I thought the opening week of our Digital Storytelling course was very informative, interesting, and challenging. The videos were very creative and were easy to follow and at times, very suspenseful. The main point of the week was to introduce what storytelling is, but I like how we were never really given an official definition, […]

Living in an age where technology and media are unavoidable, the digital world has begun to consume our lives. This may seem to have a negative connotation and many would agree, but it is at the point where those part of generation X and younger are beginning to feel more comfortable with digital interfaces. Younger […]

I can’t say I’ve personally defined what a story is or even considered what items/pieces make up a story. So as I wrote down what I think a story is, the first thing I placed on my scrap paper was this.. ..Beginning and End.. I sat and looked at this for a moment then realized […]

Let me put it this way…the above picture is a snap shot in time of 17,000 people in the middle of their own, unique story.

I began watching the Showtime series, “Dexter” since its first season. For some reason I was hooked after the first episode and I have watched every episode since. Something about how the premise, characters, and setting all culminated that made this story extremely fascinating to me. Although the main premise of the show is dark […]

This was an interesting week in DS106! It was a little overwhelming at first but once I organized my tasks into a nerdy little spreadsheet/checklist I was good to go. I enjoyed think about the elements of stories this week … Continue reading →

The first thing that came to mind when thinking about something that simply didn’t work for me, I thought of this one piece of paper that I keep in a basket in the kitchen.  I got the paper from my … Continue reading →

It’s safe to say that I am slightly obsessed with NPR’s radio broadcast, The Moth.  My husband and I like to listen to it via podcast while we get ready in the morning (when we’re not playing Disney tunes to … Continue reading →

Did you ever read the story of the star bellied sneetches by Dr. Seuss? It’s a lively, tongue-twisting tale about the sneetches with stars and the sneetches with “none upon thars”. The story begins where the Sneetches with “none upon … Continue reading →

So far, I like this blog.  It’s been easy to create and I already like the ease of use of the blogging tools.  I have a personal blog that I love to play around with.  That blog is kept private … Continue reading →

I am currently a Senior Consultant supporting a federal client and have been working for the same company for almost 4 years. Although I do not have much experience creating audio/video web content I have always found it very fascinating due to how it has practically taken over the internet. It’s hard to find a […]

… set up a demo WordPress Blog for the new class of DS106 I am teaching, and informally theming as “DS106 Goes to Work” cc licensed ( BY ) flickr photo shared by Ian Sane This is because the students in the George Mason University course I am teaching, are all “road warriors” (that’s the […]