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Speaking of Maker Faire, have you seen Adam Savage's inspirational talk yet? Watch, then go make things. youtube.com/watch?v=_otrgJ… #in 12:12 PM May 27th via web
New Maker (Faire) #Education Initiative seeking coaches, community sign-ups: makered.org/CommunityBlogs/ #stem #science #edchat #in #tkids 12:08 PM May 27th via web
RobCornellBooks #Readers: If you've read a book you enjoyed and have the time, give the author some love and post a review for them. #RT 4:05 AM May 26th via web Retweeted by HoppingFun and 18 others
Crowd-sourcing cancer treatment like getting lots of 2nd opinions. Game teaches bio IRL: ttbook.org/book/transcrip… #seriousgames #stem #edtech 3:59 AM May 26th via web
@HoppingReads Only The Shadow knows where it lurks. l bet someone in filmdom will make the movie, tho. Coulda been a contender! LOL 8:00 PM May 25th via web in reply to HoppingReads
@360KID < Thx Scott #FF @shapingyouth @elemenous @adruin @FrankCatalano @derekeb @Mona_Leigh @wordhoney @mslinch 7:57 PM May 25th via web in reply to 360KID
@HoppingReads True! As a teen, I wrote a The Shadow radio script for the Scholastic writing contest. Did not win. (Prob not even close ;-) 11:53 AM May 25th via web in reply to HoppingReads
#fridayreads Katman by Kevin C. Pyle (autographed copy!). (His Blind Spot is brilliant use of seq art medium for coming of age story.) #in 7:53 AM May 25th via web
@BKGKristen Thx, very helpful. My sis (6th gr reading tchr) @hoppingreads has ages 10-12.5, laser-like: "Tweens aren't teens, aren't kids." 10:40 PM May 24th via web in reply to BKGKristen
@BKGKristen Or Mormon—Brigham Young. Interesting comparison to movies. (Two f-bombs = R rating?) Where stand you on rating kid books? 3:17 PM May 24th via web in reply to BKGKristen
@RonHogan Ah, I see how that could be misread. LOL I meant for greeting, meeting. 3:11 PM May 24th via web in reply to RonHogan
@RonHogan True of any conference, I think. Ears, eyes, hands open. 2:51 PM May 24th via web in reply to RonHogan
staceywng All kids' publishing folk ought to put transmediakids.com on their daily must-read list, I think. It's overflowing. @cynthiajabar #tkids 8:17 AM May 23rd via web Retweeted by HoppingFun and 1 other
@cynthiajabar Saw it at IRA—simple fact book on sharks is engaging visually but few interactives. I see it as a stepping stone or 1.0. 2:46 PM May 24th via web in reply to cynthiajabar
Times-Picayune To Go Way Of The Ann Arbor News; Deep Cuts mediabistro.com/mediajobsdaily… << at AAN, only 10% kept jobs, most at reduced pay #in 2:18 PM May 24th via Tweet Button
FableVision Over 24 MILLION pets released in LURE OF LABYRINTH. Math-game "making of" story: bit.ly/Jq0wB6 #gbl @marylandpubtv @EducationArcade 10:05 AM May 24th via web Retweeted by HoppingFun and 3 others
On a mission to paint my house. Love these colors but might feel differently by the time I'm done drowning in them. twitter.com/HoppingFun/sta… 1:55 PM May 24th via web
@yoms Unique! Feels like three worlds merging—England, India, mechanical being. Love the notes at the end, posters & process. 1:48 PM May 24th via web in reply to yoms
The Best of App Fest 2012 bestappsforkids.com/2012/05/the-be… #stem #storybookapp #edtech #edchat #tkids #dustormagic #in 1:36 PM May 24th via Tweet Button
Here's the 80s computer screen, Green Gallows: sleepnomorenyc.com/gallowgreen/ #storycode Punchdrunk theater 6:10 PM May 22nd via web

Name Lorraine Hopping
Web http://www.hoppin...
Bio Author (50+ books), writer (content, interactive story-games), editor, board game designer (Mars 2020), storyteller (media agnostic), science geek. Me.