Posts by members of the "2026 8ELL Awesomeness" group:


differences between online & traditional newspapers:

Accessibility: online news can let you to check out breaking news anytime, anywhere. ( as long there’s internet). while traditional newspaper can also be accessed by purchasing it, and don’t requires internet. Interactivity: you can interact and communicate on the website with other users, while traditional newspapers can only be shared by physical discussions. Credibility: ... Read more

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:

hibernator’s eye design(by henry)

this is two animations as .gif files designed for The Hibernator (MY CREATION DO NOT COPY)

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

new scratch animation(the tempest act3 scene3)

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