***please note that videos will not play Mozilla’s Doug Belshaw says that the “heart” of “digital literacies” is the Remix. Kirby Ferguson eloquently encouraged us in his TED talk to “Embrace the Remix”, because, as his enlightening documentary series reminds us, “everything is a remix”. Newspaper blackout artist and award-winning author Austin Kleon’s advice to budding creatives is to “Steal Like an Artist”, because “you are a mashup of what you let into your life”. Our students are engrossed in remix culture - they are the appropriation and recontextualization generation. Remix calls for knowledge and understanding, critical, higher-order, and design thinking, a variety of tech skills, and, frequently, collaboration and navigation in the greater media landscape. Most importantly a remix task offers students a chance to truly transform a work and create something unique - something that will contribute to their digital presence and legacy. This session is part pedagogical/philosophical and part participatory. Attendees will leave with a “goodie-bag” of resources and ideas in the form of an ever-growing G+ community to organize resources and serve as a space for sharing participant work and continuing the conversation long after the conference has ended. The slide show offers a glimpse into the history of remix in the art world and its significance in our present media landscape. We’ll explore how different techniques of remix and mashup lend themselves to collaborative creativity and differentiation in the classroom. We’ll also look into the distinctions between “remix” and “rip-off” and discuss the ways in which to help work become transformative rather than mere copies. There will be some discussion of copyright reform, fair use, and creative commons as well. Philosophically we’ll look at the work of William Burroughs, Grandmaster Flash, and Andy Warhol as well as the more recent efforts of writer Austin Kleon, media theorist Henry Jenkins, MIT Media Lab Lifelong Kindergartener Mitch Resnick, documentary filmmaker Kirby Ferguson, and the online course DS106. We’ll explore how social media in particular inspires recontextualization and re-imagining. And, in an era of ever-abbreviated communication, we’ll look at various ways to essentialize and synthesize into more minimalist, visual interpretations.

1. the power of
remix, mashup, + re-contextualization
in the classroom
@amyburvallamyburvall.com
#

2. open community
bit.ly/remixED

3. open community
bit.ly/remixED

4. bit.ly/remixED

5. bit.ly/remixED

6. bit.ly/remixblc
“Activities” G-doc

7. 8:00-9:00 intros, creative thinking, the Why of remix
9:00-10:00 serendipity, collaborative / crowdsourced remix
10:00-11:00 re-contextualization, culture jam
11:00-12:00 LUNCH
12:00-1:00 outside safari, index research
1:00-2:00 make and share
2:00-3:00 anachronism, genre mix
3:00-4:00 parody, satire, reflections

8. History for Music Lovers

9. History for Music Lovers

10. History for Music Lovers

11. History for Music Lovers

12. History for Music Lovers

13. History for Music Lovers

14. INTRODUCTIONS
choose 1 from the G-doc

15. Kirby Ferguson: EVERYTHING IS A REMIX

16. Kirby Ferguson: EVERYTHING IS A REMIX

18. “All ideas are
secondhand, consciously
and unconsciously drawn
from a million outside
sources
Mark Twain

19. cryptomnesia

21. CREATIVITY= DERIVATIVE WORKS

22. CREATIVITY= DERIVATIVE WORKS

23. 1960s Jamaica > 1970s Bronx

24. 1960s Jamaica > 1970s Bronx
“Grandmaster Flash”

27. …it turns out there was a
250 year history of
finding poetry in the
newspaper…
…nothing is completely
ORIGINAL -
…all creative work builds
upon what came before.

28. @austinkleon

29. “It’s not where you take
things from – it’s where you
take them to.
- Jean-Luc Godard

30. CREATIVITY is...
Intelligence
having
FUN
-albert einstein

34. REMIX CULTURE

35. Henry Jenkins, USC
PARTICIPATORY LEARNING

36. Henry Jenkins, USC
PARTICIPATORY LEARNING

39. PLAY

40. INNOVATION

41. FUN

43. non-linear
re-interpretation
of a given work

44. worked

45. worked

46. purposed

47. purposed

48. imagined

49. imagined

51. designed

52. designed

53. contextualized

54. contextualized

56. CURATING
CREATING, REPURPOSING
COMMENTING, DISCUSSING
SHARING, RTing, LIKING
WATCHING, READING, LURKING
altimeter group

64. Zeitgest 2013 Top Search

65. Zeitgest 2013 Top Search

66. Michael Jackson Meets Chinese Propaganda

67. Michael Jackson Meets Chinese Propaganda

68. Bryan Williams rap mash

69. Bryan Williams rap mash

70. AutoTuned Symphony of Science
lists the
influences

75. DISRUPTUS GAME

76. DIVERGENT THINKING and WARM-UPS
choose 1 from the G-doc

77. PORTMANTEAU
mashup of 2 or more words
to make a new word

79. William Burroughs,
Naked Lunch
CUT-UP
METHOD

80. ChristianVerdun

83. my “makeout poetry”
ipad Paper 53 +
magazine +
Instagram filter

84. found
icon
poetry

87. or Fold Over Technique...

88. or Fold Over Technique...
SERENDIPITOUS CREATIVITY

89. book spine POETRY

90. we tried it: and REMIXED it

94. http://www.wisdomofchopra.com/

95. RANDOMIZE
“4 things Template” by @alicekeeler

96. 5 card Flickr
@cogdog

97. Metaphorical Icons
*try phrase randomizer: watchout4snakes.com

110. as remix

111. “exquisite corpse”

112. the exquisite
corpse shall
drink the
new wine
“exquisite corpse”

113. Combinatorial Creativity in the Classroom

114. #burtonstory for MOMA
Tim Burton: Cadavre Exquis

115. APPS: Cadavre Exquis

116. APPS: Cadavre Exquis

117. “NOUN: an exquisite corpse with words”

118. Mom &
daughter

119. MIX by Paper by 53 for the iPad

120. MIX by Paper by 53 for the iPad

121. hashtag
“found”
story

122. found
poetry
with #s

123. # prompts
and Storify

127. STORYBIRD:“reverse” visual storytelling

128. STORYBIRD: and POETRY...

129. side by side project

130. http://yourfry.com/

131. http://yourfry.com/

132. PARAPARA (Japanese for “Line Dance”)

133. PARAPARA (Japanese for “Line Dance”)

134. PARAPARA (Japanese for “Line Dance”)

135. PARAPARA (Japanese for “Line Dance”)

136. @twoheadlines

137. @twoheadlines

139. “Character Collaboration”

140. HitREcord.org

141. HitREcord.org

143. #ds106 and the #dailycreate

144. #ds106 and the #dailycreate

146. COLLABORATIVE REMIX
choose 1 from the G-doc

147. @twoheadlines
image
video
news
story
music
sound
speech

148. to show understanding

149. Donald “Drawbertson” on Instagram

150. Donald “Drawbertson” on Instagram

151. Donald “Drawbertson” on Instagram

152. “Creative Languaging”

153. “Creative Languaging”

154. Beowulf’s Grendel +Virginia Tech Shooter

155. Stop-Motion QUOTE Interpretation

156. Stop-Motion QUOTE Interpretation

157. #showyourwork

162. “Livin’ in Pax Romana”/ “Vida Loca” parody

163. “Livin’ in Pax Romana”/ “Vida Loca” parody

164. Wix website

165. Re.vu Infographic CV

168. book chapter remix
using Magisto app

169. book chapter remix
using Magisto app

170. Remix TEXT or AUDIO

171. !
I came across Miss Riding Hood
But what a change! No cloak of red,
no silly hood upon her head.
She said,“Hello! And do, please note
my lovely furry wolfskin coat!”
!
A few weeks later in the wood…
- Roald Dahl

172. what famous paintings really say

173. literary graffiti

174. post-it mural poetry

175. Thinglink offers remix!

176. song lyrics to cartoons

177. photo essays - weird laws, visualized

180. archival footage remix

181. archival footage remix

182. make it vintage!

183. make it vintage!
@cogdog

184. @cogdog

185. METADATA SOMETHING

186. S
W
B
S
T
omebody
anted
ut
o
hen @chadsansing

187. S
W
B
S
T
omebody
anted
ut
o
hen @chadsansing

188. S
W
B
S
T
omebody
anted
ut
o
hen @chadsansing

189. RE-CONTEXTUALIZE
choose 1 from the Gdoc

191. personification

192. personification

193. MEMETICS

194. “mimeme”
MEMETICS

195. “mimeme”
“imitated
thing”
MEMETICS

196. Contemporary info-
literacy must involve
memes (or memetics) as
to how information/ideas
spread and why this is
important.
Alec Couros, @courosa

197. Every spoof gives
more power !
to the original
Shepard Fairey, OBEY

198. the META of MEMES
@dajbelshaw

199. the META of MEMES
@dajbelshaw

200. meme
story

201. outside safari
indep research
make and share

202. KAPSUL:The Scream

206. “Cr8tive Havoc” blog

207. 15 tweets
“Cr8tive Havoc” blog

208. 15 tweets
character’s perspective
“Cr8tive Havoc” blog

209. 15 tweets
character’s perspective
voice, language, tone
“Cr8tive Havoc” blog

210. 15 tweets
character’s perspective
voice, language, tone
emotion, thoughts, opinions
“Cr8tive Havoc” blog

211. 15 tweets
character’s perspective
voice, language, tone
emotion, thoughts, opinions
#frenemies, #lessonlearned, #fail
“Cr8tive Havoc” blog

212. analog
Instagram
@KleinErin

214. Jersey Shore a la
Oscar Wilde

215. Jersey Shore a la
Oscar Wilde

216. “Convos With My 2Year Old”

217. “Convos With My 2Year Old”

218. the “POE” - tential

219. the “POE” - tential

220. the flow of Poe

221. the flow of Poe

222. Simpsons: “The Raven”

223. Alan Parsons Project :“The Raven”

224. Alan Parsons Project :“The Raven”

225. Socially Awkward Poe
“Draw My Life”

226. Socially Awkward Poe
“Draw My Life”

227. The Raven
(re-interpreted as typographical art)
poem
in hair

228. Poe meets pop music

229. Poe meets pop music

230. @AncientTop40

231. Disneyfied Taxi Driver

232. Disneyfied Taxi Driver

233. art into architecture

235. Steve Allen: Rock as Poetry

236. Steve Allen: Rock as Poetry

237. Photoshop

238. museum GIFs- traceloops

239. museum GIFs- traceloops

240. parody tweets / plays on words

241. Art meets Snapchat

242. YouTube comment “reconstruction”

243. YouTube comment “reconstruction”

245. synopsize

246. synopsize synthesize

247. synopsize synthesize
ESSENTIALIZE

248. minimalist movie posters

249. minimalist movie posters
POEMS
NOVELS
HISTORICAL
EVENTS

250. “Shortology”

251. “Shortology”

252. haiku plot summaries

254. historical figures

255. Essentializing

259. STANDING ON THE
SHOULDERS OF GIANTS

260. PRODUCE CONSUME

261. MOVE BEYOND...
REITERATION

262. MOVE BEYOND...
REGURGITATION

263. MOVE BEYOND...
REHASHING

265. remix
parody
mashup
critique
transmedia
sarcasm

267. choose 1
from the G-doc

268. if all else fails…there’s always cat videos

269. if all else fails…there’s always cat videos

270. www.amyburvall.com