool things.
Watch the video. Think about how it would be different if you just read the information on a Word document. Also, think about how this is still simply a Powerpoint presentation–but not your average one. What makes it different?
Finally–think about what it says about the future world and workplace you are entering. Maybe then you’ll understand, if you don’t already, why I, as a teacher, include so much digital work in what you do…
How to Give Originality and Style to Your Blog
Check out these amazing “blog blings” here. Lessons to add all sorts of stylish stuff to your blog.
Update: 200 Years Later: The Industrial Revolution Today
Malthus didn’t see this one coming. Funny how even starvation and food shortage seems mild compared to this stuff–which is happening right now, and growing in speed.
It’s how the Industrial Revolution is still effecting us, 200 years later.
This is your future (and our present). Every time you consume energy, paper, etc, you add to this. Scary stuff.
You can freak out–not very helpful–or you can stay calm, be intelligent, and change a few small addictions and habits….to make a big difference.
(Photo credit: From site.)