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The Importance of Story and Design

Editor’s note: This blog entry was submitted by Erin Murphy, who works in Wharton’s Learning Lab. You can read more of her work at her blog: The Big Picture.
Just in time for Daniel Pink’s appearance at the Wharton Evolution of Learning symposium, I was reminded of the importance of two of the six aptitudes that [...]


Seltzer Family Digital Media Awards 2009

Weigle Information Commons has just announced the 2009 Seltzer Awards competition. We expect to award $1,000 worth of equipment to five Penn undergraduates for one year for a new media project.
The announcement reminded me of the six ambitious and creative projects funded last year. One, by Nick Salvatore, introduced me to 3Dvideo – something I [...]


Michelangelo 3D Slideshow

Penn Libraries recently announced a cool new way to explore the image collection at the Anne and Jerome Fisher Fine Arts Library. Here is a Michelangelo Slideshow I made in a few seconds – click the blue arrow at top to start. The CoolIris 3D software may require a plug-in download. You can create [...]


Common Craft Video Primers

New to social media tools and web 2.o technologies? Check out Common Craft: Explanations in Plain English.
Common Craft owners Sachi and Lee LeFever are
dedicated to building a library of videos that are focused on helping influencers and educators create change through better explanations. Our videos are short, simple and focused on making complex ideas easy [...]