Posted by: ashleytan on: April 27, 2012
Video source This is a digital story that has taken 12 years so far to make. The years fly by in less than three minutes. The story is told by Dutch filmmaker and photographer Frans Hofmeester. He also has another time-lapse video of his 9-year-old son. The story is likely to continue for as long as the [...]
Posted by: ashleytan on: December 24, 2011
Video source These young ‘uns tell us how they create and learn with iPads.
Posted by: ashleytan on: December 18, 2011
Video source Patience, planning, precision, proficiency!
Posted by: ashleytan on: December 2, 2011
Video source What happens in one second? Not much perhaps. But what story can you tell in a second? As film director, Wim Wenders points out, everyone today can be a filmmaker, even if that movie lasts just one second. This contest might just turn out to be the Twitter of video! And just like posting on Twitter, [...]
Posted by: ashleytan on: November 22, 2011
Video source I chanced upon this short PBS documentary on games in Vimeo’s “Staff Picks”. It covers quite a lot of ground but what impressed me the most was how games have evolved from being male-centric and about wanton violence to being more about user expression and construction. They have become about giving players choices and having [...]
Posted by: ashleytan on: October 18, 2011
Video source The difference between drill-and-practice and honing your art: A dash of creativity.
Posted by: ashleytan on: September 4, 2011
Video source I love watching the products of time-lapse photography because of the planning and patience that it requires and the spectacular products that might result. Such photography helps us see and experience things that we cannot in real time. I think that is how technology should be used in learning: To help us learn what [...]
Posted by: ashleytan on: August 29, 2011
Video source I tweeted this resource last week and have shared it with my ICT class as we prepare for sessions on game-based learning. Gamers Today Are More Social Than You'd Think, readwriteweb.com/archives/gamer…— Ashley Tan (@ashley) August 24, 2011 The video is not about game-based learning. Instead, its focus is on the gamers of today [...]
Posted by: ashleytan on: August 6, 2011
The description of these videos at Vimeo is: 3 guys, 44 days, 11 countries, 18 flights, 38 thousand miles, an exploding volcano, 2 cameras and almost a terabyte of footage… all to turn 3 ambitious linear concepts based on movement, learning and food… into 3 beautiful and hopefully compelling short films… = a trip of [...]