1. @DCUCdenver

    Final Course Reflection

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    Reflection:

     

    This has been a very exhausting, difficult, trying, yet informative, and worthwhile adventure for me in this class, this summer. I have learned an incredible amount, mostly about collaborative learning. I come with a background that is strong in digital storytelling, so I believe I must have …

  2. @DCUCdenver

    Weeks Reflection

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    This weeks reflection is inspired by the white privilege article that we read. I would like to reflect on the privilege I have had in my life. Privilege, I never even knew I had, until I was taught about it. Doesn’t that alone just scream privilege?! It is not just …

  3. @DCUCdenver

    Article Review

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    White Privilege: Unpacking the Invisible Knapsack

    I chose to do a reflection on this article as I am constantly talking about and aware of my white privilege.  I am aware of this mostly due to my first class at CU Denver with the amazing Shelly Zion, as well as my …

  4. @DCUCdenver

    Weekly Reflection

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    We are back from our trip but still incredibly busy. I had a good week in class this week and learned a lot. One of the highlights for me this week was reading an article about the importance of finding time to be alone in a digital world. The article …

  5. @DCUCdenver

    Assignment Bank Word Cloud

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    I have never done a word cloud before but was inspired by one of my peers blogs. I almost did not post this as it doesn’t really say much, but then I thought, that is interesting to. I wanted to post the entire blog, but there was too many words …

  6. @DCUCdenver

    Digital Story critique

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    This week I waned to use the guidelines we have been using to analyze a digital story on one of my students powerful stories about Muslim’s and Islam. She is in 8th grade, and it was her goal to educate other students about our muslim students. She did an amazing …

  7. @DCUCdenver

    Weekly Reflection

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    I am still in the middle of a wonderful family vacation on the East Coast, and having many of the same reflections as last week . I have not been a perfect class student this week, however I have been a perfect student in life. I went to Washington DC …

  8. @DCUCdenver

    Reading Response

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    Dear Future President

    I chose to do my reading response on an article “Dear Future President.”  I enjoyed this article and thought it shows young students the power of writing in public. We so often look at the negatives associated with public postings, but this is the a really positive …

  9. @DCUCdenver

    DS 106 Assignment Bank

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    #ds106 #ilt5340

    My cousin just got married in Brazil and my family was unable to go due to the Zika Virus and my wife is 6 months pregnant. Many other family members were not able to make it due to other reasons. It was very difficult being away, but through …

  10. @DCUCdenver

    Weekly Reflection

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    Average/Exceptional week for me this week as I am traveling and visiting with family back east. The average part comes from my actual classwork in which I have felt that I am rushed and not able to get in depth with my classmates in my online work. Exceptional in that …

  11. @DCUCdenver

    Reading Response

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    Open faculty development

    When I read the title of this article, I was expecting it to be about how to develop a faculty for an open course platform. In other words, how could you develop, and maybe even more importantly pay those faculty members, yet offer a free an open …

  12. @DCUCdenver

    Week Reflection

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    A very busy week this week for me but I was able to get the work done, be creative, and learn some new cool things about my peers. Academically this week I really dug deeper into what it means to be open with education. I never thought there was more …

  13. @DCUCdenver

    Story Critique

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    Watch it! It is awesome.

    This week I searched to find a very cool animated digital story that I had been exposed to in a professional development setting a few years ago. As I look at the many accolades that this short film has received I realize I am not …

  14. @DCUCdenver

    Weekly Reflection

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    I am writing this weekly reflection on Saturday instead of Sunday because today more than ever I am aware of how important time with my beautiful child is and I want to make sure I dedicate all of Father’s day to being a father. I am happy to reflect that …

  15. @DCUCdenver

    Digital Story Critique – Failed Rap

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    Indicate what assessment/evaluation traits you selected and why (in other words, what’s your rationale as a critic of this story?) Content understanding How well did the student meet the academic goals of the assignment and convey an understanding of the material addressed? Economy Was the information presented through the…
  16. @DCUCdenver

    Video/Audio/Multimedia – Remix

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    I loved the idea of remixing music, or images, or anything. I so often judge music if it seems derivative, but as I have gotten older (see more wise), I realize that all art and education and everything for that matter is built on the shoulders of others. …

  17. @DCUCdenver

    Daily Create

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    With the daily create asking for us to do anything creative, I found this awesome/trippy/disturbing photoshoped piece of art that I tried to re-create. I think it turned out pretty well.

     

  18. @DCUCdenver

    Weekly Reflection

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    This is an intense course, with an incredible amount of work. I have worked very hard daily, and still feel behind in the coursework. I am worried that I am doing so much work that I am unable to retain the information, because I am just finishing and then moving …

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