RSSKinetic Typography
Dec 29
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Ever seen the very cool YouTube video “The Machine is Us/ing Us“? If you have, you’ve already experienced kinetic typography. In general, kinetic typography is a mix of motion and text and can include music or voice overs. I know that when I watch this type of video I am more inclined to pay attention to the information or what the author has to say than if it is just music, just motion, or just text. I’m not sure if you could do an entire course this way, but wouldn’t it be interesting to use kinetic typography as a central theme?
I could certainly see it used as a way to engage students and then offer them directions in which to explore the topic at hand. And, if using a social platform like an Elgg installation, the learning could be social as well.
Here are a few examples:
“Kinetic Typography of Human Rights” walks you through Article 1 of United Nations Universal Declaration of Human Rights. This might be an excellent way to get the conversation started about human rights, social change, world politics, etc. It has the added bonus of taking a long and sometimes dry document and making it visually appealing in a way that impacts the viewer.
“Social Life, with Friends” is a poem by Kenneth Koch and set in kinetic typography with a voice over. While this might be used to teach poetry, I can see it as a stepping stone to discussing what teens face on a daily basis and how they see the future. Or maybe its a warning from adults to teens about the future? Either way, its certainly topical even if the poet is no longer alive (he passed in 2002).
Admittedly not all of the kinetic text is purely educational. For example, I found a very sweet robot trying to outdistance the text to “Help!” by the Beatles:
How would you use kinetic typography for elearning? Instructional design should never be static (ha ha) but could this be used in an effective manner for learning?