Monthly Archives: May 2009

One more stopmotion

Posted on May 29, 2009 by Linus

This one is shorter than the rest but is really kind of a neat demonstration of what you can do with no more than paper and a bit of cotton. The choice of materials was done entirely by the student … Continue reading →

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The First of a New Crop of StopMotion Animation

Posted on May 27, 2009 by Linus

The kids have been working on stop motion animation projects for the past few weeks. In between computer crashes, server problems, things not saving due to insufficient disk space and endless other technical problems, a couple of the videos have … Continue reading →

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Spreading a killer flu

Posted on May 21, 2009 by Linus

The UK Clinical Virology Network has created a fascinating and somewhat twisted little online game called Killer Flu. The game allows you to click on a person who is then stopped in his tracks. It shows you what strain of … Continue reading →

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Three cheers for teamwork

Posted on May 20, 2009 by Linus

This past week I was part of a pretty massive undertaking that we’ve dubbed the Red River Regional Heritage Fair. The Fair covers most of Greater Winnipeg and is a one day Social Studies-related event that brings in student projects … Continue reading →

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Using that technology

Posted on May 11, 2009 by Linus

Every year about this time I’m busy trying to put together our Regional Heritage Fair along with our great team of volunteer teachers, museum staff, business men and others. Being the guy who registers the kids and assigns them to … Continue reading →

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