Presentation on Making Photo Essays with Adobe Express
Here’s a short demo of me explaining how to make a photo essay using the free Adobe Express app. Filmed live with no cuts or edits.
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Should You Use AI Generated Media in Your Work?
For the past few weeks, I’ve been revising one of my favorite courses on KQED Teach, “Understanding Copyright for Educators.” It’s a short, breezy introduction to the basics of copyright law, Fair Use, Creative Commons and the Public Domain. Fun stuff! When we originally wrote this course in 2022, there was a lot of complicated …
Leading a Session at NAMLE 2024 on Impactful Student Media Projects
I’m excited to be leading a session at the National Association for Media Literacy Education virtual conference on July 12 at 12:15pm PT. I’ll be facilitating a conversation with three educators that have led inspiring student media projects across various media formats. You’ll learn how English language learners can gain confidence and skills through audio …
The Fastest Fish: Mixing Risky Tech and Sea Science with Kids
I have on my desk a pile of plastic 3D-printed marine animal parts that I’ve kept for years. I’ve use it as a reminder of that: Technology can and often does behave in unexpected ways. Running a Digital Learning program involves a certain amount of risk and uncertainty. Plan accordingly. I realize that I’ve been …
Six Things “The Great British Bake Off” Taught Me about Leading “Scrummy” Education Programs
I’ve been binge-watching the reality show “The Great British Bake Off” for the past couple of months. For those that haven’t watched it, “The Great British Bake Off” is a baking competition in the UK where amateur bakers compete in a weekly series of cooking challenges, set by two expert culinary judges. If you are …
BEASTBOX: Make Your Own Dope Nature Jams!
The Cornell Lab of Ornithology has teamed up with DJ Ben Mirin to bring us BeastBox. Make your own music by mixing wild animal voices with beatbox loops and unlock "Beast Mode" by adding five animals from the same ecosystem. You get access to a special track created by DJ Mirin! I've been playing with it …
Giant Robot Punching a Car
On Saturday, I, along with hundreds of others, watched a giant robot punch a car for the first time. Okay, it was kind of a nudge, more than a punch. But small steps! The robot is named the MK.II, and he's getting ready to fight it out against a similar giant robot from Japan. The …
My Mini Strandbeest!
This weekend, I caught one of the last showings of the Strandbeest at the Exploratorium, along with some work colleagues. A series of “kinetic sculptures” created by Theo Jansen since the 1990s, the Strandbeests combine his interests in science and art. Here’s a video of the Strandbeests in their native environment, the beach. As you …
Listen to the Latest (and Last!) “Object Oriented” Podcast
Give a listen to the latest episode of "Object Oriented," the podcast on digital learning in collections-based museums, hosted by Eve Gaus of the Field Museum, Barry Joseph of the American Museum of Natural History and myself. In this show, we focus on what's new at our respective institutions, and man are we up to …
Simone Giertz, the Queen of Shitty Robots (and a Lindy Hopper!)
A couple of years ago, I met Simone Giertz, a young Swedish woman interested in lindy hop and making electronic gadgets. That's three things that I love in one person: dancing lindy hop! making electronic gadgets! being Swedish! Chatting with Simone at a lindy hop social, I mentioned that I worked at a science museum and …