Stratford High School in Houston, Texas, has done just that with this incredible Lip Dub video. I could write pages about all the reasons this project is priceless. Instead, I'll ask you to take five minutes and watch this video. I love this video for so many reasons. What Stratford did here isn't original (YouTube and Vimeo are full of high school one-take Lip Dub projects) but it's the best I've ever seen. Kudos to Stratford for pulling this off!
In a word: awesome.
Is your mind racing with ideas yet? It should be.
2 comments:
Hi Nathan
Wonderful video! I couldn't help myself from trying to figure out how it was produced. It would have taken a lot of planning. It looks like a very inclusive project and a real team effort.
This is a well-focussed blog on an excellent topic. Could I suggest a couple of additions while I'm here?
Ken Robinson's 2010 TED Talk "Bring on the learning revolution!" (http://goo.gl/6rxMz) is worth seeing and passing around. There is also an animated version, which is excellent. The two versions are compared here: http://goo.gl/Lrkwo. I teach communication design at the University of Otago (Dunedin, New Zealand), and I like to talk about design choices (appropriate medium and so on) using content that highlights issues that I think students as well as teachers should be thinking about. Often, these are examples that I've come across as I do my own research and follow interesting links.
Another good resource is Ken Robinson's book, "Out of our Minds: Learning to be creative", which fleshes out the argument he makes in the TED talk. The book was first published in 2000, I think. I read the updated version, which came out in June 2011.
You may well have come across these resources already, but I thought I'd mention them just in case you haven't. One of my students discovered Robinson's animated TED talk, which I might not have discovered otherwise. Sometimes, I wonder who is following who!
Good to connect with you.
All the best!
Mark McGuire
Blog: http://markmcguire.net/
Twitter: mark_mcguire
Mark,
Thanks so much for your comments. I have to say that Ken Robinson's video is one of my favorites. We have shown it to our admin team and our entire faculty at my school. Also, I enjoyed both of Robinson's books and have passed them around several times to some of my faculty. I'm glad you mentioned those. Thanks again for sharing. I look forward to checking out your blog, too.
Nathan
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