Week 8 – can’t believe it is already here! What a ride this has been. I spent many nights on my final portfolio and sharing my story and journey during this eight week adventure. I have learned a lot about social media, storytelling, and about myself. Me as a learner in this course: I feel […]

Hard to believe we are at the end of Week 7. This was a rough week for me and my sons. My work-life balance was put to a test…. My ex-husband was in an accident and had to have surgery this week, a huge deadline at work, and our dog of 14 years had to […]

For this week’s Digital Storytelling critique I chose a different type of video that could relate to my chosen storytelling theme about work-life balance. Similarly to last week I wanted to do something different with my video storytelling. This video is actually a video directed at lawyers but I think it still has the main […]

For this week’s DS106 Assignment Bank I chose a visual assignment I could relate to my chosen storytelling them, work-life balance. The visual assignment Word Cloud. Use a site like http://www.wordle.net/create or similar to create a word cloud. Make your chosen text meaningful to you. Choose a font and color scheme that reflects the emotion […]

Week 6 was another good week for me. During the week I learned new things and I enjoyed the readings. I feel like I am getting in my groove with the Daily Creates and the Assignment Bank assignments.. I completed each assignments by the deadline and in some cases finished earlier than the due date. […]

My digital story is about Zeek Taylor and Dick Titus. My theme is work-life balance and I wanted to do something a little different this week. The story is about two gay men who had to hide their relationship for 13 years. They even went to the extreme of having two houses. I can’t imagine […]

Check out my latest blog – the DS106 Assignment Bank creation for Week 6. So Week 6 DS106 Assignment Bank creation assignment was to select any assignment from any category on the DS106 Assignment Bank website that explores my chosen storytelling theme. So what was my chosen storytelling theme….. it is about work-life balance and the […]

Happy Monday – My Daily Create for Week 6 is about two best friends. The daily create assignment – Daily Create . These two best friends were hanging out on the beach having fun playing in the sand. The orangutan thought it would be fun to call his friend a “lap dog” because he thought it was […]

Hard to believe Week 5 is done. This was another good week for me. I continue to learn new things and the readings have been very informative. I didn’t have any trouble this week. I completed the assignments by the deadline and in some cases finished earlier than the due date. I felt that I […]

Welcome to Week 5 of our Video Storytelling adventure. My chosen theme is work-life balance so I try to find a video that will help myself  & others interested in work-life balance. This week I choose a video from Brian Tracy about 4 Time Management Tips for Work-Life Balance. As you have read in my other […]

My newest blog – the DS106 Assignment Bank Mashup. The Assignment Bank  Mashup I picked was the holiday mashup. The assignment suggested I should explore my chosen storytelling theme. My theme is work-life balance and I have always made sure I was home early or took days off around certain holidays. I think holidays are an […]

Week 4 is done – halfway done with the class. This was a good week for me. I finished most of the assignments head of time and wasn’t frustrated.  I am beginning to feel good about my daily creates and assignment bank assignments. I am having fun with them and being silly. I think that is […]

For my Week 4 digital story critique I watched continue to review many videos and tried to find one that I enjoy and applies to my theme. This week I choose a portion of a video from Stanford Graduate School of Business. This video is short but it resonates with my theme about work-life balance. […]

My Daily Create # 2 for Week 4… This assignment was to print out a YouTube video. Ok. So printing out a YouTube video? Maybe not (yet?). But a nifty “bookmarklet” for your web browser can create a storyboard-ish collage-ey kind of thing which, we guess, you could print out. If you wanted. But this is […]

So Week 4 begins…. My current DS106 Daily Create… The daily create was to come up with some type of caption for a specific picture. What was the assignment –http://daily.ds106.us/ What is the back story between the octopus and the person? Who is behind the glass? How did they get here? What happens next. Help us […]

So Week 4 begins…. My current DS106 Assignment Bank Design: The Design Assignment Bank I picked was the Favorite Movie Quote. My first choice was from “Independence Day” but it really didn’t go with my chosen storytelling theme, work-life balance. I have to admit, I thought about how to make it work for a few […]

It is hard to believe that Week 3 is finished. I feel I have completed the requirements of this week’s assignments with not as much frustration as in the past! I think I am starting to get the hang of this stuff. I responded to other Tweets this week – that was an accomplishment for […]

Hello – My second daily create for week 3 was to find a dramatic sunset or sunrise.  So the assignment directions are as follows: Make a dramatic photo at sunrise or sunset. This was a great assignment. I enjoyed looking at the beautiful images people have downloaded. This picture was taken this past winter when […]

Hello Fellow Bloggers – This is week 3 of my digital storytelling adventure. So my video Assignment Bank this week was to create a video about something I do everyday. I want you to know this was a hard assignment because I hate being on video. It reminders me how old I look and then there is that […]

For my new digital story critique I watched many videos and tried to find one that spoke to me. I choose a video story told by Denise Ward entitled “Roller Coaster” where she talks about her commitment to her “family.” This video was very touching to me and helped me obtain a new perspective on life. […]

Happy First Day of Summer – This is week 3 in my social media leanings – I  am starting to think you can teach an old dog new tricks. So my daily create for week 3 – it was to create a message to keep one’s digital self intact. So the assignment is as follows: […]

Hello everyone This is week 2 in my social media leanings – so new to all this and still trying to figure it all out So my second daily create for week 2 – it was to create a message for this chicken in a cart. This was a little difficult for me because I have […]

My assignment in Week 2 was to pick an audio assignment from the DS106 Assignment Bank Audio Assignment.The assignment was, if I choose to accept…. Lots of people have a particular song that reminds them of certain situations, I know I do! Embed the video of your particular song and a short recording of why […]

For my second digital story critique I choose something similar to work-life balance. This is an area that raises my interest. I thought this digital story was interesting because it dealt with work-life as a soldier and how his personal life suffered. I am an Army brat and this was personal to me. Our soldiers pay […]

Hello everyone This is week 2 in my social media leanings – so new to all this and still trying to figure it all out This is my daily create for week 2 – it was to find a old paperback cover and re-design it. This was difficult for me since I don’t have Photoshop […]

For my first digital story critique I choose something about work-life balance. This is an area that raises my interest. For the last eight years I have not had any work-life balance. I worked 10-12 hours daily while going to school and being a single-mom. I recently switched jobs and I don’t want to fall […]

My first blog assignment was to pick a Visual assignment from the DS106 Assignment Bank (DS106 Assignment Bank ). As I was viewing the different assignments the Bucket List topic caught my eye.  The assignment was, if I choose to accept…. So… Everyone should have a bucket list. What’s on yours? For this assignment you should create […]

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