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Makes that are “hacks” or remixes that repurpose text, media or physical objects for a new purpose

Visioning the #clmooc future

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Created August 10, 2016 by Daniel Bassill • 1615 views • 0 examples • 0 tutorials

This graphic shows how an idea started by one person (Algot Runeman) and shared on a blog (at http://runelab.org/wordpress/?p=365) is then re-mixed by another person (Kevin Hodgson) and then another (Dan Bassill). Invitations are extended for others to re-mix this again, and again, using different formats. In total, the original, and each re-mix, show how the on-going participation of many different people in the #clmooc process can lead to stronger relationships, deeper learning, and perhaps conversations and solutions to complex problems.

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Remix a friend in honor

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Created July 18, 2016 by Karen Fasimpaur • 1921 views • 2 examples • 0 tutorials

For CLMOOC 2016 Make Cycle 2, we are reciprocating with gratitude and finding new ways to connect by reciprocating with gratitude and generosity. Inspired by Susan Watson, I am remixing the online media of various friends to honor them. I did this by scanning their various online feeds (Twitter, blogs, Flickr, FB, etc.) and gathering up pictures and quotes I feel well represent the best of these people. This make can be extended in a variety of multimedia forms. Try it, and post your examples here.

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Turn Text into Music

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Created July 17, 2016 by Kevin Hodgson • 3705 views • 0 examples • 0 tutorials

Did you ever wonder what a poem sounds like? This Make idea is all about taking text (your own, or maybe someone else’s) and turning those words into music. The P22 Music Text Composition Converter does the hard work for you, but you still have some choices — instrument voice, beats per minute, etc. How might you take this text-music idea a step further? Why not use the text-music download (it is a MIDI file, so you might have to do more conversion to MP3 via a site like Zamzar) as a soundtrack to something that goes deeper with the text?… Read more »

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Making a Political Statement

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Created March 28, 2016 by Karen Fasimpaur, Terry Elliott and Joe Dillon • 3993 views • 2 examples • 4 tutorials

A Google image search on terms like “political memes” or “election memes” provides a reading experience markedly different than opening the morning paper. This instant, biased collage of pictures is the most complex of digital footprints, still new to even the most web literate among us. Political memes show participatory culture’s take on political news and the evolving process of electing a president. According to Merriam Webster, a “meme” is “an idea, behavior, style, or usage that spreads from person to person within a culture” Often these are images or videos that are overlayed with interpretive text and are spread… Read more »

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Create a 3D graph

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Created July 21, 2015 by Drew Missureli • 2119 views • 0 examples • 0 tutorials

My students had a hard time visualizing graphing in 3D. So I developed a 3D graph for students to use when the graph in 3D

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Create interactives with Scratch

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Created by Karen Fasimpaur • 2197 views • 5 examples • 1 tutorials

Create interactive stories, games, and animations — and share with others in the online community. (You can also remix others’ work.) Scratch helps people learn to think creatively, reason systematically, and work collaboratively. It’s also a great way to get into coding. It is a project of the Lifelong Kindergarten Group at the MIT Media Lab and is free.

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Art to Writing: Making Connections

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Created July 15, 2015 by Stephanie Loomis • 2657 views • 0 examples • 0 tutorials

This make affords students the opportunity to think outside “doing school” and access the creative sides of the brain while still engaging in critical thinking, reflection, and processing abstract concepts. The example here is for Eastern Philosophy, but it is readily adaptable. The central make is an Altered Book, taking a book destined for the trash heap and remixing it to become an art piece connected to a literary question. There are a number of sites and videos for instruction on the techniques used. The key element in this make is to use the artistic process to consider the literature… Read more »

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All systems go! – 2015 Make Cycle #4

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Created July 14, 2015 by Kim Douillard, Janet Ilko, Janis Jones, and Abby Robles San Diego Area Writing Project • 3213 views • 1 examples • 0 tutorials

According to the dictionary, a system is “a group of interacting, interrelated, interdependent elements forming a complex whole.” There are many types of systems: human, behavioral, natural, technological, mechanical, mathematical, political, social, financial, transit, etc. In this make, we invite you to document, analyze and reflect on the variety of systems that influence your life personally and/or professionally. Use your creativity to document an existing system, access your ingenuity to improve an existing system or use your imagination to develop a unique new system and design a novel way to explain it. How can you document a system that serves… Read more »

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Tag You’re It – Teachers Change The World

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Created July 9, 2015 by Laura Lopez • 1969 views • 1 examples • 0 tutorials

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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Making a Massive Open Online Game

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Created July 7, 2015 by Kevin Hodgson • 1977 views • 0 examples • 0 tutorials

When people are dispersed over the world, and the Internet is the only connection between them, creating a game where many people can play together is tricky. The idea behind an open online game is that it draws people in with a low entry barrier and helps them discover or forge new connections. With a collaborative document such as Google Docs or Hackpad, you can design a game with ideas built around a connected scavenger hunt. Inclusion of a simple tally sheet provides a sense of community, even if the score itself is not the point. This kind of open… Read more »

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