Soham, Shreya and I spent this afternoon making a couple of stop-motion animation new year’s card. Check it out…
Have a great 2009!
A few randomly selected blog posts…
Over the years our family has developed a mini-tradition of creating short videos to celebrate the new year. These videos are short, always typographical, and usually incorporate some kind of a visual illusion. Our craft has improved over the years, something that can...
I have blogged previously about the challenges faced by higher education (here and here), exacerbated (or maybe revealed) by new technologies. Here is an essay by Charles Murray -- not a person I thought I would ever cite approvingly 🙂 He has a recent essay in WSJ...
I do not understand David Brooks. Brooks is an op-ed columnist for the NYTimes. For the most part his columns are right-of-the-political wing nuttiness, garbed in some erudite clothing. I am not linking to them here but his past few op-eds suggesting that McCain would...
A tangent, a line and a circle A math poem Image credit: chrstphre (on Flickr) A point outside a circle, shoots out two lines one heading for the center the other more feline smoothly kisses the curve That delicate swerve of the ball and then, abruptly turns to the...
I am thrilled to announce the publication of a new book, a Mishra-Henriksen production titled Creativity, Technology & Education: Exploring their Convergence. This book is a collection of essays that first appeared the...
Steven Heller continues his series on political typography and branding with an interview with the design team that developed the now iconic symbol for the Obama campaign. Check out The "O" in Obama. Previous postings on this theme can be found here and here.
Got back yesterday from a short, hectic but sweet trip to India. I had a wonderful time and still have a lot to do to just document all that happened and connect with all the people I met (hopefully over the next few weeks)... but now it is time to get back to fall...
...to my new website. It has taken a while, but it is finally here. Of course, as in all things web, this is still a work in progress, but it is getting there. I will be phasing out my old site gradually. The most significant change has been a shift from static HTML...
What is the role of values and principles in educational leadership? What can we learn from inspirational educational leaders? How did they develop their moral/ethical compass, and more importantly, how do they bring these perspectives to the work that they do? These...
Hello Punya,
Saw the Happy New Year stopmotion… creative and entertaining…
Great project to do with kids and then eat up the skittles!!! Would like to know more about your tech-integration projects… Since I’m curious about various tech projects with kids..
Here is one we made with our kids –
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zjfbe5Pbkjg
Also, I’d like to discuss such more projects with you..
Looking forward to hear from you,
Priti
Happy New Year, Punya. It’s great to see that you’re still up to fun and frolic with technology. All the best!
wonderful.soham’s interest in music is interesting.
This is great – what a brilliant way to use Skittles. Happy 2009 – thanks for sharing the video.
Happy New Year! 🙂