International Wildlife Film Festival

Just returned from IWFF. Saw lots of great films and met some extraordinary people. The Legend of Pale Male won best of festival. I recommend seeing it if you have a chance. The original show can be found on PBS: Pale Male.

My Zebra film won a Merit Award for Scientific Value, so that was a fun experience going to the award ceremony. I also had the opportunity to see my film screen twice in front of hundreds of school children. The kids seemed to enjoy it and laughed in the right places.


I just found out today that "Why don't we ride zebras?" also won the EarthVision Environmental Film Award, Act Locally. Now, hopefully on to the Jackson Hole Wildlife Film Festival. Fingers crossed!

PodClassTV Webpage

I've spent the last few months teaching myself web design and dreamweaver. I still have much more to learn. But I finally have started the real PodClassTV portal.

I have mainly worked out the look of PodClassTV. So most of the links within the site are under construction. I will be developing lesson plans and games over the coming months.

Keep checking back!

www.podclasstv.com

Successful and Funny New Media Examples

This funny new media campaign helped save the Bronx Zoo's Funding.
Green Porno creates animal reproduction documentaries with a different slant.

SPCA and New Media

I just signed up for the 2009 Wag n' Walk. It's a walkathon fundraiser for the Monterey SPCA. They allow "walkers" to sign up for free. They also give the "walkers" a free personalized home page to encourage friends and relatives to sponsor their walk. I think it's a great use of new media and Web 2.0. Check out Team Dink: http://wagnwalk.spcamc.org/goto/teamdinkMy only suggestion would be for the SPCA to take it one step further, and add options for "Wag N' Walk Walkers" to "share" their personal page with social network sites like Facebook, Twitter, Myspace, etc. Youtube allows users to directly "share" videos to Facebook with a click of a button.

My thesis on new media, education, and documentary

My Masters thesis on new media, education, and documentary is now available online. Go to: http://etd.lib.montana.edu/etd/view/item.php?id=835

It is entitled "Moving Beyond Broadcast: Making a Children's Documentary for the New Media Landscape". It should prove handy for those who want a good summary of new media. It also included links to some of the best examples of educational games and new media.

Funny educational podcasts from NASA

Several students from the Science and Natural History Filmmaking Graduate Program at MSU Bozeman are working for NASA. They are making some great podcasts. Ryan (aka Galilelo) was in my year. I am glad to see NASA is making good use of his sense of humor.
NASA | You're Welcome Science: Galileo's Greatest Hits from NASA Explorer on Vimeo.

Links to review of zebra film and to my thesis on new media and education

It looks like my zebra film is starting to make it into some education circles. I found this blog about my film and its use in lesson plans: Joy Mullin's Technology Integration Class Blog

Also, MSU Bozeman has now published my thesis online. You can now click and download "Moving Beyond Broadcast and Traditional Pedagogy: Making a Children's Documentary for the New Media Landscape".