open thinking

Here is yet another compelling reason why we should encourage posting student work to the Web. Enjoy this beautiful cover of Fleetwood Mac’s Landslide from elementary students of the PS22 Chorus in New York City.

From the comments, “What does Stevie think of this?” (although I can’t confirm validity – confirmed here).
Just got word from Stevie [...]

This really is an amazing mashup, one of the best I’ve ever seen.
What you are about to see is a mix of unrelated Youtube videos/clips edited together to create ThruYou. In other words, what you see is what you hear. (Source)

Beautiful!

About 17 hours ago, I came across a video on Youtube (referred via Reddit) of a teen in a face mask being videoed as he abused a cat. I immediately sent this tweet:
Uploaded with plasq’s Skitch!
A few of us discussed it on Twitter, reported it to Youtube, and within about 15 minutes, the video was [...]

One of the videos I showed last night during my Media Literacy presentation was the recent “David After Dentist” video. The scene is of a seven year old boy who just left the Dentist’s office and was still feeling the effects of sedation. I’ve posted the video to Twitter, and while most people report it [...]

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 [...]