School’s out Friday

When I first started School’s out Friday posts I discovered improveverywhere. They have been a constant source of fodder for these posts, and I’ve been able to see the evolution of a great idea turning into a financial proposition.
This latest video ‘I love lunch‘, was filmed for the US Today Show [...]

School’s out Friday

I can’t wait to show my son this latest effort from the improveverywhere crew. This is Grocery Store Musical. My son is a huge fan of Food Court Musical and I am too. I don’t think this one lives up to the quality of Food Court Musical, but it’s still worth [...]

School’s out Friday

Christopher Rehage walked through China for a year and recorded the trip with a series of photographs that chronicled the growth of his beard and his hair and everything in between. It’s fascinating and worth watching more than once to take it all in.
Our school library is going to be demolished [...]

School’s out Friday

I dare you not to smile while watching this. Bet you’ll find it impossible not to.
This is the brainchild of Volkswagen, who’ve developed a site called The Fun Theory.com . Here’s what they say on their site about their motivation;
This site is dedicated to the thought that something as simple as [...]

School’s out Friday

Now this is special.
This video is just a little something the students at my school put together to celebrate the fact that it was their last official school day on Wednesday of this week.
Milly Davison and Elly Dixon were the brains behind it all, inspired by a video shown to them [...]

School’s out Friday

Twelve million people or so have viewed this on YouTube, so I’m probably showing you something that you’ve already seen. I am part of the rest of the worlds’ population who has not seen this 3 year old explain the finer points of the plot of Star Wars until today. I’m [...]

Yes, we deleted the VHS collection.

Discussion in my office last week.
“Jenny, did I hear you correctly when you said that you had deleted the entire VHS collection? “
“Yes, you did.”
“Does this mean that the Maria Callas version of Medea isn’t there?”
“Yep, that’s right. It’s gone.”
“Oh dear. You know it’s just what I need for the students……….”
“How about we take a look at YouTube and [...]

School’s out Friday

Some of you who follow me on Twitter might have noted the tweets I sent out yesterday related to a lawnmower incident. No body parts missing unlike the video above! If you missed them here’s a bit of a recap;
 
It was pretty dramatic at the time I can tell you. This was the [...]

School’s out Friday

You have to watch this.
This is a TED Talk from Jonathon Zittrain, a social theorist who proposes in his talk that the world is not becoming less friendly. In fact, we are seeing the opposite, and this is demonstrated through the way people have made use of the internet . The way we [...]

School’s out Friday

Hey everyone. Have you seen this? Our local guys have done good!
It’s Hamish and Andy, fellow Melbournians,  appearing last night on ‘The Jay Leno Show‘. They demonstrated World Championship Ghosting  to a US audience. You’ve just got to appreciate Hamish’s sandman move. Classic ghosting technique at its finest.
If you missed an earlier [...]