What kinds of conversations do you think OK Go music videos would generate with a 7 and 3 year old?
How about relative size of instruments to produce different sound? “What are they hitting to make music?”
The concept of sponsorship & investment. “Why are are they making such a big mess in that airplane?!”
The idea of stop motion.
(Be sure to check out their behind the scenes of the Upside Down & Inside Out music video. I especially loved the line: “The whole song is sort of around the idea of letting the unfamiliar feelings guide you rather than trying to figure everything out all the time.”)
When the Internet brings us that which truly inspires, do we share with our students? When we do, our roles evolve from consumers to creators as we co-construct wonder with kids. Who knows how the story of the mom who built a house via YouTube videos, or the boy who invented a device to help kids trapped in hot cars, influence the paths our kids take?
Access to one another’s stories is perhaps the most defining feature this technological era. Let’s leverage those stories to inspire and embolden our kids to the ever-greater possibilities of our day.
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