Final Cut Express general error 34 inspires fear

This is NOT the message you’d like to see in Final Cut Express ten minutes before your video deadline: General Error 34 Thankfully, teacher Tammy Parks was able to figure out the Final Cut Express project students had created today for the closing video in the “New Reinassance” conference at UCO had some extra in [...]

Visual Tapestry – Flight

I’m continuing to help prepare for next week’s educational symposium “NEW RENAISSANCE: A Revolution of Creativity and Learning” to be held at the University of Central Oklahoma in Edmond on September 30th. Peter Donaldson is our main speaker and event consultant, and will be role-playing Leonardo da Vinci the entire day. To create atmosphere and [...]

Exemplary Digital Stories from Kansas, Oklahoma

Teachers in Kansas, Oklahoma, participated in our phase 1 Celebrate Oklahoma Voices workshop this past week, and created some superb digital stories. These are five we’ve featured among the 431 videos now included in our online learning community. The Five Fighting Starrs of Oklahoma tells the amazing story of Paul Starr’s grandfather and five of [...]

Your Superintendent Crisis Plan Doesn’t Prepare You For This

Terry Brown is the superintendent of Earlsboro Public Schools, in Oklahoma, and participated this past summer in one of our Celebrate Oklahoma Voices digital storytelling workshops. In May of 1999, Terry was superintendent of Bridge Creek Schools, an unincorporated community devastated by a F5 tornado. Terry’s 4 minute COV video describes a bit of what [...]