At the end of the day, the students shared their thoughts on the work we did. This chart tells the story.
Stop-Motion Animation Process
22 Dec 2023 Leave a comment
We used clay and play-doh to make objects for the stop-motion animation videos. Here the students are working with the media.
Flat Panel Calder?
25 Jun 2020 Leave a comment
in 721K, Smart Board Tags: art, Calder
A teacher from 721K (or was it 721Q?) demonstrated how to use a flat panel interactive white board to make some lovely Calder-esque art!
Scary Mask
08 May 2019 Leave a comment
in 2019 District 75 Festival of the Arts, 721K, art Tags: mask
This student made this mask.
Recycling pens and markers
04 Feb 2019 Leave a comment
in 721K, Recycling Tags: magic marker, pen, Recycling, terracycle, tissue box
A 721K teacher and his students showed me how tissue boxes can be designed, all pretty-like. 
When a class has a magic marker or pen that is dried out, they go into the tissue boxes.
When the boxes are full, they are sent to terracycle for recycling.
Healthy Growth in School
19 Jul 2018 Leave a comment
I discovered a colony of mold (?) growing on the faucet in the men’s room. This could be a marvelous science project for budding mycologists. You can see the reflection of my phone in the top photo.
Here is a close-up of the spores. So juicy.
Sketch on Smart
20 Apr 2017 Leave a comment
in 721K, art, Smart Board Tags: 721K
I was at 721K and a teacher demonstrated how to sketch on her new flat-panel Smart Board. She is herself a brilliant artist and watching her was hypnotic.
Puppet Pals
09 Jan 2017 Leave a comment
in 721K, iPad Tags: 721K, ipad, Puppet Pals
Several students worked with me to create little movies using Puppet Pals HD Director’s Pass software. It is one of my all-time favorite iPad apps. In video 1 a student and I voiced super hero characters about to jump into the sky; the characters were made completely of pipe cleaners (the student is a master of the pipe cleaner medium). In other videos, the characters are cut-out pieces of paper with scribbles of vegetables on them (the students did the scribbling). In video 5, I voiced a Victorian British curator who lives in the Underground; he has artists describe their work.
 
721K and 3D
13 Apr 2016 Leave a comment
in 3D Printing, 721K, Brooklyn Tags: 3D Print, 721K, soda
The 3D printing program at 721K creates objects and adaptiations to help the students drink cavity-causing soda, and then squeeze the tooth paste roll to brush their teeth after!
Occasional Observations of Traveling Technology Coach 