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jenniferhom: this is the kind of trippy awkwardness i get for...

Sat, 21 Jul 2012 13:41:04 -0400

this is the kind of trippy awkwardness i get for trying something new.

i was chatting with willie about how awesome miyazaki’s color pencil story boards would look if they were animated. the natural progression of that idea was, “hey, i should try to make something move with color pencil!”

fast forward 3 hours and you have a genius idea turned into a horrible execution.

a part of me feels guilty for spamming the web with amateur animated gifs. the rest of me is kind of amused by its silliness.

i can just picture my animator friends pinching my cheeks, “aw, look at the little illustrator trying to animate 6 frames of nonsense.”

:(

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Wed, 18 Jul 2012 12:20:29 -0400

“Like smashing a snow globe against your forehead, tours can open up a fascinating new world...

Thu, 12 Jul 2012 11:48:51 -0400

“Like smashing a snow globe against your forehead, tours can open up a fascinating new world right before your eyes.”

Groupon.com you stump me with your way with words.

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Sun, 17 Jun 2012 16:04:32 -0400

"If we have goals and dreams and we want to do our best, and if we love people and we don’t want to..."

Sat, 16 Jun 2012 19:01:55 -0400

“If we have goals and dreams and we want to do our best, and if we love people and we don’t want to hurt them or lose them, we should feel pain when things go wrong. The point isn’t to live without any regrets, the point is to not hate ourselves for having them… We need to learn to love the flawed, imperfect things that we create, and to forgive ourselves for creating them. Regret doesn’t remind us that we did badly — it reminds us that we know we can do better.”

- Kathryn Schulz (via farewell-kingdom)

imprecise: These are everyday life scenes built into miniature...

Sat, 16 Jun 2012 19:00:32 -0400

imprecise:

These are everyday life scenes built into miniature paper models by Terada Mokei.

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Fri, 15 Jun 2012 10:07:33 -0400

ipsadixit: I seriously wish I could use these…

Fri, 15 Jun 2012 10:04:42 -0400

ipsadixit:

I seriously wish I could use these…

scribbledribble-suck-it-up: writing rules

Fri, 15 Jun 2012 09:59:04 -0400

scribbledribble-suck-it-up:

writing rules

teacher-mentor: These are two of my favorite classroom...

Fri, 15 Jun 2012 09:56:36 -0400

teacher-mentor:

These are two of my favorite classroom resources, mostly because they rely on an information delivery system that kids don’t expect just by seeing the covers:

In Tina Packer’s Tales from Shakespeare, the classic plays have been turned into short stories, almost like fairy tales, and they have lush illustrations that change in style for each play. The retellings are true to the plot and spirit of the originals, and when I taught tenth graders who were struggling readers, they were very successful and well received. The book includes King Lear, Romeo and Juliet, Macbeth, and Othello, among others.

In Poetry Speaks, I love the wide-ranging list of poems, but what I love even more is the cd that comes with the book. On it, you can listen to Walt Whitman, Robert Frost, James Joyce, and Sylvia Plath (along with 46 other poets) reading their work. It’s great for showing the students how poets read their work, and models how to read poetry well aloud.

What’re your favorite books to share with your students?

"It’s not the load that breaks you down. It’s the way you carry it."

Thu, 14 Jun 2012 15:53:13 -0400

““It’s not the load that breaks you down. It’s the way you carry it.””

- C.S. Lewis (via seabois)

"A human being should be able to change a diaper, plan an invasion, butcher a hog, conn a ship,..."

Thu, 14 Jun 2012 15:50:00 -0400

“A human being should be able to change a diaper, plan an invasion, butcher a hog, conn a ship, design a building, write a sonnet, balance accounts, build a wall, set a bone, comfort the dying, take orders, give orders, cooperate, act alone, solve equations, analyze a new problem, pitch manure, program a computer, cook a tasty meal, fight efficiently, die gallantly. Specialization is for insects.”

- Robert A. Heinlein (via gildings)

fiveoclockteatime: 7 Random Uses for Used Tea Bags

Wed, 13 Jun 2012 16:24:20 -0400

fiveoclockteatime:

7 Random Uses for Used Tea Bags

kes99: Dinner? Yes.

Tue, 12 Jun 2012 18:16:18 -0400

kes99:

Dinner? Yes.

myedol: New Book Carvings by Guy Laramee

Tue, 12 Jun 2012 18:13:50 -0400

myedol:

New Book Carvings by Guy Laramee

farewell-kingdom: Room Portraits by Menno Aden (via)

Tue, 12 Jun 2012 13:29:32 -0400

farewell-kingdom:

Room Portraits by Menno Aden (via)

philamuseum: For most of his life, John Constable lived as an...

Mon, 11 Jun 2012 18:14:46 -0400

philamuseum:

For most of his life, John Constable lived as an outsider, cut off from patronage and the approval of his colleagues, not selling a single picture to a stranger until he was 38 years old, and waiting 27 years for full membership in the Royal Academy.

Fortunately, the world now recognizes his revolutionary genius. And what better day to celebrate that than today, Constable’s 236th birthday?

Hampstead Heath is pictured here, one of many Constables in our collection.

cajunmama: (via Doctor Who Matryoshka)

Mon, 11 Jun 2012 10:51:11 -0400

cajunmama:

(via Doctor Who Matryoshka)

"I realized that life isn’t something to be scared of. That you don’t have to hold on so tightly that..."

Mon, 11 Jun 2012 10:39:38 -0400

“I realized that life isn’t something to be scared of. That you don’t have to hold on so tightly that you can’t breathe.”

- Carrie Ryan, The Dark and Hollow Places (via ihavelostmymindintheprocess)

"Mind you, sometimes the angels smoke, hiding it with their sleeves, and when the archangel comes,..."

Mon, 11 Jun 2012 10:32:10 -0400

“Mind you, sometimes the angels smoke, hiding it with their sleeves, and when the archangel comes, they throw the cigarettes away: that’s when you get shooting stars.”

- Vladimir Nabokov (via wordsonawhitescreen)

Sing Talk

jenniferhom: this is the kind of trippy awkwardness i get for...

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“Like smashing a snow globe against your forehead, tours can open up a fascinating new world...

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"If we have goals and dreams and we want to do our best, and if we love people and we don’t want to..."

imprecise: These are everyday life scenes built into miniature...

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ipsadixit: I seriously wish I could use these…

scribbledribble-suck-it-up: writing rules

teacher-mentor: These are two of my favorite classroom...

"It’s not the load that breaks you down. It’s the way you carry it."

C.S. Lewis (via seabois)

"A human being should be able to change a diaper, plan an invasion, butcher a hog, conn a ship,..."

fiveoclockteatime: 7 Random Uses for Used Tea Bags

kes99: Dinner? Yes.

myedol: New Book Carvings by Guy Laramee

farewell-kingdom: Room Portraits by Menno Aden (via)

philamuseum: For most of his life, John Constable lived as an...

cajunmama: (via Doctor Who Matryoshka)

"I realized that life isn’t something to be scared of. That you don’t have to hold on so tightly that..."

"Mind you, sometimes the angels smoke, hiding it with their sleeves, and when the archangel comes,..."