The first outside article I read for this class set the stage for why I should care about digital storytelling.  History has always been something that I hold near and dear to my heart.  I cry when historic buildings are left in ruin and when people say that they learn nothing from history.  So this […]

Throughout this course, I primarily learned from the readings and through observing how others completed the assignments.  I am the type to observe first and then create my own.  For anything that I try to learn how to do, I always research extensively and then emulate it myself.  For example, I am going to grow […]

This last week of doing the regular assignments has come to a close.  I am really happy that I found the TED talk by Jamie Oliver.  I didn’t realize that something like this was going on and that there was a foundation that supported educating people about food.  I have always been fascinated by food […]

I really enjoyed chapter 8 of Bryan Alexander’s The New Digital Storytelling due to its ability to really make me think about books in a broader manner.  First of all, it make me think about how this ILT program has redefined my idea of a handout.  When I create handouts now, I think of them […]

I think it’s fitting that I do my final digital story critique on this digital story.  I was curious what TED talks had to do with food, so I googled “TED food” and this was the top hit: https://embed-ssl.ted.com/talks/jamie_oliver.html I have come across Jamie Oliver a lot in the years of my food hobby.  He […]

I was going to make my current puppy, but they didn’t have Australian Shepherd as an option.  So I made my puppy growing up, Kapoho.  She was a Rottweiler and German Shepherd.  Mutt Maker _ Animal Planet  Kapoho, who was also known as Poho, Po-Dog, and when she was bad, Edgar Allen Poe, was a […]

I found chapter four in Alexander’s The New Digital Storytelling very interesting.  It really helped to define my idea of digital storytelling.  I had been wondering if blogs could be part of the definition of storytelling, but I didn’t know until now.  Of course they’re stories that are on the internet, so, therefore, digital.  I […]

I have always, still do, and will always want to be Indiana Jones.  If were Indiana Jones, I wouldn’t be sitting at this computer right now.  I’d be making my way through the sands of Jordan on a camel trying to make it to Petra.  My father, Sean Connery, would be on the camel next […]

It looks horrible, but I’m guessing that’s the point.

I absolutely loved this TED talk: https://embed-ssl.ted.com/talks/reshma_saujani_teach_girls_bravery_not_perfection.html I saw it appear on my Facebook news feed and knew that I needed to watch it.  I did a critique on a TED talk earlier in the semester and was interested in doing another one.  I noticed marked differences between this TED talk and the previous one, which I […]

I can’t believe that it is week 13 already.  At the same time, when will it be May!  I just finished getting my garden ready today (and my body is paying for it!) and I can’t wait until I can start planing the warm weather plants.  My tomatoes are just waiting under the grow lights […]

I personally really enjoyed the discussion on “social learning.”  For me, the internet is most commonly an avenue of learning.  I research how to fix something around the house or how to cook something.  I am always looking at how to do things via the internet. I also really enjoyed the discussion on the future […]

I absolutely loved this digital story and definitely need to make this recipe.  My husband just recently acquired the taste for beets.  Now he likes everything with beets.  I only started eating them when I started growing them a couple of years ago and I really like them roasted. I critiqued this digital story along […]

“I call it Bottom’s Dream because it hath no bottom” Thinking of Shakespeare makes me think of the moment when I realize my beer is empty and I still don’t understand why my husband likes Shakespeare so much.

I decided to share a dream I had recently, because it fits so well in my focal theme for the semester.  A few nights ago, I dreamed about donuts.  I know, weird right?  Why donuts? I don’t even really eat donuts that often.  Well, it gets weirder.  I dreamed that I went to a sidewalk […]

I chose to read Chapter 5 of the text, Digital Storytelling, by Joe Lambert.  I’m glad I did, but it is a great chapter that really breaks down what makes a digital story effective.  I believe that this will help in my future digital story critiques, as now I know what to look for in […]

This is a little off my focus for the semester, but I felt like analyzing this TED talk, because I saw Geena Rocero speak today on Auraria Campus.  She was speaking with Marsha Aizuni and it was very inspirational.  You can find the TED talk here: https://embed-ssl.ted.com/talks/geena_rocero_why_i_must_come_out.html I analyzed this with the following criteria: story […]

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This week was difficult to get through, mostly due to some personal travel and family emergencies.  However, I have gotten through all the work.  I personally really enjoyed my digital story, even though it wasn’t what I expected.  It was still interesting to see how they grow and how they chemically change when cooked.  I […]

I read chapter 6 of New Literacies this week.  I appreciated that they started the chapter with defining the topic that they’d be covering in the chapter.  It helped to set the stage.  I think that it is quite interesting that weak ties and networking are more prominent than close knit groups.  It reminds me […]

I watched a digital story about potatoes this week – http://www.pbs.org/food/how-does-it-grow/potatoes/  The digital story covers how potatoes grow, how they’re turned into potato chips in a factory, and then a recipe for potatoes.  I analyzed this story based on the following assessment traits: Project planning content understanding story It is clear that a lot of […]

My puppy for puppy day!  She’s enjoying sangria by the fire!

I decided to switch things up this week and do a blog post as my digital story, instead of a video.  I have almost exclusively done videos so far, but I feel that this could be a digital story as well.  I decided to do this blog post: http://www.pbs.org/food/fresh-tastes/bubble-tea/ I will critique it on the […]

I chose to read another one of the readings posted in the course as alternative options to our textbook.  I really enjoyed this chapter, because it defined specific types of digital stories available online.  When I think of podcasts I’ve listed to, some of them fit the digital story idea presented in the chapter.  One […]

It’s spring break!  My husband and I are going to Williamsburg, VA tonight.  At least hopefully we are.  The snow is coming down out here.  Hopefully our flight doesn’t get delayed.  I’m already not happy about the red eye flight.  Growing up in Hawaii, I’ve become very familiar with the concept and have hated it […]

I thought that this chapter was interesting, reviewing two of the most popular types of websites out there: blogs and wikis.  As I was reading the section about the blog, I kept hoping for a specific definition of a blog.  We can all recognize a blog.  We all know what it looks like and how […]

http://player.pbs.org/viralplayer/2365470270   I chose this digital story, because we’d like to grow apples in our yard.  In my critique of this digital story, I chose the following assessment traits: story flow, organization, and pacing presentation and performance I thought that the story aspect of this video was really strong.  It is put in the perspective […]