Dune's Island - A Free Video Learning Series

[Eric Matyas]

Hi everyone,

If you happen to have kids (or know someone who does) here's a brand new free resource that I hope is helpful. It's a video learning series I created called “Dune’s Island,” which aims to teach kids environmental stewardship in a really fun way through stories and characters. Here's a link to the episodes:

Dune's Island | Soundimage.org

I've also created a website that includes tie-in curriculum (like vocabulary, math problems, writing prompts and more.) Here's the link:

https://www.dunesisland.org/

Enjoy and please share!

 

[Eric Matyas]

If anyone happens to wonder what I get up to when I’m not creating music for everyone, I write and direct films that hopefully help kids (and grownups) learn important things.

Here's a link to the page on my new site where you can freely access all of the "Dune's Island" episodes. I’ve enabled the download function on Vimeo so you don’t even have to be online to share it with your kiddos.

Enjoy…and please feel free to share with anyone who might find it useful.

https://www.dunesisland.org/episodes

Stay safe and healthy.

 

[Eric Matyas]

I had always intended "Dune's Island" to be an immersive learning world. The idea was to produce films that teachers and home educators could actually pull lessons from to share with their students. After completing the episodes, a team of science teachers went through the films and created curriculum for grades K-5 that ties into the episodes. Here's a link to it: https://www.dunesisland.org/curriculum Please feel free to share it!

 

[Eric Matyas]

Here’s our page where you can access all of the episodes. I think it looks pretty good for a community project!

https://www.dunesisland.org/episodes

 

[Eric Matyas]

If you've been following my music sharing thread over the years, you know that I'm not one to toot my own whistle, but I've been getting some very positive feedback about "Dune's Island" from parents and teachers so I included a "Praise for Dune's Island" page on the site.

Given the current environmental situation, I believe that this is a very important project. Getting the word out about it is a massive challenge, though...especially since it has no advertising budget. If you think "Dune's Island" might be helpful to someone you know, please share it with them. Thanks in advance!


https://www.dunesisland.org/

 

[Daffa]

Too bad it's on Vimeo, and my country hates Vimeo for some damn reason.

 

[Eric Matyas]

Too bad it's on Vimeo, and my country hates Vimeo for some damn reason.

Really? I can't imagine anyone hating Vimeo. What country is it?

 

[Daffa]

Indonesia. Vimeo is banned here since 2014.

 

[Eric Matyas]

Indonesia. Vimeo is banned here since 2014.

Hmm...I'll have to try to figure out a way to host the videos directly.

 

[Eric Matyas]

Here's Episode 1 of my free learning series: Mr. Binnacle sends Dune and friends to the inlet to try to spot Buster, an endangered sea turtle whose tracking device is faltering. For ages 7-12. Please share with family, friends and teachers! https://www.dunesisland.org/

 

[Eric Matyas]

Here's a short clip from the episode "Pelican Problems." All of the episodes are completely free to watch. You can even download them to your computer so you don't have to be online to use them.