Syndicated Blog Posts by ryanseslow

Important Info: Wrapping Up the Spring Semester of 2020

by ryanseslow
May 4, 2020

*CT101 Final Blog Post Information*
**Please read all of the information below carefully & mark your calendars**

Please e-mail me with any questions at – [email protected]

Here we are in the final two weeks of our spring 2020 semester. I wanted to get things set in advance to help and …
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More WordPress Customizing w/ Social Media

by ryanseslow
April 28, 2020

In today’s Zoom class session on Tuesday 4/28/20 we started with a recap from last week’s introduction to understanding and installing “plug-ins”.

But Alas, the social media bug has been biting us all, asking when, when will we learn how to add Instagram and Twitter to our websites! See the …
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Share Your New Website Link & Progress

by ryanseslow
April 21, 2020

Dear CT101 Students,

I hope this message finds you well! For the last few weeks we have been working on building our own personal WordPress websites. It is time to share your website link here in the comments section below.

I will add mine as the first example, which is …
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Setting up Your WordPress Site – The Class Video Tutorials!

by ryanseslow
April 13, 2020

Hello My Fellow CT101 – Digital Storytelling Students!

I hope that everyone was able to relax a bit during our spring break and recalibration period. Please let me know how you are doing. Im always here to help!

This blog post holds 2 important set by step videos that will …
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CT101 – Updated Calendar Info – No Classes this Week

by ryanseslow
April 6, 2020

Dear CT101 Students –

I hope this message finds you well! Thank you so much for reaching out individually and keeping in touch! I know it has been a very trying and difficult time.

I wanted to remind you all that we will NOT be meeting remotely tomorrow, Tuesday -4/7 …
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Updated Calendar Info / Recalibration Period 3/27 – 4/1

by ryanseslow
March 29, 2020

Dear CT101 Class,

As you know by now the Chancellor here at CUNY has mandated a new Recalibration period (3/27 – 4/1 – no classes in session) and new spring break dates. (4/8 – 4/10).

We will NOT be meeting this coming Tuesday 3/31 in Zoom as per the request …
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Prof’s Perspective – Forward Motion – Learning as We Go

by ryanseslow
March 23, 2020

So here we are entering our second week back to classes at CUNY and adapting to our “new lives.”- I cant think of anything else to call it as of right now, so Im going with this. I say this from the perspective of integration as Im very much still …
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*Important – CT101 Remote Class Continuity Plan – Forward Motion ->

by ryanseslow
March 17, 2020

Dear CT 101 Students – Please read this entire post as it holds information that will be used from here until the end of our semester.

(There is a lot to read here, so please take your time. I will be reading through it with you during our first few …
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**Important Class Info** Please Read –

by ryanseslow
March 12, 2020

**UPDATE – As of today, Thursday, 3/12/20 all on-site CUNY classes are in recess until 3/18/20. We will not meet in person in our classroom. There are not any assignments due at this time. Over the next week I will be re-adjusting a few things on our class website and…
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Fall 2019-CT101 Final Presentation & Final Blog Post Info

by ryanseslow
December 3, 2019

*CT101 Final Presentations & Final Blog Post Information*
**Please read all of the information below carefully & mark your calendars**

E-mail me with any questions at – [email protected]
*Final Website Presentations: Each student will be presenting their personal websites to the class on the date listed below. Students will give…
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The “Shedding Previous Avatar Identities” Project!

by ryanseslow
October 22, 2019

The “Shedding Previous Avatar Identities” Project!

When do digital identities and electronic foot-prints eventually need to be let go of? Does the Internet machine actually release them? Sooner than later perhaps, we need to take action, and induce a ritual to let them go. Is your online avatar still from …
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What’s Making Professor Seslow Happy on the Internet?

by ryanseslow
September 3, 2019

So here we are, officially jumping into CT101 this week. We have a ton of great stuff to cover, learn, share, create, apply, rinse and repeat this semester! Assignment #1 asks you to share; What is making you happy on the Internet? You can find the link to that assignment…
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CT101 Final Blog Post & Presentation Information

by ryanseslow
May 7, 2019

*CT101 Final Class Presentations & Final Blog Post Information*
**Please read all of the information below carefully & mark your calendars**

E-mail me with any questions at Ryan (at) ryanseslow.com or rseslow (at)york.cuny.edu
**Final Website Presentations: Each student will be presenting their personal websites to the class on the date…
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Share your Website’s URL, Discover & Share!

by ryanseslow
April 29, 2019

Here we are 7 plus weeks into being the proud owners of a shiny new Website! We are customizing our pages, building menu navigation, tweaking colors and fonts, and blogging away into oblivion!

First: Its time to share your website’s URL, please add it to the comments section below this …
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The CT101 GIF the Portrait Collab is LIVE!

by ryanseslow
April 9, 2019

The CT101 GIF the Portrait Collab – Spring 2019 Edition!

https://drive.google.com/open?id=1z5I2d6kBVBtge0Yv1STQfgzHM_2BiGLu

The link above is an active google drive folder that contains all of the source content that amounted to the collaborative GIFs above. CT101 students from 2 sections at CUNY York College contributed to the project. But wait! This …
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CT101, the YORK College Cross Course Collab Part II

by ryanseslow
December 11, 2018

The Original Version of the Altered Portraits

CT101, the YORK College Cross Course Collab Part II

This fall semester the students at CUNY York College collaborated on the annual GIF the Portrait project.

CT101 is a digital storytelling course that fosters the understanding and application of digital tools while creating …
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Final Presentations & Final Blog Post Information

by ryanseslow
December 4, 2018

*CT101 Final Class Presentations & Final Blog Post Information*
**Please read all of the information below carefully & mark your calendars**

E-mail me with any questions at Ryan (at) ryanseslow.com or rseslow (at)york.cuny.edu
**Final Website Presentations: Each student will be presenting their personal websites to the class on the date…
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Share your Website’s URL & Comment!

by ryanseslow
November 26, 2018

Here we are 5 plus weeks into being the proud owners of a shiny new Website! We are customizing our pages, building menu navigation, tweaking colors and fonts, and blogging away into oblivion!

Its time to share your website’s URL here!

Simply leave a comment below with your website address …
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CT101 Students Rock Vapor Wave for the Commons!

by ryanseslow
November 18, 2018

Piece by: (Selena Matos) Giorno
With great pleasure I present to you the Vapor Wave Gallery of CT101 student work. Answering the open call for submissions on the NET-ART website powered by the CUNY Academic Commons, we hope you will enjoy the show!

Click here to View the Gallery

(if …
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What if I miss a CT101 class?

by ryanseslow
September 24, 2018

OK, You missed a CT101 class. You know it, I know it, we all know it, what now though?

OK, Keep Calm, there are resources to help keep you on track!

I know, your first impulse is to e-mail me, Ryan, aka professor Seslow and ask, “what did I miss?” …
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Panoramic Storytelling with Multiplicity

by ryanseslow
September 20, 2018

(click the images above to enlarge)

Last semester in our Digital Storytelling class we played with the idea of non traditional image-making and multiplying ourselves into a single image frame. (No photoshop required, but it helps later on) By using the panoramic feature of our smart phones we created two …
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What’s Making Professor Seslow Happy on the Internet?

by ryanseslow
September 3, 2018

So here we are, officially jumping into CT101 this week. We have a ton of great stuff to cover, learn, share, create, apply, rinse and repeat this semester! Assignment #1 asks you to share; What is making you happy on the Internet? You can find the link to that assignment…
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ZINE COLLAB in Print at the NYPL & More!

by ryanseslow
August 19, 2018

Dear CT101 Spring 2018 Students, (and Beyond!)

I hope that this message finds you all well! As the summer begins to winds down I wanted to alert you to a few things:
First and foremost, our awesome class ZINE collaboration with my BMCC MMA100 Graphic Design students is now…
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*Final Presentations & Final Blog Post Information*

by ryanseslow
May 10, 2018

CT101 Final Class Presentations & Final Blog Post Information.

**Please read all of the information below carefully & mark your calendars**

E-mail me with any questions at Ryan (at) ryanseslow.com or rseslow (at)york.cuny.edu
**Final Website Presentations: Each student will be presenting their personal websites to the class on the date…
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Cross CUNY Campus Collab ZINE Project

by ryanseslow
April 23, 2018

Project Title – “Cross CUNY Campus/Course Collaborative ZINE”

We will have a full lab session to work on and prepare our zine collaboration project this week and next during our class time. This project is a collaborative exploration with CUNY BMCC MMA100, Foundation of Graphic Design students.

Design Project Specifications …
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Share your Website URL!

by ryanseslow
April 17, 2018

Here we are 3 plus weeks into being the proud owners of a shiny new Website! We are customizing our pages, building menu navigation, tweaking colors and fonts, and blogging away into oblivion!

Its time to share your website’s URL here! Simply leave a comment below with your website address …
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CT101 Students GIF the Portrait – March 2018

by ryanseslow
March 28, 2018

York College CT101 Students GIF the Portrait – March 2018

CT101 Digital Storytelling students rocked a series of digital portrait manipulations learning the ins and outs of image manipulations with Adobe photoshop. Many of the students are first time users of photoshop. What better way to experiment with something new …
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The Tuesday 3/20 section will not meet this week.

by ryanseslow
March 19, 2018

Week #8 Calendar – Tues – 3/20

***The Tuesday 3/20 section will not meet this week in our lab session as I am ill.

Please follow the assignment below.

Basic Operations of your Site <– Explore this link. Each student will write a new blog post where they discover and …
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The Gratification of Digital Storytelling Immediacy

by ryanseslow
March 14, 2018

The Gratification of Digital Storytelling Immediacy

On a fine wintery morning in early March of 2018 I took expressive action!

I had to. (I promise I took this photo from a red light) As a digital storyteller, this is my duty right?!

Here is the published outcome taken from Instagram…
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GIF the Portrait – Collab Submission Process

by ryanseslow
March 6, 2018

This past week in CT101 we began the collaborative GIF the Portrait Project. Working with the digital version of the project, students continue learning the basics of adobe photoshop and generated their individual portrait animations. Students that were present in class during week #5 left our class session with …
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