Animal Farm Painting
I recently pinned this little Animal Farm inspired sketch I made to the classroom wall… And here is a copy of the completed sketch:
The Gator Guy
Aladin-Man AI-generated Videos
I had a few minutes to spare so tested an AI video generating app with a description of my kids’ famous Aladin-Man character. Here are the results: I’m looking forward to AI being able to produce lengthier videos with more text to editing functions. It’ll be even better if they could be interactive, like … Read more
Aladin-Man AI-generated Art
Ok, I don’t think it’s as good as the art I did with the kids when they were creating this awesome franchise some 6 or 7 (excuse for silly animated hands gesture) years ago, but it is still an interesting experiment: describe the characters in a text-to-image AI and see what emerges. Here are the … Read more
G7 Animations of Shakespeare’s ‘The Tempest’
This Scratch animation is the result of a two-week project to digitally perform Act III Scene III of Shakespeare’s The Tempest.
Shakespeare’s London House
Well, well, well. Here I am preparing for your school’s Shakespeare Day tomorrow and what do I find, only that researchers have just identified exactly where the Bard’s London house used to be situated. Here is the BBC news report: https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cedeenvdwgxo
A useful website for reading about our world
Check out the Ducksters website for plenty of reading about different topics. This is a useful resource for ELA/ESL/EFL students to help build their English vocabulary range and learn basic knowledge about our world. https://www.ducksters.com/ Happy reading and vocabulary building!
The Cartoon Snack Box
Living in China with kids means accumulating loads of 快递 delivery boxes, old CNC textbooks and snacks. This project explains how I used the boxes and CNC textbooks to make a cartoony box to accommodate the ever-growing pile of snacks. Step 1: Get the materials together Step 2: Construct the shape Step 3: Papermache In … Read more
Giant Mushrooms
We went on a little trip to the countryside today and discovered some very big white mushrooms 🍄 🍄
3D Painting Template Preparation Tool v.1
This tool allows you to upload an image and then stretch it in such a way that, if you take a photo from the correct angle, it will look like it is popping out in 3D. The idea is to enable students to stretch their drawings and then use the stretched version as a template … Read more
Hibernator help
So, a while back I started making a Scratch game of The Hibernator, but this was rapidy eclipsed by @wimpycat01’s awesome 3D work. So, I’m sharing this half-baked project so wimpycat01 can extract the Hibernator sprite if it’s any use. Welcome any interested parties to develop this Scratch Hibernator too 😉 (download .sb3 file)
Tintin Teaches English Idioms on WeChat
I found a great account on WeChat that shares short Tintin comic strips teaching the meaning of common idioms in English. Hope this link works: Tintin teaches idioms on WeChat 😀
Tempestuous Midsummer Mayhem
This discussion forum provides a space for my Grade 7 and Grade 8 students to discuss their research findings and identify connections on the subject of Shakespeare. other students are, of course, welcome to join the discussion 🙂 What to discuss? Well, here are a few prompts to get you started: Share interesting facts about … Read more