Check out the story that inspired this writing! I will be writing about the trait of Story. I chose this because I wanted to reflect more on the engagement of the audience through her presentation and how well her story working in reaching the audience. I chose to write about flow, organization, pacing. I chose&ellipsis;Read the full post »

Check out the reading that inspired this response. This article states that there is a gap between the way in which students learn and the way they live, it goes on to state unless we bridge this gap school will become irrelevant. Social context and technology has shapes our lives so much that educational systems&ellipsis;Read the full post »

Check out our reading for this week! One of the biggest insights from this reading came from the following quote, “This is a matter of knowing some-thing about their goals and aims and purposes; their tools and how they use them; the knowledge they draw on and seek to obtain in crafting their pro-duction to&ellipsis;Read the full post »

Check out my first video compilation! My learning has pushed me into the rel or video editing! For more information on the prompt that started it all check out our class work! I chose Finding Nemo because I think it is a great representation in Kid friendly terms of what growing up can look like.&ellipsis;Read the full post »

Check out what inspired my daily create! It has been brought to my attention that former students sometimes abandon their DS106 domains leaving them vulnerable to vultures! I created this blog in order to hopefully deter current and future students from giving up on their domain. I thought that a little musical inspiration might be in order to&ellipsis;Read the full post »

For my first daily create I  had to find a literary quote and create my own version of what a draft might have looked like for that quote. I had a lot of fun looking through tons of great quotes! My final decision was a quote from Robert Frost that simply states,  “In three words&ellipsis;Read the full post »

Check out the digital story that inspired this blog! The first assessment trait I chose was Project planning. I chose this because I wanted to reflect more on the inner workings of what goes into planning a digital story particularly a speech focused piece of work. I also chose research because research and facts played&ellipsis;Read the full post »

Check out the article that inspired me this week! This article presents the results in a study that aimed to examine the relationship between self-efficacy and life satisfaction of young adults. The article states that a person’s self-efficacy (belief that they can succeed) directly correlated to their life satisfaction. Factors such as income had little&ellipsis;Read the full post »

Check out our latest reading! I had a lot of insights during this chapter! I really enjoyed the definition of remix as, “‘remixing’ involves taking cultural artifacts and combining and manipulating them into new kinds of creative blends and products” ( Lankshear 95). Hearing it phrased in this manner opened my eyes to the multitude&ellipsis;Read the full post »

So our parameters for our daily create were very broad, in fact I get free reign to do whatever sounded good to me! I decided to make a timeline of the three big life stages I have experienced and what my needs were at each. Here is the breakdown!  Infancy/childhood. Obviously I don’t remember being&ellipsis;Read the full post »

I really enjoyed looking back at all the book covers from the past. I could not help but compare the book covers and artistic style from then and now! Its amazing how much they have changed and how much we have changed as people in order to drive the current book cover trends. Ultimately I&ellipsis;Read the full post »

Check out my inspiration for creating this blog! or click below to see the full prompt. They say that the music you hear and listen to in your teen years is the most influential of your life. I can’t speak for everyone but for me that is definitely true! While creating this assignment for INTE&ellipsis;Read the full post »

My digital story for the week is a digital story titled To Every Child. Being a teacher at a title one school I found myself easily able to relate to the message of the creator of this document. I really liked the overall message and representation of her passion through her words. I will be&ellipsis;Read the full post »

I decided to pick an article not really related to my profession but instead that relates to my current life, more specifically areas in which I hope to improve. I chose the article titled Work Life Balance. As a 28 year old adult my life is continually changing and evolving. I have recently undertaken a&ellipsis;Read the full post »

After reading chapter 1 of Sampling The New in New Literacies the thing I was most curious about was the impact the ideas within this reading presented and how they could transform the way I teacher reading and writing. Looking at reading and literacy not as a linear flat subject but as a changing application&ellipsis;Read the full post »