Machinima for Educators

Congratulations to all the nominees and winners!
To get started go to:

The VWBPE Machinima playlist is located at http://tinyurl.com/4botfpg  with 2 additional playlist for Knowclue Kidd located at greek god page:  http://emsgreekgods.wikispaces.com and future school page:  http://tomorrowisland.wikispaces.com/Future+School

And now for winners and nominees…..

Best Educational Machinima
1st Place                SWIFT Virtual Genetics Lab                                          
Paul Rudman, Suzanne Lavelle
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uMMfHZUNpZY
2nd Place               Kansas to Cairo Project I                                               
Bernhard Drax
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_GPcW2Q-b24
3rd Place               Muinji’j Becomes a Man Machinima                         
Marlene Brooks
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p5A1dL6WbBU

Best Production
1st Place                Muinji’j Becomes a Man Machinima
Marlene Brooks
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p5A1dL6WbBU
2nd Place               Click: Immersive & Interactive Virtual Art       
Lori Landay
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Sf3Q2VAlKE&hd=1
3rd Place               Kansas to Cairo Project I                                            
Bernhard Drax
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_GPcW2Q-b24

Best Story Line / Narrative
1st Place                Time Travelers – Episode 1 – The Time Machine 
Pooky Amsterdam
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KCvktXDi6Z8
2nd Place               Muinji’j Becomes a Man Machinima                          
Marlene Brooks
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p5A1dL6WbBU
3rd Place               WB Yeats – An Irish Airman Foresees His Death 
Russell Boyd
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tLvHTDa1fkE

People’s Choice
1st Place                SWIFT Virtual Genetics Lab
Paul Rudman, Suzanne Lavelle
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uMMfHZUNpZY
2nd Place               Mars Rover1                                                                      
Ines Ogura
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X_Os78mGCU4
3rd Place               Ask the Expert Water Cycle                                         
Ines Ogura
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7__SqX82IoE

Here we can find all the machinima  projects that participated on the last VWBPE 2011. They are amazing!

To see all the entries go to VWBPE 2011 Machinima Playlist http://www.youtube.com/user/TheMachinimamania?feature=mhum#p/c/13B856672F473B4B

These are some of my favs!


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