A Bear Votes.org: Flash Animation Eco-Messages Kids Love!

November 3, 2008 by Leave a Comment

Yep. Free Range Studios (once again!) produced this cute little animated critter tale. (Pretty soon I'm going to sound like I'm shilling for them!) I've already covered their Uncaged" pig-tale for California's Yes on 2...That said, support for the environment is NOT a partisan issue, and just like the NCLI eco-literacy act, this represents a bipartisan, national coalition for … [Read more...]

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Spider-Man 3: Web of Influence In Kid-Culture

May 7, 2007 by 3 Comments

There are plenty of spins on the Spider-Man 3 record-breaking $382 million worldwide “priciest movie ever made" buzz...so I’m going to take a deconstructionist view about summer box office biggies, and look at the impact of media hype-fests on kids. Not pickin’ on Spidey, here; haven’t even seen the flick yet, I’m talking about a global web … [Read more...]

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Web 2.0’s Fun Forward: “The Machine is Us!”

March 16, 2007 by 4 Comments

Ever try to explain the phrase Web 2.0 in a digital sound bite? This brilliantly fun little 4-minute video from professor Michael Wesch of Kansas State University does the trick. This digital ditty is cultural anthropology at its finest; you can bet Marshall McCluhan would be duly impressed. It captures the power of Web 2.0 in a smart blip of techno-frenzied pace, … [Read more...]

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