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About dgran

David Gran is an art and technology teacher at the Shanghai American School. He is also the head honcho of the Carrot Revolution, a movement of radical art teachers whose prime motivation is to get students on with their business of changing the world.
Website: http://carrotrevolution.blogspot.com/
dgran has written 41 articles so far, you can find them below.


21st Century Themes

Paint The World With Light

Paint the World With Light is the first digital media challenge from The Student Creative, a book of student light paintings from around the world. The goal of this project was to have students use long exposure photography to show the unique character of their own communities.

Digital Literacy

Where the Web Went Right

In this discussion, he lambasts ‘Web 2.0 proponents’ as religious cultists who contribute their time and energy, not for their own personal gain, but in the interest of creating a god-like singularity of utopian participation. I like to share my thoughts about art education with the greater community for my own personal interest, and all of a sudden I’m handing out flowers at airports and promoting a socialist agenda?

We’ll Need A Crane

More than 40 years ago, McLuhan was arguing not just for a technology integrated classroom, but one that isn’t fragmented by the irrelevant contextual limitations of the school day.

Choosing a Video Camera

There are a few key features to look for in buying a video camera, and these will vary depending on your own needs. First, a microphone jack. In my opinion, this is more important than video quality. Here’s why.

Rotoball 2010

The international collaborative Rotoball Project returns in 2010 with an important change

FAIL.

It was “Back to School” night last week here at the Shanghai American School, and I was just scaring the bejeebus out of a bunch of folks by telling that what I expect from their children this year is that they come to my class and fail.

The Differentiator

Although the ending of summer is always bittersweet (at best), today I found something that makes me excited for lesson planning.

No, really.

Rotoball 2009

Rotoball 2009 from The Carrot Revolution on Vimeo. The Rotoball 2009 Project is an international collaboration between more than 150 students in 20 schools around the world. For more information on the project, click here. Please leave feedback and comments for the students on the Vimeo page. Thanks to all 20 teachers and more than [...]

Film Festivals And Prezi

Although I’m way behind in some other work, I was prompted to write this post today after reading Amanda’s post on Prezi, and so I can look Jeff in the eye again- having not posted here in so long. I’ll get to prezi in a second. Last weekend, while dodging Jeff’s disappointed gaze*, I had [...]

Shake it Like A Polaroid Picture!

Question: Why am I such a sucker for nostalgia? Better question: Will any of my students care as much as I do about this cool re-imagining of 1970s technology in the digital-conceptual age? Answer: I don’t care! I have a polaroid camera on my desktop! Mac users can download Poladriod – a neat little free [...]

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