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We all need to watch this video to be reminded of the importance of creativity in education. The video is 20 min long, but worth every minute.

Remix Culture: Part 2 of 3. I Love Ted Talks! This video is about the legal evolution of remix culture, as told by the man who fights tirelessly for creative commons licensing.  About 20 min.

Remix Culture: Part 1 of 3. At about 8 minutes this is a great intro to remix culture.  What is remix culture?  From my point of view, it is the recontextualization of information which results in increased meaning.  By drawing upon part of our shared cultural heritage (a song or video) and mashing it up with either another part of our shared culture or content created by yourself (or friends),  people are now able to leverage both content areas to make ultra rich content. Kind of like when you watch "The Wizard of Oz" and listen to "Dark Side of the Moon"

Remix Culture Part 3 of 3.  This is the epicenter of the new legal apparatus arising surrounding remix culture.  Here you can License your work or find work to remix.

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Wow, this is crazy fun. Make music.

OK, maybe you can't show to students but this made me think of all the fun things you can do next year in the middle school with those new iPad2s. By the way, I just got one. ; )