open thinking

This is a great example of a teacher using technology to have some fun with his students in his pre-Halloween class. It was made for a Nature of Math class at Biola University by Matthew Weathers, October 28, 2009.

Great job, Matthew.

This is wonderful, award-winning video.
World Builder from Bruce Branit on Vimeo.
A strange man builds a world using holographic tools for the woman he loves.
This award winning short was created by filmmaker Bruce Branit, widely known as the co-creator of ‘405′. World Builder was shot in a single day followed by about 2 years of post [...]

This short, filmed entirely on a cellular phone on the streets of Sydney and New York, was the winner of the Tropfest NY top prize. This film is beautiful, moving, and creative. It is certainly worth sharing.

Thanks to Dr. Patrick Lewis for the heads-up.

An exciting new Youtube music project has been announced. Tan Dun, the legendary classical composer, wrote a piece specifically for this project that asks you to download the available sheet music, practice your piece, and submit your completed piece to Youtube. I imagine this could be very motivating for young musicians, and for me, something [...]

Dan Goldman recently posted a video on Interactive Video Manipulation, a new technology being developed. This has great possibilities, and the demo is very impressive.
Interactive Video Object Manipulation from Dan Goldman on Vimeo.
I can’t wait until I get to play with a consumer version.
This demo illustrates our research to bring interactivity to video editing: Our [...]