Tell me a fact and I’ll learn.
Tell me the truth and I’ll believe.
Tell me a story and I’ll remember it forever.
Gail Matthews-DeNatale, Academic Technology, Simmons College

Once upon a time storytelling was a verbal art. Traditions, beliefs, cultural norms and history passed from generation to generation through fables, myths and story-based rituals. Tales of the ancients… more

You could see the future of education–at least one facet of it–in the bright eyes and smiling faces of student game designers at a special event last month at the East Austin Prep Academy (EAPrep). The event was the school’s third annual Globaloria Globey Awards, which recognizes the best work of 6^th, 7^th and 8^th graders who created their own social-issue video games… more

One year ago at SXSW Interactive Blake Mycoskie, founder of TOMS Shoes, gave a memorable keynote that was both personal and prophetic. As most of the world now knows, TOMS is the company that gives a free pair of shoes to a child in need for every pair it sells. The amazing success of Tom’s “one-for-one” shoe proposition validates the belief that committing your company to doing… more

Congratulations, Klein ISD!

National School Boards Association: Technology Practices that Transform Learning

It gladdens the collective hearts of the AMS Pictures Public Interest team (Yes, sometimes our hearts beat as one) to see our good friends at Klein ISD receive national recognition for their trailblazing digital learning initiative. As proud Texans, … more

An amazing thing happened at AMS Pictures that turned personal passion into a new vision for the company. The seeds of the vision were planted more than ten years ago when an AMS project team in Austin began working with the Texas Education Agency on a statewide college readiness program called GEAR UP. The program’s mission is to increase the number of underserved students from minority… more