FREE4U: September 2012

Kamis, 27 September 2012

Gosh Comics Signing

This, I believe, will be the first appearance in England by a member of the Aaron family since my ancestor Sir Beauregard Cumbercobb Aaron was forced to flee those shores or risk imprisonment over unpaid dormouse buggery fines. Let's hope the statute of limitations has passed on all that.

My MorrisonCon Schedule

SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 29

11:00 AM

THE EMPTY PAGE: MORRISONCON WRITERS ON WRITING

It has been said that an author's greatest nemesis is a blank page. MorrisonCon's talented wordsmiths discuss their processes in transforming the empty page into the masterpieces that we have come to love. This group of comics innovators exposing the aspects of comics writing and the comics business that we as readers never get to see and delve into the depths of the creative process at your behest.

Featuring: Grant Morrison, Robert Kirkman, Jonathan Hickman, Jason Aaron, JH Williams III

5:00 PM

CREATION MYTHS: SCIENCE, RELIGION & MAGIC

Jonathan Hickman and Jason Aaron are architects of worlds of science, magic and myth. Bringing their unique and perhaps conflicting perspectives together, these two authors sit down to discuss the brink of human understanding and beyond. Is Arthur C. Clarke's belief that â€œany sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magicâ€ correct? Hickman and Aaron discuss how the theory holds up, and take an analytical journey through hard science to theoretical hypotheses to the work of the Gods. What inspirations are drawn from centuries of theological doctrines and the course of scientific discovery and how are they be applied to modern storytelling?

Featuring: Jonathan Hickman, Jason Aaron

6:00 PM

TRIAL OF THE SUPERGODS

As day one comes to a close, use that last un-blasted brain cell to join our guests in some light-hearted trivial revelry. Master of Ceremonies, James Sime, will lead the festivities, taking our guests to task with your wiliest, wildest, or wackiest tests of trivia which can be submitted throughout the day in the MorrisonCon Salon. A perfect bit of madcap fun to cap off an intense day of creative energy!

Featuring: Everyone!

SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 30

11:30 AM

PAGE ONE, PANEL ONE: A COMICS WORKSHOP

Jung's concept of the Collective Subconscious suggests that ideas live within all of us awaiting emergence. Participate in a collaborative comics workshop illustrating this theory facilitated by former Marvel talent coordinator, Bon Alimagno, in which you and some of MorrisonCon's guests team up to act as equal creative colleagues to bring one of these shared ideas to fruition under a Creative Commons license.

Work alongside with some of the brightest minds in comics. Create live art together.

Featuring: Jason Aaron, J.H. Williams III, Chris Burnham, Bon Alimagno, + special guests

I'll also have some signing times sprinkled in there as well. Other than that, I'll just be hanging around, enjoying the madness. I'm expecting to have a blast. Hope to see you there.

Thursday, Sept. 27

Alphabet Magic

Bass Cat (music app to learn to read bass cleff; normally $3.99)

Know Your Ride by Tinytapps

Math Contenders: "Decimals"

Star Map 3D: Stargazing and Astronomy (normally $1.99)

Star Rover (astronomy app)

Ultimate Photo Collage (normally $5.99)

Selasa, 25 September 2012

Tuesday, Sept. 25

AppTutor G2M - Grade 2 Multiplication (normally $4.99)

Draw Venn (Ven diagram tool; normally $5.99)

Senin, 24 September 2012

old work ,what the hell!

Whilst looking through an old harddrive today i found this, its an old bit of work. For what or why it was done i am not sure, (think i might have been toying around with the idea of doing a childrens book) it would scare the pants off them.

Minggu, 23 September 2012

A New Twist On Posting Student Work

Currently, there is a statewide push to emphasize performing and creating in the arts. The statewide Arts & Humanities assessment (which consisted of 13 multiple-choice questions and 1 open response question) was eliminated a few years ago. It has been replaced by the Arts & Humanities Program Review which is a way for each school to assess their arts programs throughout the enitre year. We

FOLLOW UP: Magnetic Hand Signs

"Magnetic Hand Signs" has quickly become one of my most popular posts, currently sitting at #2 in my most popular posts. If you missed the link, be sure to click the link and check it out.

Several people have blogged about how they are using the magnetic hand signs in their classroom. I would like to share some more ideas on how to use the hand signs that I saw on Make Music Rock. I have

Jumat, 21 September 2012

Update on Core Arts Standards

In May, I first posted about the National Coalition for Core Arts Standards. If you missed this post or are unfamiliar with the task force creating our Core Arts Standards, you may want to check out my post "Where's Our Common Core?"The original timeline has been revised and has been posted on the NCCAS wikispace. I have copied this timeline below:
NATIONAL COALTION FOR CORE ARTS

Friday, Sept. 21

The Animated ABC Book of Machines iBook is free today; normally $2.99

Busy Farm (cute app for toddlers and PreK)

Insects A-Z by Tinytapps

Magnabet PE (magnetic letters)

Missing Letters - Vowels

Update

I just want to apologize to everyone for posting very little now that school has started. Although the pressures of the school year are in full swing, there are other reasons I have not had much time to blog. I have been a little under-the-weather lately. But, I am happy to announce that we are expecting our second child in March. The first trimester queasiness is starting to subside and I'm

Kamis, 20 September 2012

Sept. 20

Coaching Assistant - http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/id383020903?mt=8&src=af&ign-mpt=uo%3D6

Calculus - http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/calculus-ftw-free-deep-insight/id552790996?mt=8

Kindergarten: Fun Interactive World (normally $7.99)- http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/kindergarten-fun-interactive/id535406004?mt=8

Learn Numbers - http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/learn-numbers-for-kids/id492879792?mt=8

Rabu, 19 September 2012

Wed., Sept 19

Kindergarten Fun - http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/kindergarten-fun-interactive/id535406004?mt=8
ABCs Jungle - http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/id551274353?mt=8&src=af&ign-mpt=uo%3D6
Pinnacle Studio - http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/pinnacle-studio/id552100086?mt=8
Readdle Docs - http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/id285053111?mt=8&src=af&ign-mpt=uo%3D6
Searchability - http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/searchability-hd/id556429102?mt=8

Selasa, 18 September 2012

Tuesday, Sept. 18

Storm Distance Calculator

Pinnacle Studio (amazing movie editing app rivaling iMovie; normally $4.99)

FreeSpeech (good AAC app; normally $5.99)

Senin, 17 September 2012

GREAT MOMENTS IN THOR #6

Thor is a Steelers fan. I knew it. Jack Kirby, JOURNEY INTO MYSTERY #120

Sept. 17

http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/freespeech/id517017346?mt=8

Minggu, 16 September 2012

THOR #3 cover by Esad Ribic

Kamis, 13 September 2012

WOLVERINE AND THE X-MEN Update

With issue #16 of WOLVERINE AND THE X-MEN, which hit shelves this week, we unfortunately must say goodbye to artist Chris Bachalo, who moves on to another as-yet-unannounced new project. I owe many many thanks to Chris for kicking off this series in such a great way, for designing the Jean Grey School and for an all-around amazing run. He's been a terrific artist to work with. As wildly inventive as they come. So inventive I had to change the way I wrote my scripts. Chris has so many unique ideas about how to layout a page, that our editor Nick Lowe encouraged me to move to more of a Marvel style, meaning more of a loose plot instead of a full script. So I did, and loved it. My scripts still weren't exactly in the most traditional Marvel style, in that they still included dialogue (when I get a chance in the next few days, maybe I'll post some examples), but it's been an exciting challenge just to break out of my usual routine and a thrill to watch Chris work his magic. I wish we could've done more stuff together. Maybe someday.

As for WOLVERINE AND THE X-MEN, we've thankfully got an amazing roster of artists to pick up the slack, like Mike Allred (whose Doop one-shot is coming up next), Jorge Molina (who wraps up our AvX tie-ins in a huge way in issue #18), Steven Sanders (who shows us Angel's all-new mission in issue #20) and of course Nick Bradshaw, who's already cranked out some gorgeous work on this series and returns to help kick off our second year with issue #19 and then handles our crazy new Murder Circus arc beginning with #21. And as if that wasn't enough, come next year we add Ramon Perez to the mix, fresh off his Eisner win for Best Penciller.

I'm one lucky dude.

Selasa, 11 September 2012

GREAT MOMENTS IN THOR #5

The sweetest mustache in all of Asgard. JOURNEY INTO MYSTERY #113.

GREAT MOMENTS IN THOR #4

Says it all. JOURNEY INTO MYSTERY #114.

September 11

Cool Math for Kids - 55 Cubes (normally $3.99)
Explore 9/11 (explore the 9/11 Memorial)
Multiplication Games
The Opposites (fun word game)
Pinnacle Studio (amazing movie editing app rivaling iMovie; normally $4.99)
Tap-Translate (get definitions inside Safari browser; normally $9.99)

Not Free, but tremendous savings: Numbers and Operations (2) - Fractions/Decimals/Percents/Ratios from Elevated Math (wonderful app with 25 lessons; normally $42.99; on sale for $2.99)

Senin, 10 September 2012

Sept. 10

Doodle Art Pro (fun drawing app with no ads)
Maxjournal (keep a daily journal with photos and export as a PDF; normally $2.99)
Metronome-Plus (for music teachers)
The Opposites (fun word game)
Pinnacle Studio (amazing movie editing app rivaling iMovie; normally $4.99)
Preschool: 15 in 1 for iPhone
Smart Office 2 (create MS Office documents; normally $9.99)

Sept. 9

AppTutor G1A - Grade One Addition (normally $3.99)
AppTutor G2A - Grade Two Addition (normally $3.99)
AppTutor G2M - Grade Two Multiplication (normally $3.99)
AppTutor G3M - Grade Three Multiplication (normally $3.99)
AppTutor G4M - Grade Four Multiplication (normally $3.99)
AppTutor G5M - Grade Five Multiplication (normally $3.99)
AppTutor GKA - Kindergarten Addition (normally $3.99)
Artistic Effect HD (normally $2.99)
Avid Studio (movie making and editing app; normally $4.99)
Frame Magic Premium
Maxjournal (keep a daily journal with photos and export as a PDF; normally $2.99)
Mega Word Search
The Opposites (fun word game)
Periodic Table (Universal)
Smart Office 2 (create MS Office documents; normally $9.99)
Story Creator
TrioStory (interactive book)

Sabtu, 08 September 2012

"Old Betty Larkin": A Kentucky Folk Dance

Greetings, from Kentucky! We just finished a lesson introducing the mountain dulcimer, Jean Ritchie, and a Kentucky folk dance, "Old Betty Larkin." The dulcimer is Kentucky's state instrument, so I always make sure to expose my students to our Kentucky heritage at least a couple times throughout the school year. "Old Betty Larkin" is a game song that any age will enjoy. I teach this lesson to