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Some beautiful pictures and creativity for you!

On 07/10/2022, in art, Asia, creativity, digital photography, photography, United States, by Daniel Christian

The Cardboard Sculptures of Artist Warren King Are an Homage to His Chinese Heritage — from thisiscolossal.com by

Photos Of The Day For June 2022 — from outdoorphotographer.com

A Rare Sighting -- beautiful picture of a bird by Dennis Seeger

Photos of the day for May 2022— from outdoorphotographer.com

Artist Spotlight: Jarid del Deo — from booooooom.com

Addendums on 7/14/22:

Vivid Contours Conjure Hope and Resilience in Yulia Brodskaya’s Quilled Paper Compositions — from thisiscolossal.com

3D Relief Painting — from theawesomer.com

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For current college students interested in film, TV, and/or gaming

On 06/29/2022, in 3D, A/V -- audio/visual, architecture, art, career development, communities of practice, content development, aggregation, repositories, creativity, digital audio, digital storytelling, digital video, drama/theater, educational games / serious games, media/film, tools, vendors, by Daniel Christian

From DSC:
For those of you college students who are trying to determine what you enjoy doing, I wanted to pass some items along that may be helpful if you are interested in game development, film, and/or TV-related production.

Some friends recommended knowing how to use the following tools, but I realize one could dive very deep with these tools:

Excerpt from Unity.com
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Unity can be used for games, in architecture, in automotive, and in film

Additional tip:

  • Stay within what your budget can provide. Making a film about five students on campus is doable. Making a Star Wars-type movie isn’t — unless you are making a spoof or presenting a knowingly-bad movie.

I just wanted to pass these items along.

Also relevant/see:

Addendums on 7/3/22:

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Some incredible animations, architecture and more!

On 05/25/2022, in animation, art, creativity, by Daniel Christian

A Brilliant Orange Orb Shape-Shifts Through Time in a Meditative Animated Short — from thisiscolossal.com by Ezequiel Pini

Excerpted GIF:

Rafael Pardo creates towering Zoncuantla Apartments from pigmented concrete — from dezeen.com by Ben Dreith

Booooooom Shop: Quiet Art Book — from booooooom.com

‘Bamboo Contemporary’ Spotlights 14 Designs Advancing Sustainable Architecture Around the World — from thisiscolossal.com by Grace Eberts & William Richards

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Best colouring and painting apps for kids [educatorstechnology.com]

On 05/23/2022, in art, cloud-based computing / apps / other cloud-related, creativity, education, education technology, K-12 related, student-related, teachers, technologies for your home, tools, vendors, youth, by Daniel Christian

Best colouring and painting apps for kids — from educatorstechnology.com

Excerpt:

Below is a collection of some of great painting and colouring apps to help your kids unleash their expressive creativity and develop fine motor skills. These apps, mostly colouring games, provide kids access to a wide variety of colouring pages featuring images covering different topics from animals and mandalas to horoscopes and flowers to colour. Using game-based activities and interactive lessons, these apps offer kids a learning friendly space where they can exercise their painting, and drawing skills, improve their hand-eye coordination, and expand their imagination and creativity.

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Sharp design & impressive creativity in this national concert hall in Prague

On 05/20/2022, in architecture, art, creativity, Europe, music, by Daniel Christian

BIG wraps Vltava Philharmonic Hall in ascending colonnades — from dezeen.com by James Parkes

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How to integrate storytelling as design thinking in your classroom [Hernandez]

On 05/19/2022, in art, creativity, Design Thinking, digital storytelling, education technology, learning, Learning Experience Design, liberal arts, pedagogy, story, storytelling, student-related, teachers, teaching & learning, tools, vision/possibilities, youth, by Daniel Christian

How to integrate storytelling as design thinking in your classroom — from bookcreator.com by Michael Hernandez

Excerpt:

I’ve been thinking a lot about the need to prepare my students for their future and how I can help develop the skills and mindset they’ll need to solve some pretty big global challenges we now face.

While I see my STEM and science colleagues integrating skills like creativity, problem-solving and ideation, technology use and innovation, I often wondered how I could integrate these skills into my journalism, film and photography classes.

Until I realized that I already do.

Often thought of as either a frivolous hobby during our downtime, or a one-way fire hydrant of information from textbooks in school, working with student storytellers over the past 23 years has illuminated the idea that, if done right, student-made digital stories can be a powerful learning experience and creative problem solving exercise.

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Kendall College of Art and Design spotlights sixteen student projects [dezeen.com]

On 05/09/2022, in architecture, art, biology, colleges, communities of practice, creativity, design, graphics, health, Michigan, project-based learning, student-related, United States, by Daniel Christian

Kendall College of Art and Design spotlights sixteen student projects — from dezeen.com

Hospitality Design -- Rosalita's Mexican Restaurant by Peyton Helsen

Addendum on 9/26/22:

Ten student showcases from universities based in the USA — from dezeen.com

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The idea of someone’s “presence” continues to get stronger, more realistic online/digitally. How might this impact our future learning ecosystems? [Christian]

On 05/04/2022, in 21st century, 24x7x365 access, 3D, A/V -- audio/visual, active learning, art, collaboration, communications, communities of practice, content development, aggregation, repositories, creativity, Daniel S. Christian, education technology, emerging technologies, engineering, entrepreneurship, experimentation, face-to-face, future, game-changing environment, higher education, Holographic comms, human-computer interaction (HCI), ideas, immersion, innovation, K-12 related, learning, learning ecosystem, Metaverse, multimedia, online learning, platforms, productivity / tips and tricks, remote teaching and learning, tools, training / L&D, user experience (UX), Virtual Reality (VR) / worlds / learning, virtual tutoring, vision/possibilities, visualizing information, web-based collaboration, workplace, by Daniel Christian

From DSC:
The posting below (out at vrscout.com) made me reflect that the idea of someone’s presence continues to get stronger and more realistic in the online/digital worlds.  How might this impact our future learning ecosystems?

Hologram voicemails are here thanks to asynchronous reality — from vrscout.com by Bobby Carlton; with thanks to Ori Inbar for this resource out on Twitter

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Supporting Young Students as Writers, Before They Can Write [Rogin]

On 04/29/2022, in art, creativity, drama/theater, education, ideas, instructional design, Learning Experience Design, story, storytelling, student-related, teachers, teaching & learning, writing, youth, by Daniel Christian

Supporting Young Students as Writers, Before They Can Write — from edutopia.org by Madeleine Rogin
This activity allows young students to see themselves as storytellers and experience the magic when their classmates act out their stories.

…as the goal of these lessons is not to churn out fluent writers in kindergarten but to allow my students to become playwrights, to see themselves as storytellers, and to experience the magical feeling when their ideas come to life.

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Beautiful!

On 04/25/2022, in art, creativity, digital storytelling, geography / geology, photography, by Daniel Christian

Spring reflection by Jaewoon U on 500px.com


Green tea garden by Jaewoon U on 500px.com

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Developing childrens’ critical thinking skills through arts [Lynch]

On 04/19/2022, in art, culture, Emotion, engagement / engaging students, K-12 related, STEAM-related, teachers, youth, by Daniel Christian

Developing childrens’ critical thinking skills through arts — from thetechedvocate.org by Matthew Lynch

Excerpt:

By nature, children are curious, and art seeks to exploit this positively so that the child can better express themselves. Art provides a practical learning experience, allowing the child to create solutions they see fit through their art projects. Children are able to create an ideal environment for themselves, determine what is ideal and what is not, and what is good and what is bad. Through this, children enhance their capacity to think critically and solve solutions to their hypothetical problems.

Through art, children are boundless and are free to make their own choices, unlike in a subject like math, where everything is pretty much definite and predetermined. They are allowed to make their observations and project them in the best way they know. Through teaching arts, learners have a better understanding and appreciation for art itself, the people that create as well as different cultures. Art also helps to instill values such as tolerance, discipline, and empathy. It allows for reflection, which is an important element of critical thinking.

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Podcasts For High School Students [Lee]

On 04/19/2022, in art, career development, creativity, digital audio, digital learning, digital photography, education, education technology, Emotion, entrepreneurship, health, hearts -- matters of the heart, history, innovation, mathematics, online media, photography, podcasting, science, student-related, teachers, teaching & learning, writing, by Daniel Christian

Podcasts For High School Students — from teachthought.com by Dennis Lee,

Categories covered include:

  • Academic Related Podcasts
  • General and Special Interest Podcasts
  • Entrepreneurship
  • Inspirational & Motivational
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“I Am At The Service Of Ceramics”: A Conversation With Artist Grégoire Scalabre [Gualandris]

On 04/18/2022, in art, creativity, by Daniel Christian

“I Am At The Service Of Ceramics”: A Conversation With Artist Grégoire Scalabre — from ignant.com by Devid Gualandris

A beautifully intricate piece of artwork made out of ceramics

Addendum on 4/19/22:

Densely Arranged Stone Gradients Sweep Across the Sand in Jon Foreman’s Extraordinary Land Art — from thisiscolossal.com by Grace Ebert

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The top 5 benefits of art programs for children [Lynch]

On 04/11/2022, in art, creativity, culture, Emotion, engagement / engaging students, health, history, psychology, skills, youth, by Daniel Christian

The top 5 benefits of art programs for children — from thetechedvocate.org by Matthew Lynch

Excerpt:

Schools across the country are removing art programs and classes. Some do so due to a lack of funding; others just don’t believe it’s an essential subject for children. Unfortunately, many schools and learning institutes don’t realize the dangers of removing art. You wouldn’t question Math or English as core subjects, but many question the importance of art.

Art nurture’s a child’s inner creativity. So, what benefits does art bring to a child?

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TKSST: The Kid Should See This | Smart videos for curious minds of all ages

On 04/08/2022, in animation, art, biology, chemistry, creativity, design, digital storytelling, digital video, education, education technology, engineering, geography / geology, history, homeschooling/homeschoolers, instructional design, K-12 related, learning ecosystem, Learning Experience Design, Learning from the Living [Class] Room, learning preferences, mathematics, more voice more choice more control, music, parents/guardians, science, student-related, teachers, teaching & learning, teaching online, technologies for your home, technology (general), by Daniel Christian

TKSST -- The Kid Should See This | Smart videos for curious minds of all ages

TKSST: The Kid Should See This | Smart videos for curious minds of all ages

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