For this week's daily create I chose one from last week. It was to find a special tree and take a photo. I went to my saved photos and this one jumped out at me, I took it on the last day I spent in Maui a few years ago. We were driving back to the airport and jumped out of the car when we spotted this little park. Took off my sandals and ran down to the beach one last time, it was worth it, behind me is huge black lava rocks and the tide was coming in. I took this walking back to the car, those

Listening for my Great Grandfather - a Digital Story by Kyle Bajakian I found this story on the Story Center's YouTube channel. The title stood out to me, I have found through looking for digital stories to critique for my course in Learning with Digital Stories, that stories that have to do with family, especially loved ones who are gone, particularly stand out to me. I love the idea of sifting through old photographs of grandparents and discovering aspects of their lives you didn't know

For this week's daily create I chose one from last week. It was to find a special tree and take a photo. I went to my saved photos and this one jumped out at me, I took it on the last day I spent in Maui a few years ago. We were driving back to the airport and jumped out of the car when we spotted this little park. Took off my sandals and ran down to the beach one last time, it was worth it, behind me is huge black lava rocks and the tide was coming in. I took this walking back to the car, those

  Chapter 7 New Literacies Critique Social Learning  Chapter Seven of New Literacies really got into the heart of new literacies, new learning practices, and new definitions of learning and literacy. For me, I realized shortly after beginning the chapter that this was where all of the definitions and explanations were leading earlier in the book. To be honest, I was growing tired of defining websites and practices and was ready for a chapter like this when it appeared. Perhaps that was the plan

  Chapter 7 New Literacies Critique Social Learning  Chapter Seven of New Literacies really got into the heart of new literacies, new learning practices, and new definitions of learning and literacy. For me, I realized shortly after beginning the chapter that this was where all of the definitions and explanations were leading earlier in the book. To be honest, I was growing tired of defining websites and practices and was ready for a chapter like this when it appeared. Perhaps that was the plan

Chapter 7 New Literacies Critique Social Learning Chapter Seven of New Literacies really got into the heart of new literacies, new learning practices, and new definitions of learning and literacy. For me, I realized shortly after beginning the chapter that this was where all of the definitions and explanations were leading earlier in the book. To be honest, I was growing tired of defining websites and practices and was ready for a chapter like this when it appeared. Perhaps that was the plan all

Daily Create #1557, take a screen shot of a Google maps street view of a place you'd like to visit. I could do this a thousand times since I often look at maps of places I dream of going! Here's Auckland New Zealand, definitely on my bucket list:  

Daily Create #1557, take a screen shot of a Google maps street view of a place you'd like to visit. I could do this a thousand times since I often look at maps of places I dream of going! Here's Auckland New Zealand, definitely on my bucket list:  

Attention Students: Put your Laptops Away from NPR In this story from NPR they discuss a study conducted by Princeton University that discovered students could understand and synthesize information better when notes are taken by hand rather than typing on a computer. This story included text and also a short audio interview with the author of the study, Pam Mueller of Princeton University. This story jumped out at me right away since I would much prefer to write instead of type. I, personally,

Attention Students: Put your Laptops Away from NPR In this story from NPR they discuss a study conducted by Princeton University that discovered students could understand and synthesize information better when notes are taken by hand rather than typing on a computer. This story included text and also a short audio interview with the author of the study, Pam Mueller of Princeton University. This story jumped out at me right away since I would much prefer to write instead of type. I, personally,

Daily Create #1557, take a screen shot of a Google maps street view of a place you'd like to visit. I could do this a thousand times since I often look at maps of places I dream of going! Here's Auckland New Zealand, definitely on my bucket list:

Attention Students: Put your Laptops Away from NPR In this story from NPR they discuss a study conducted by Princeton University that discovered students could understand and synthesize information better when notes are taken by hand rather than typing on a computer. This story included text and also a short audio interview with the author of the study, Pam Mueller of Princeton University. This story jumped out at me right away since I would much prefer to write instead of type. I, personally,

  This week I would like to focus on Foster Care/Adoption. After all of the research I did into adoption it became clear to my husband and I that it was not an option for us. No matter how much we agonized over it there was just no way I could figure out a way for us to come up with that kind of money, especially when I considered that literally thousands of children are out there in foster care. I kept coming back to it and thinking about children in foster care. So I switched gears and began

  This week I would like to focus on Foster Care/Adoption. After all of the research I did into adoption it became clear to my husband and I that it was not an option for us. No matter how much we agonized over it there was just no way I could figure out a way for us to come up with that kind of money, especially when I considered that literally thousands of children are out there in foster care. I kept coming back to it and thinking about children in foster care. So I switched gears and began

This week I would like to focus on Foster Care/Adoption. After all of the research I did into adoption it became clear to my husband and I that it was not an option for us. No matter how much we agonized over it there was just no way I could figure out a way for us to come up with that kind of money, especially when I considered that literally thousands of children are out there in foster care. I kept coming back to it and thinking about children in foster care. So I switched gears and began

 DS106 Assignment Bank: Writing Assignment Write a Bucket List Pick five items to add to your bucket list and explain why they are on your list. 1.Go to Ireland see if I can find any Hanagan’s. My father’s family came from Ireland and his mother was born there. His father’s family came from Ireland during the 1870’s as immigrants. Once I was told that my last name, Hanagan, is from the county Mayo in Ireland and since it’s a different spelling than the traditional, “Hannigan” and there are more

 DS106 Assignment Bank: Writing Assignment Write a Bucket List Pick five items to add to your bucket list and explain why they are on your list. 1.Go to Ireland see if I can find any Hanagan’s. My father’s family came from Ireland and his mother was born there. His father’s family came from Ireland during the 1870’s as immigrants. Once I was told that my last name, Hanagan, is from the county Mayo in Ireland and since it’s a different spelling than the traditional, “Hannigan” and there are more

DS106 Assignment Bank: Writing Assignment Write a Bucket List Pick five items to add to your bucket list and explain why they are on your list. 1.Go to Ireland see if I can find any Hanagan’s. My father’s family came from Ireland and his mother was born there. His father’s family came from Ireland during the 1870’s as immigrants. Once I was told that my last name, Hanagan, is from the county Mayo in Ireland and since it’s a different spelling than the traditional, “Hannigan” and there are more

I couldn't resist this Daily Create, Power Puff yourself! I happen to really like mine, the glasses ,the dog? It might as well actually be me!

I couldn't resist this Daily Create, Power Puff yourself! I happen to really like mine, the glasses ,the dog? It might as well actually be me!

I couldn't resist this Daily Create, Power Puff yourself! I happen to really like mine, the glasses ,the dog? It might as well actually be me!

Opening Doors By Tahira Hussain    This digital story was made by Tahira Hussain in a workshop facilitated by the Center for Digital Storytelling. The story is told from the point of view of Tahira and is her story of how she applied for a scholarship to a university in the US and left Pakistan. The story is simple and involves Tahira’s voice, pictures of her and her family, and music in the background. The story itself is a beautiful, but tragic story. A story we, unfortunately hear too often.

Opening Doors By Tahira Hussain    This digital story was made by Tahira Hussain in a workshop facilitated by the Center for Digital Storytelling. The story is told from the point of view of Tahira and is her story of how she applied for a scholarship to a university in the US and left Pakistan. The story is simple and involves Tahira’s voice, pictures of her and her family, and music in the background. The story itself is a beautiful, but tragic story. A story we, unfortunately hear too often.

Opening Doors By Tahira Hussain This digital story was made by Tahira Hussain in a workshop facilitated by the Center for Digital Storytelling. The story is told from the point of view of Tahira and is her story of how she applied for a scholarship to a university in the US and left Pakistan. The story is simple and involves Tahira’s voice, pictures of her and her family, and music in the background. The story itself is a beautiful, but tragic story. A story we, unfortunately hear too often.

  Q&A is a story from the Story Corps in which a 12 year old boy with Asperger’s, Joshua, is interviewing his mother. The story involves just the two of them talking, the boys is asking his mother questions but it feels more like a conversation and less like an interview. This story warmed my heart for several reasons that were hard for me to put into words at first. Joshua questions his mother in a stream of consciousness that sometimes doesn’t make sense or seems out of context. It was hard

  Q&A is a story from the Story Corps in which a 12 year old boy with Asperger’s, Joshua, is interviewing his mother. The story involves just the two of them talking, the boys is asking his mother questions but it feels more like a conversation and less like an interview. This story warmed my heart for several reasons that were hard for me to put into words at first. Joshua questions his mother in a stream of consciousness that sometimes doesn’t make sense or seems out of context. It was hard

Q&A is a story from the Story Corps in which a 12 year old boy with Asperger’s, Joshua, is interviewing his mother. The story involves just the two of them talking, the boys is asking his mother questions but it feels more like a conversation and less like an interview. This story warmed my heart for several reasons that were hard for me to put into words at first. Joshua questions his mother in a stream of consciousness that sometimes doesn’t make sense or seems out of context. It was hard for

Yesterday's daily create was too good to pass up! Sum up a movie in 4 emojis! I thought it would be so easy but let me tell you, it was not! It took me quite a while. I kept having to come back to it throughout the afternoon. I started with a man and a spider but couldn't think of two more emojis to add to it. I suppose I cold have kept the spider and man, that's pretty obvious but it doesn't seem as fun. I picked the face with glasses and the lightning bolt, envelope, and snake. Let's see if

Yesterday's daily create was too good to pass up! Sum up a movie in 4 emojis! I thought it would be so easy but let me tell you, it was not! It took me quite a while. I kept having to come back to it throughout the afternoon. I started with a man and a...

Yesterday's daily create was too good to pass up! Sum up a movie in 4 emojis! I thought it would be so easy but let me tell you, it was not! It took me quite a while. I kept having to come back to it throughout the afternoon. I started with a man and a spider but couldn't think of two more emojis to add to it. I suppose I cold have kept the spider and man, that's pretty obvious but it doesn't seem as fun. I picked the face with glasses and the lightning bolt, envelope, and snake. Let's see if