Erin starts the workshop with an overview of NML's approach, focusing on how the 4 C's (circulate, connect, create, and collaborate) can be enacted in curriculum. She also mentions several Web 2.0 tools that could be handy in the classroom like Wordle and BitStrips.

Erin shows a great video profile of 12 year old appropriation enthusiast Jalen from Edutopia.org's Digital Generation project.

After Erin's introduction, I take the stage to model a lesson about remixes. We start by talking a little about what a "remix" is and then go through the Total Recut: Transformation challenge in the Learning Library.

We get a little sidetracked at this point because the audience had really important questions about using copyrighted material in classrooms. (I talk more about copyright in my first post about the Home Inc conference.)

Then I do a short overview of the Teachers' Strategy Guide: Reading in a Participatory Culture and how it relates to using remixes in content areas -- in this case English Language Arts. In this Teachers' Strategy Guide we present the classic novel Moby-Dick as a remix and show how it has, in turn, been remixed in comic books, movies, heavy metal concept albums, and even nerdcore rap videos!

The last part is a little hard to follow on the video, but we have the participants get out of their seats and make remixes answering the question "What does a 21st century teacher look like?" using old school materials - magazines, scissors and glue.

We hope this session helps you better understand the NML skills appropriation and transmedia navigation and maybe even gives you some ideas about how you could use remixing in your own classroom.

We'd love to hear in the comments section below about how you've used remixes in the past or would like to in the future!