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In a previous blog, I mentioned International Dot Day, inspired by the incredibly beautiful book Dot, written by the incredibly talented Peter H. Reynolds. The official day of the celebration was September 15 but when adding "Ish" (the title of another one of Peter's books) to International Dot Day, we can continue the celebration of creativity and imagination for a week, month, year. So today's blog is born:
International Dot Day - ISH
To that end, I've embedded a really cool video which is a recording of a DEN (Discovery Education Network) Live Stream from last week. It's about 40 minutes long and worth every minute. If you don't have the entire 40 minutes available, click here to find where the following highlights are located:
- Peter reads the book, Dot (Does it get any better than to have THE author reading THE book??) He also describes how he came up with the idea for this book.
- Peter tells the story of how he came up with the name of the main character for this book.
- Peter talks about the dedication of the book and how he was inspired by his 7th grade Math teacher.
This is a great clip to show. It includes a great story about how, as a student, Peter's drawings weren't
always appreciated and the challenge he was asked to do by his Math teacher.
- Peter and Paul talk about Animation Ish and how important it is to show what you know in a variety of ways (through art, music, etc).
- Peter answers questions from classes around the country:
-Where do you get ideas for your drawings?
- How did you come up with the main character's name, Vashti?
- What were your favorite books when you were little?
- Peter plugs his all-time favorite book and gives a pep talk about being the best writer you can be.
The number of participants grew from 17,500 last year to over 600,000 this year. Who knows what next year will bring?
This is a great clip to show. It includes a great story about how, as a student, Peter's drawings weren't
always appreciated and the challenge he was asked to do by his Math teacher.
- Peter and Paul talk about Animation Ish and how important it is to show what you know in a variety of ways (through art, music, etc).
- Peter answers questions from classes around the country:
-Where do you get ideas for your drawings?
- How did you come up with the main character's name, Vashti?
- What were your favorite books when you were little?
- Peter plugs his all-time favorite book and gives a pep talk about being the best writer you can be.
It's not too late to Make Your Mark.
Check out thedotclub.org
Also, on the Home Page of ed1stop, you'll find some more great resources for International Dot Day. 
