Makes Tagged "clmooc"

Let’s Go Viral! As part of 2015’s make cycle 3 assignment, we were asked to “create” a game. Think pay it forward meets the ice bucket challenge…post a video (or other media) giving a shout-out to your favorite teacher and pass it on….

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A poster on CLMOOC 2015 made with free tool canva.com

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Some previous knowledge of working with glass (cutting, shaping, etc.) and with fusing glass is needed to make something like this project. This bowl was made by first fusing together three layers of fusible glass into a flat sheet–including cutting the design elements and placement between layers–heating it in a kiln of approximately 1500º F, and cooled. Once the flat sheet of glass had cooled, it was placed over a form–in this case a sizable rock from my garden–which had been treated with kiln wash (which keeps the molten glass from sticking to the rock and other materials). The glass… Read more »

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In the spring of 2014 the undergraduate computing club at my university and their faculty mentors announced a Game Festival and solicited contributions. I wanted the Library to be involved, but lacking hardcore programming skills, I went at this from another direction: use an off the shelf tool in a totally unique way. Knowing the interactive attributes of the Qualtrics survey software, I invoked them to create a “Library Game” akin to shelving books…putting things in order. The story of the game is presented here: http://goo.gl/xrdBoj A link to the game is at the end of the presentation.

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You can create a speaking character and add your voice with Voki (http://www.voki.com/create.php). You can also use text-to-speech!

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