We get some wonderful questions from our amazingly talented students: I need some help. My CBR Project, Phase I, will be underway quickly; it involves my students composing music and putting it to a silent film. However, I know that most silent films are black and white and they are fairly old. However, I don’t …
by emdt student, by Saray Taylor-Roman I was touched in so many levels by the first four chapters of this book. And, I feel like sharing this personal anecdote. In 1996, my whole family moved to the U.S. from Mexico because my dad was getting his master’s degree. My sister and I did not know …
Educational Music Video created by Full Sail University student, Peter Binskin, for emdt/Music Theory & Applications (MTA) course. He’s gotten over a thousand hits and a “response” video. Our students do amazing work.
We’ve had more than a few confused and frustrated students have a difficult time with the process of putting together their Lit Review and all of the re-editing requests that come with the process. The following is my response to one student’s frustration: I appreciate your frustration and confusion at the requested changes. One thing …
David Pogue, Walt Mosspuppet and Andy Inhatko may have gotten pre-release versions of the Apple iPad, but their reviews aren’t nearly as complete or intelligent as the following iPad review by Full Sail emdt master’s student, “Dr. Guido”: Sources: MAC Week 1 Blog Post-Free Response iPad Review by mikeficara. http://mikeficara.wordpress.com/2010/04/12/mac-week-1-blog-post-free-response-ipad-review/ retrieved on 4/15/2010.
Nick Briscoe, Full Sail emdtms grad, talks with Dr. Deason, Dr. Ludgate and moi about Web 2.0 tools such as social networking and their use in education. This is the of Nick’s first episode of Educatium, which he’s created with fellow emdtms grads Paul Martin, Aletha Williams and Emily Wray. They can only get better …
Another student take on Zander’s giving student’s an automatic “A”: Grades in middle school are controversial, especially now that students earn credits to be promoted to the next grade level. Ask a teacher at my school to “give an ‘A’” and their response is likely to be one of confusion, disbelief, laughter, or even …
Full Sail student coping with the end of program requirements… thanks Mary
I’m back to teaching my Media Asset Creation class and Ben Zander’s The Art of Possibility is back on the menu. It never ceases to amaze me how his approach sparks debate with classroom teachers, particularly when it comes to “giving an A.” One of my students wrote: Do I give my students all A’s? …
One of the books that I use for my course is the inspirational The Art of Possibility and in one of the opening chapters the authors, Ben & Roz Zander, propose getting rid of grades. This usually invokes strong pros and cons reactions from my students. For example… “The author of the book, “The Art …