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Celebrate the Start of Titanic Festival!

It may be the end of Creativity Month, and our last post, but Belfast’s most famous creation, Titanic, will be commemorated ...

Posted: March 31st, 2012 ˑ 649 Comments
Filled under: Digital Storytelling, New software/apps, Post-Primary, Primary

You may have heard of mediascapes – these are apps that can contain sounds, images, text and videos that ...

Posted: March 28th, 2012 ˑ 887 Comments
Filled under: Digital Storytelling, Games Design, New software/apps, Post-Primary, Primary, Programming, STEM

Today is World Theatre Day, and to celebrate we thought we would share a suitably theatrical activity with you. Even ...

Posted: March 27th, 2012 ˑ 957 Comments
Filled under: Digital Storytelling, Film, Performing Arts, Photography, Post-Primary, Primary

The previous blog, “The Livingstone & Hope Skills Review – Game Development & Visual Effects” highlighted how the Creative Industries ...

Posted: March 25th, 2012 ˑ 946 Comments
Filled under: 3D, Animation, Digital Storytelling, Games Design, New software/apps, Post-Primary, Primary, Programming, STEM

A word cloud (or tag cloud) is a visual representation of text where certain words are given importance according to their weight, size, ...

Posted: March 22nd, 2012 ˑ 1,193 Comments
Filled under: Art & Graphics, Digital Storytelling, Literature, New software/apps, Post-Primary, Primary

I love Lotte Reiniger’s animations which were influenced by Chinese shadow puppetry. When moderating for MIA last year I saw a lovely example ...

Posted: March 19th, 2012 ˑ 897 Comments
Filled under: Animation, Digital Storytelling, MIA, Post-Primary

Get into the spirit of St. Patrick’s Day by making green cupcakes with your class. All you need are some ...

Posted: March 17th, 2012 ˑ 712 Comments
Filled under: Digital Storytelling, New software/apps, Post-Primary, Primary

Tiki Toki is a web based tool that allows you to make beautiful interactive timelines that contain video, text and ...

Posted: March 16th, 2012 ˑ 881 Comments
Filled under: Digital Storytelling, New software/apps, Post-Primary, Primary

What is Comic Life? Comic Life lets you create astounding comics, beautiful picture albums, how-tos… and more! The easy-to-use interface ...

Posted: March 15th, 2012 ˑ 1,750 Comments
Filled under: Art & Graphics, Digital Storytelling, Post-Primary, Primary, STEM

Stop motion animation is a great way to engage your class whilst learning about science topics. Below is an example ...

Posted: March 11th, 2012 ˑ 904 Comments
Filled under: Animation, Digital Storytelling, Primary, STEM

These days our digital cameras and smart phones are so powerful that ...

Posted: March 6th, 2012 ˑ 1,251 Comments
Filled under: Animation, Digital Storytelling, Film, MIA, Post-Primary, Primary

As much as I love a paper book, I have become more and more impressed with the interactive eBooks available ...

Posted: March 1st, 2012 ˑ 927 Comments
Filled under: Digital Storytelling, New software/apps, Post-Primary, Primary