Beyond School

Is there an educator out there who has the digital story-telling* skills Bill Farren shows in this work? If so, I’m not aware of it. From the message (the use of fear in population control) to the medium (archival footage, skillful titling, rhythmic audio-video editing, original music, and so much more), I literally have not seen a better original digital story come out of the edublogosphere. I thought Bill’s “Did You Ever Wonder?” was strong. This out-leaps it twice over.

Shared with permission. Bill’s Education for Well-Being website has transcripts of the quotes used in the video and more, along with some of the most thoughtful and substantial content around. No echo chamber over there.

See Bill’s guest-blogging posts on Beyond School here.

Does anybody else in education have these kinds of A/V skills? Please leave links in the comment, if so. (Actually, Nathan Lowell is doing some great stuff, but I can’t find the exact links on his blog. Scott McLeod featured them last week on Dangerously Irrelevant, though.)

*Who came up with the term “digital storytelling,” anyway? Is it me, or is it far less sexy than - and far too schooly for - the good old word, “film-making”?