When I assigned up for the course ILT5430 Learning with Digital Story earlier this year, I was not expecting this type of learning at all. The last eight weeks has been the most intensive yet rewarding ILT course I have taken.There are so much to say about this course that…

Week 7 is the last week of regular assignments and it feels like time just flies by. on last Friday, my 14 years old Camry finally died on the road, so I pretty much spent the whole weekend shopping with dealers. Luckily I was able to get a good deal…

Week 7 is the last week of regular assignments and it feels like time just flies by. on last Friday, my 14 years old Camry finally died on the road, so I pretty much spent the whole weekend shopping with dealers. Luckily I was able to get a good deal…

One of this week’s reading was Nilsson (2010): Developing Voice in Digital Storytelling through Creativity, Narrative and Multimodality. The paper takes a look at a successful experience of 9 years old Simon utilizing multimedia and narratives in digital storytelling – and the authors take the stance that digital storytelling became…

One of this week’s reading was Nilsson (2010): Developing Voice in Digital Storytelling through Creativity, Narrative and Multimodality. The paper takes a look at a successful experience of 9 years old Simon utilizing multimedia and narratives in digital storytelling – and the authors take the stance that digital storytelling became…

This week I continue to explore on Youtube.com to expand my knowledge about gardening.  I watched several videos  about propagating hydrangeas from clipping. This one from Expertvillage channal really stood out and I would like to share it with you

1.What types of “involvement” – and by the author/creator(s), participant(s),…

This week I continue to explore on Youtube.com to expand my knowledge about gardening.  I watched several videos  about propagating hydrangeas from clipping. This one from Expertvillage channal really stood out and I would like to share it with you

1.What types of “involvement” – and by the author/creator(s), participant(s),…

For my  Assignment of the week, I decided to completeSplash The ColorI thought I would really enjoy this assignment because I enjoy this kind of photo editing and can be associated with my focal theme. Here is my creation! Color splash is a technique to emphasize details- you…

For my  Assignment of the week, I decided to completeSplash The ColorI thought I would really enjoy this assignment because I enjoy this kind of photo editing and can be associated with my focal theme. Here is my creation! Color splash is a technique to emphasize details- you…

This week was rough for my family. Apparently, stomach flu hit each of us one by one. My husband, my daughter and I were taking turns throwing up and occupying bathrooms. It was terrible. Glad that we all felt better towards end of this week and I managed get my…

This week was rough for my family. Apparently, stomach flu hit each of us one by one. My husband, my daughter and I were taking turns throwing up and occupying bathrooms. It was terrible. Glad that we all felt better towards end of this week and I managed get my…

This week I wanted to search something combined with "garden" theme and technology. Guess what I found on Youtube? A digital story called “Meet Farmbot.” The video demonstrates humanity’s first open-source CNC farming machine. The FarmBot Genesis, developed by Rory Aronson — which has been taking pre-orders since …

This week I wanted to search something combined with "garden" theme and technology. Guess what I found on Youtube? A digital story called “Meet Farmbot.” The video demonstrates humanity’s first open-source CNC farming machine. The FarmBot Genesis, developed by Rory Aronson — which has been taking pre-orders since …

This week I readLankshear and Knobel (2011) Ch7: Social Learning, “Push” and “Pull,” and Building Platforms for Collaborative Learning. Itexplored in depth of social learning, ‘push’ and ‘pull’ paradigms, and building platform for social learning. I feel most related with two themes in this chapter: First the "push" and "pull"…

This week I readLankshear and Knobel (2011) Ch7: Social Learning, “Push” and “Pull,” and Building Platforms for Collaborative Learning. Itexplored in depth of social learning, ‘push’ and ‘pull’ paradigms, and building platform for social learning. I feel most related with two themes in this chapter: First the "push" and "pull"…

This week’s assignment was to take a close up picture of something as see if people can guess what it is. The task requirement says "Try doing the skin or outside of something that would make it hard for someone to guess!" So here is my work. Can you guess…

This week’s assignment was to take a close up picture of something as see if people can guess what it is. The task requirement says "Try doing the skin or outside of something that would make it hard for someone to guess!" So here is my work. Can you guess…

This week was probably my favorite week so far at ILT5430 class. I’ve enjoyed reading Henry Jenkins’s . This week was our final week. We completed our final project and other projects. Everything went smoothly thankfully. The only difficulty I had was trying to think of what I should do…

This week was probably my favorite week so far at ILT5430 class. I’ve enjoyed reading Henry Jenkins’s . This week was our final week. We completed our final project and other projects. Everything went smoothly thankfully. The only difficulty I had was trying to think of what I should do…

Since my  vegetable garden was destroyed by deer last week, I started to search for information about deer repellent. I found a video from Youtube called Best Deer Repellent Ever Invented. It has 76,833 views since it was published at 2009. So I gave it a try.

What types of…

Since my  vegetable garden was destroyed by deer last week, I started to search for information about deer repellent. I found a video from Youtube called Best Deer Repellent Ever Invented. It has 76,833 views since it was published at 2009. So I gave it a try.

What types of…

This week’s required reading for ILT5430 Digital Storytelling class isAfterword written by Henry Jenkins for Colin Lankshear and Michele Knobel’s DIY Media: Creating, Sharing and Learning with New Technologies. Excellent read! My biggest takeaway from this reading is the distinction between traditional “Do It Yourself”  culture and the…

This week’s required reading for ILT5430 Digital Storytelling class isAfterword written by Henry Jenkins for Colin Lankshear and Michele Knobel’s DIY Media: Creating, Sharing and Learning with New Technologies. Excellent read! My biggest takeaway from this reading is the distinction between traditional “Do It Yourself”  culture and the…

This week we were given a mashup project to complete from the DS106 assignment bank. While I was scanning the bank, I found a task called"Consumer mashup". The requirement is to think of anyplace you spend money, and what you most often buy at that place. Then redesign…

This week we were given a mashup project to complete from the DS106 assignment bank. While I was scanning the bank, I found a task called"Consumer mashup". The requirement is to think of anyplace you spend money, and what you most often buy at that place. Then redesign…

Yah, my head is still spinning from all the reading and writing of this week.But hey, I made into week 4. This week was fast-paced with the summer camps and July 4th party over the weekend. I thought I am going to have difficulty to get things done in the …

Yah, my head is still spinning from all the reading and writing of this week.But hey, I made into week 4. This week was fast-paced with the summer camps and July 4th party over the weekend. I thought I am going to have difficulty to get things done in the…

This week we read Chapter 8 of A new literacies sampler:Looking from the Inside Out: Academic Blogging as New Literacy by Julia Davies and Guy Merchant. This chapter is mainly focused on exploring how and why blogging becomes one of the important forms of new literacy. What makes this paper …

Monday morning I went to the backyard to water my vegetable garden and I found all the cucumber leaves were gone from the cucumber plants. Only bare stems and some flowers were left on the trellis. A couple of green tomatoes were scattered on the ground. There were some bite …

Monday morning I went to the backyard to water my vegetable garden and I found all the cucumber leaves were gone from the cucumber plants. Only bare stems and some flowers were left on the trellis. A couple of green tomatoes were scattered on the ground. There were some bite…