My new job give me the great opportunity to try some new devices and evaluate them for educational purposes. I’m taking a look at the new Asus Eee Pad Transformer. I’m going to evaluate based on a couple of criteria:…Continue Reading →
I’m very excited about a website that I just built and I wanted to share some of the interesting new techniques and technologies that I’m using on anomalouspress.org First of all, this is the first serious web development (hand-coding a…Continue Reading →
Digital Storytelling is the practice of using digital tools, such as digital cameras and computers, to create audio-visual stories. As with traditional storytelling, most digital stories focus on a specific topic and contain a particular point of view. Digital stories…Continue Reading →
Thursday, March 4, at the ICA in Boston, RYMAEC (Regional Youth Media Arts Education Consortium) hosted an open mic where many educators, researchers and youth media workers shared tools and strategies. Kara Oehler was the featured speaker and she presented…Continue Reading →
The Youth Media Reporter (www.youthmediareporter.org) has invited the boston area to be the focus in its upcoming journal. RYMAEC/ICA (www.rymaec.org), New England’s Regional Youth Media Arts Education Consortium, is helping coordinate the efforts to make this journal a success and…Continue Reading →
I’m continuing to try to incorporate media literacy and media production into mainstream education and just completed another project that I think might offer a great example of this kind of work. An AP Spanish teacher approached me with the…Continue Reading →
Media literacy concepts and curriculums have evolved since the 1970s, building on successes and incorporating new pedagogies to engage the learner. Although much has improved, there are four major problem areas, in addition to the myriad of internal conflicts, with…Continue Reading →
Matt is a guest on the YVC news program that he produces to talk about net neutrality and the FCC public hearing at Harvard Law School in March 2008. http://blip.tv/file/743388
When I refer to Digital Video I could be talking about any number of video formats that store image and audio information in a digital form. Generally it’s Digital Video whether it’s on a DV tape, DVD or a file…Continue Reading →