I came across a new thing today – new in that although I have seen it before, I did not realize it had a name, that being Kinetic Typography.
Here is a wonderful example from Stephen Fry on ‘Language’:
Although it has been around since the late 1890’s its use in educational terms is still to be realized. Staff and students at Carnegie Mellon University (CMU) in the US are doing some interesting work in trying to create a Kinetic Typography Engine.
In the substance of the above example, Stephen talks about how it is less important whether we write ‘cul8ta’ or ’see you later’ but much more important in distinguishing the ‘when’ of usage. It seems that he has used an emerging technology in an ingenious way to mirror his subject matter … but you’ll have to view it to make up your own mind about this.
What I am interested to know, is if and how any universities or schools have used this in their teaching and learning. Please drop me a line if you have.
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Stephen Heppell left me this link: http://identity20.com/media/OSCON2005/ on my facebook page. Slick? Yes, but actually it was too slick in my opinion. I found it hard to follow the content as there was too much going on. I like Stephen Fry’s example because you are less aware of the technology and more aware of the theme he is discussing. I found it easier to engage mentally with what he was saying and for me, that shows a proficiency in the application of the tool.
As for the content of Dick Hardt’s presentation, I also agree with Stephen H, not sure I really agree with what Dick is saying or some of his underlying assumptions. Identity, as a notion, is far more complex than this presentation makes out.