Gone in 90 Seconds
James Kennedy and Betsy Bird of a Fuse #8 have introduced a great idea for classrooms and after-school facilitators. http://blog.schoollibraryjournal.com/afuse8production/2011/01/13/introducing-the-90-second-newbery-film-festival/ The 90-Second Newbery Film Festival January 13th, 2011 How it all began is anybody’s guess, but it probably started with YA author James Kennedy. On a day like any other I received an email from him with a proposal: Why not have a contest where kids created videos of their favorite Newbery books. The catch? All the videos must be 90 seconds or less . What would that look like? Well, James made a sample video of his own. I bring you . . . The 90-second version of A Wrinkle In Time : SEE VIDEO Well, obviously I was gonna be on board with James and his plan. So we put our heads together and came up with a plan. Why not have an honest-to-goodness film festi...