The Generations of Narrative.

Oral storytelling. Written story (including recording of many originally spoken tales). Motion pictures. Animation. Live broadcasting. Video.
Transmutation isn’t quite the word for it. Neither is transformation. Nor evolution. I settled for “Generations.” We don’t discard older formats when we add a new one to our story-telling heritage.
Now, the power of [...]

So, are you going to be a secret agent?

In response to my question, this 8 year old’s face becomes so animated it transforms into a different person than I’m used to seeing, and I can’t help but return his grin as he answers, “As soon as I’m 30 days old!” I’ve come to think of this particular friend of my son’s as preferring [...]

Adding Resource Page

I thought it would be really helpful to keep track of the cool stuff that I have heard about and want to try out on its own page here. So, I have added a Tech Resources Page and am starting to fill in the details–I will try and do that in the order of [...]

That’s NOT REAL!

From time to time I interrupt the regular flow of class to share about something newly emerged on the web. I call these a “bit of cool” and they really help my kids who need extra time to transition from one activity, like our typing teaching program, to another activity.
These updates have included a [...]