I got this through edhocracy writer and proud new papa, Jeremiah Patterson. It’s a video by alexitin, who appears to be something of an artist. What strikes me about the video is that there is a story in side of all of this, a very personal story.
It also strikes me that the story comes almost equally from the pictures, from his voice, and from the music. Music is easy. Voice is easy, Pictures are easy. Story is hard!
What do you think?
I loved this – it totally moved me. I think it speaks to the participatory culture – I saw me…
Not trying to be the pessimist, although it will sound this way, the one running seems to me to be educators in general, network admins specifically. Running away from the conversation (the STORY), and yet the people still participate…just not in school.
I think this is what Vicki is discovering as she builds her network into the public school classrooms.
Just my take after three years of “fighting” for teachers to be responsible, and accountable) for web content in their classes instead of filters from some distant, out-sourced company (8e6) determining what is and isn’t educational for my students.
My random thoughts,
I had just a gut reaction of loving it. The presentation, the plot line, the background music. I also think it’s interesting the medium he’s using, ink and paper, but it’s presented in video on YouTube, proving my theory that good paper based art will leave on in the digital age. Last, I wondered if the kid who spoofed Karl Fisch’s video (Boring Videos happen) will set this to the Knack, lol.
It was interesting, but I just didn’t get it. It made a whooshing sound as it cleared the top of my head.
David,
I’m almost embarrassed to write this, but the video scared me a little. There are so many people out there and one way of thinking about the Internet is that it’s an incredibly anonymous place. The creator does not know who I am. Considering there are so many you’s here, the creator probably doesn’t really care who I am either. I want to feel important but in the scope of the Internet how important can one person really be. Certainly, one person can make a difference but can one person be important?
At the same time, it really is a risky thing to write on the Internet. So many people who we don’t know are going to read what we wrote. What are they going to think about what we wrote? This is something that I try not to think about when I write because I really don’t have thick skin and if I was concerned that people thought what I wrote was ridiculous I’d be too afraid to write.
Andrew Pass
http://www.pass-ed.com/blogger.html
David, just a mere glimpse into the streets of Shanghai, but with one exception. There is no daylight for anyone to get ahead of the crowd. Internationally, this may reflect the feelings that Mr. Pass is trying to describe. Ultimately, as a collective group of humans we must realize we are very important. Collaboration and communication will forever be important.
I agree with Andrew P. that the story was a little frightening — but in a different sense. I thought it was very intimate, maybe uncomfortably intimate. The “you” was me. The artist was speaking very clearly to me and looking for me, but not because he didn’t know me. It seemed to me like he knew me and was trying to represent me as I want to be represented. Or he was really trying to find me in the group/crowd/mass of people. Anyway, I didn’t feel anonymous in the mass of Internet users, but rather that he was speaking directly to me.