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Machinima Festival and NTC Video Contest

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Machinima, derived from the words ???machine??? Combining aspects of animation, game development, puppetry, graffiti, fan fiction, and improvisational theater into a moving image art form, machinima represents the latest frontier of digital popular culture. Need more inspiration to create video or machinima for social change?

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Photography and Machinima on Second Life

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Several months ago, I made my first Second Life Machinima, " I'm a Pianist In Second Life " after discovering Robbie Dingo 's instruments. (I Perhaps inspired by his recent Second Life Photography Award , my favorite edtech blogger, CogDog (aka Alan Levine in RL and CDC Barkely (woof, woof) announced a NMC photo contest. (Be