Long shadows, cooler nights and course introductions all signals of summer’s end. As I pen this introduction, I’m considering my journey over the past year. What a trip it has been!
Last August, I entered the ILT program as an unemployed sales rep from the ed publishing industry. …
I may have gotten in over my head with this one. It’s much easier to critique a mashup than it is to create one! This required many walks in the woods. At any rate, in the spirit of mashups, DS106, cudenver15 and digital storytelling here is my story…
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Week seven had me thinking about the application of social learning concepts. How does it all work together? How do I apply it within my own designs? For me, it’s critical to have a guiding question. In digital storytelling the question is “Does this element move the story forward?”. With …
Why did the chicken cross the road?
Birds are constantly hitting the windows of my house. It’s a horrible sound but fortunately most survive. I took this photo after one unfortunate bird flew into my office window. The impact left a ghostly image of the bird in the dust on …
Two learning instances from my youth stick with me to this day. At a ripe young age, I knew all of the states and their capitols. I could also recite every country in the world and their capitols (Mom was so proud). Interestingly, I did not acquire this knowledge in …
My husband is opening a moto adventure touring business, Treeline Adventures, in Durango and needed a logo. The tours take guests into the Colorado high country on KTM Enduro 690 motorcycles ( a hybrid off/on-road bike).
Using Adobe Illustrator, I opted for a versatile font only design for the …
The Toyminator by CCZ, a clever single image mashup combining Toy Story with The Terminator. The design won 2nd place in a contest on Worth 1000 an online creative contest site. I selected some literary dimensions from New Literacies: Everyday Practicies and Social Learning by Lankshear and Knobel.
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Faye Moorhouse’s posters are great! Make one of your favourite movie.
The drawing is actually a combined effort between my brother and his 5 year old daughter. I thought it had a wonky almost Tim Burton-ish feel to it.
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I’m always stoked when concepts from other classes coalesce into greater understanding. Lankshear and Knobel presented the concept of a pull model of learning. As I dove deeper into the idea, I began considering the relationship between ‘pull’ and tapping into intrinsic motivation. In my Games and Learning course last …
The hairless ape possesses a natural inclination to learn, to explore, and to improve its abilities. This built-in drive powered all innovation from the first tools of the Paleolithic period to the newly invented Lexus Hoverboard. The ability to problem-solve or think creatively raises humans to the top of the …
Scanning through the audio assignments from the DS106 Assignment Bank I found an activity that involved mixing movie soundtracks. Initially, I thought this would be a fun assignment. I quickly realized, however, that my brain wasn’t capable of separating elements of music tracks. Figuring out what vocals would work with …
Late 19th century high mountain mining towns were a portrait of a rugged and brutal existence. Daily life consisted of snow measured in feet during winter months and intense thunderstorms in summer. Despite the constant battering of mother nature, the townsfolk still had to answer her daily call. The act …
Collaboration is more than being a part of a group; more than adding a piece to a project. This week brought to light the complexity of collaborating. It’s a system of processes involving human dynamics. From the textbook, I learned of the importance of individual ownership of the whole. …
Create your own trashy cover from a favourite book.
Upload your photo to flickr and tag it dailycreate and tdc1280
Functional fixedness is a plight of the adult mind. As we age, our tendency to focus on a singular function of an object solidifies thereby rendering us less capable of creative thinking. The candle puzzle is a classic example of the dilemma. The test requires a subject to affix and …
I know nothing about poetry so I apologize in advance. Here is a death poem:
SunsetA thrush’s flute plays
dancing daisies
I drift on the horizon
“Here I’d like for people to write a somewhat serious poem, ideally …
Monty Python, the holy grail of sketch comedy, one either loves it or doesn’t get it. The British surreal comedy group (John Cleese, Eric Idle, Michael Palin, Graham Chapman, Terry Gilliam, Terry Jones) created the show Monty Python’s Flying Circle in the …
I could do this all day! In this assignment, the mashup combines a serious movie scene with inappropriate laughter. The idea is to change the mood of the scene. At first, I was daunted by figuring out what movie scene to select. I had recently watched a movie with Haley …
The notion of thinking, working, learning and creating in isolation is such a lonely concept. No touching, no talking, no copying, no sharing. How did we ever arrive at this point in progress? All of the great innovators of human civilization admit to “stealing” from others. Does that mean that …
The world of faux news shows has exploded recently. Most, spawned from The Daily Show, are merciless in their depiction of the ridiculous nature of politics, politicians and the news commentary that follows. These shows also exemplify the art of the remix.
Last Week Tonight, one of the more recent …
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For this assignment, make a video for someone (mom, dad, sister, etc.) on how to survive something you’ve been through or you’re going through so that they have a chance for surviving! See video on how I advised my mom on how to survive her freshmen year in …
