Jun

4

A bit of creativity

Filed Under Musings 

You’ve got to love creative uses of technology. As teachers we’re always encouraging creativity in the classroom, and as teachers we should be trying to use technology in creative ways.

That made this article about an English band so interesting. They couldn’t afford a video for their song, so they took to the streets and deliberately played their music by surveillance cameras. Under privacy laws, they were able to obtain much of the video which they pieced together into their music video. You can like or hate surveillance cameras, but you’ve got to admit that’s a brilliant way to use technology.

If you prefer something more auditory, this British Honda commerical gives you just a hint of what you can do with sound. It can be more than speech and than thumps and bangs.

I guess these videos just hint at what you can do with technology if you’re creative. Now, of course, the problem is to communicate that to my students. I wonder if I can find a creative way to do that?

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