Lego Stop-Motion of Back to the Future Clock Tower Scene

For this week’s Phun Phriday post, I am directing you to a recent article on Laughing Squid.  If you have ever tried to make a Lego stop-motion film, you will definitely appreciate the artistry of this “re-make” of the Clock Tower scene from Back to the Future.  (Warning: there is a short expletive around 1:19 in … Read more

Interactive #GeniusHour Presentations

I’ve had many failures this year (which I will be outlining in some near future posts, I promise), but one message I definitely seemed to get across to my students was that I am done with ho-hum slide presentations that make everyone yawn.  A couple of weeks ago, I mentioned the awesome presentation that some … Read more

The Bear and the Hare

The Bear and the Hare is a Christmas commercial.  But the sentiment and the artistry of this video make it so much more.  It is a simple tale of a hare who does not want his bear friend to hibernate through Christmas day.  The empathy that is portrayed without words is touching, and the film … Read more