Saturday, April 24, 2010

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kellee santiago
I was born in Caracas, Venezuela and grew up in the suburbs of Richmond, Virginia. At the age of 18 I escaped to New York City. I danced, clowned, performed, and scared my parents a lot. I traveled (and continue to do so) around the the world. At the age of 24 I became delusional and thought moving to Los Angeles was a good idea. Now I design and produce video games.

thatgamecompany designs and develops artistically crafted, broadly accessible video games that push the boundaries of interactive entertainment.

We call our games “core games.” Core games appeal not only to existing hardcore and casual gaming markets, but also to dormant gamers and even non-gamers. Core games reach these new markets because they are easier and less time consuming, yet possess emotionally rich and powerful interactive experiences.


Introducing TED Fellow: Kellee Santiago
 
Game Designer Kellee Santiago Responds to Roger Ebert's "Video Games Are Not Art" Rant

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Video games can never be art - Roger Ebert's Journal

Video games can never be art - Roger Ebert's Journal

Chicagoan Roger Ebert releases
TED talk given at USC by Kellee Santiago

"No one in or out of the field has ever been able to cite a game worthy of comparison with the great poets, filmmakers, novelists and poets." To which I could have added painters, composers, and so on, but my point is clear.

Wikipedia: "Art is the process of deliberately arranging elements in a way that appeals to the senses or emotions."

Key components of games are goals, rules, challenge, and interaction."

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Thursday, April 22, 2010

A Sisterly Tribute For Dorothy Height : NPR

A Sisterly Tribute For Dorothy Height : NPR

Height’s organization, the National Council of Negro Women (NCNW)

Dorothy Irene Height was the 10th. She was a force for women’s rights, human rights, and civil rights

her memoir Open Wide the Freedom Gates.

Civil Rights Elder Sees Dream Come True podcast and transcript

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Wednesday, April 21, 2010

How an eagle feels when his wings are clipped and caged

How an eagle feels when his wings are clipped and caged

"How an eagle feels when his wings are clipped and caged"

Relocation Center Newspapers Describe Japanese American Internment in World War II

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Monday, April 19, 2010

April is Poetry Week:'Black Nature': Poems Of Promise And Survival : NPR

April is Poetry Week:
Review and discuss the book, the author and one of poems
Post it on your blog.  Remember to use the Web tools and applications you used over the year. 

'Black Nature': Poems Of Promise And Survival : NPR

Camille T. Dungy, the editor of Black Nature: Four Centuries of African-American Nature Poetry, calls her book a first of its kind. The nearly 200 poems in the anthology reach back to the mid-1700s, but Dungy says people rarely think of bl ack poets as writing in a genre that brings to mind having the leisure -- and time -- to contemplate a field of flowers.


Hereis an idea for Modern Woodcuts and Folk Art  About China

Embed this video in your  blog post and make your comments.
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Sunday, April 11, 2010

Most Innovative Companies | The Fast Company Blog | Fast Company

Most Innovative Companies The Fast Company Blog Fast Company
Most Innovative Companies - Media Green Day Fast Company

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STudenT ToolKit

STudenT ToolKit
Web Applications (2009)
A TOOLKIT FOR WRITING

PhotoPeach :help you tell better stories online using photos
Slide Show show
Scribd you can easily turn any file—such as PDF, Word and PowerPoint—into a web documentClick here to create your own Wacky Web Tale
Add text-to-speech to your browser: vozMe
Paint, Sketch and Draw With Tools You Already Know How to Use! Welcome to the home of ArtRage,
ArtRage 2.5.2  Download
Student Choice Picnik 
Try these Awesome Adjectives & Sensory Words
ReadTheWords (Hear it read! Again): Lets you plug text in to the website and get a pleasant, human-sounding voice reading the text back to them.

Webcomics in the Classroom

Moving Beyond Flat Comics
You can use a site called DomoAnimate to create moving comics.Here is a sample that I made for a poetry project. DomoNation.com: DayFifteen Poetry

MakeBeliefsComix a place for you to come to and have fun by creating your own world of comic strips

Choose your own adventure

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