As I’ve learned from my 7-year old, graphic novels are tremendously appealing to young minds. Here’s a novel way to engage kids in the classroom by creating their own illustrated stories using digital tools. A few years ago I put together a really rudimentary teaching guide to using Comic Life in the classroom. It was [...]
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Dead Reckoning: Champlain In America Dead Reckoning: Champlain In America Tue Jan 4 9:00PM Dead Reckoning: Champlain In America Dead Reckoning: Champlain In America This animated documentary shares the story of the brave explorer and visionary, Samuel de Champlain. via kcet.org A great by-product of KCET dropping their PBS membership – independent documentaries will get [...]
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Further cementing Montreal as a center for animation, gaming and creative media… one of the biggest players in the biz is throwing it hat in the Quebec ring… clipped from www.montrealgazette.com Warner Bros. coming to town To open gaming studio: Company to receive $7.5-million grant, pledges to create 300 jobs by 2015 By JASON MAGDER, [...]
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One of my recent favorite segments on Mountain Lake Journal Extra was getting lost in the chatter, so I’m unearthing it here:
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This nice article described a little about our production of Forgotten War. The photographer was an intern how worked with us for several months.
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Sort of a blatant “toot” of our own horn, but I couldn’t resist… We just posted to the Mountain Lake PBS YouTube page two clips showing off our beautiful graphics and effects work on Forgotten War. The short one is embedded here, the five minute one is here. Also, we have some new history minutes [...]
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A new Collector’s Edition DVD of Castle in Every Heart: The Arto Monaco Story is offered tomorrow night (Dec 4th) at 8:00 PM on a special broadcast featuring Producer Derek Muirden and regional guests recalling the Land of Makebelieve. The Program re-airs Saturday (Dec 5th) at 9:00 PM, Sunday (Dec 6th) at 4:00 PM and [...]
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Don’t miss the PBS event of the fall! Mountain Lake PBS’s animated documentary – Dead Reckoning in Plattsburgh For a downloadable poster click here.
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Forgotten War (see ealier post) will be uplinked to the PBS network on November 29th in both Standard and High Definition. American Public Television reports that 205 stations (96 licensees) voted YES for coverage that equals 68% of the nation’s TV markets! The list includes three of the biggest PBS stations around: WNET13, WGBH – Boston, and [...]
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