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  1. Hatchet Jack

    “Imagination Going Crazy, Man!”

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    So the end is pretty much near. I mean what more is there after tv? 80′s karaoke video channel? I can hear the music too Jim/Tim. Well, I guess there is the ds106.tv nightly news which will be happening because there is nothing else it can do but happen. This is the ds106 media takeover. This is ...
  2. Hatchet Jack

    Harold and Maude Video Essay Assignment

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    So I know little about movie making and cinematic theory and stuff. But I do know what I like and I love Harold and Maude. I waited till the very last moment to do this and that was lame. I tried to make smart comments about the movie but I think it ended more of an introspective sort ...
  3. Hatchet Jack

    ds106 Shirt at the Bottom of the Earth

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    The past few days I spent at the bottom of the Grand Canyon. I took my shirt, so I had to get a picture.  Pretty funny crew I went with. Our group consisted of the current VP of Academic Affairs, the VP of Finance, the CIO, and the former VP of Finance. And I, the ...
  4. Hatchet Jack

    Final Project and Going To The CogDogs

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    There I was, sitting in the living room with the ocean rolling in the background, trying to mind my own business and get inspired, when I see @cogdog point out that he was bored. I could see him there in Strawberry, or near it, and all the opportunities he had to get on out on ...
  5. Hatchet Jack

    When the Teacher Loses His Mind

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    By the time I left teaching high school English the world was spinning out of control. Along with my normal duties, for several years I had been taking students to read John Muir in Yosemite and Gary Snyder on the beaches of Northern California. I had them reading Earth First in the Redwood Forest (in ...
  6. Hatchet Jack

    ds106 Treaty in Audio

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    Inspired by @mburtis and her version of the treaty, and the excellent adaption by Peter Rowan, I figured I had to try. So I did. After listening to Martha, I had another voice in my head. It was rusty, old, tired, and angry. Here you go.
  7. Hatchet Jack

    I Have Said Enough

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    As I have said, this whole thing is getting way out of hand and yet I willing participate. It is like I am being brainwashed and I like it. Pass me the KoolAid! Let’s Go! I have completely lost all sense of direction and can no longer even figure out if these are assignments or what? I ...
  8. Hatchet Jack

    Sounds of the Grand Canyon

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    I spent Friday night at the bottom of the Grand Canyon with a friend and his two sons. We began the trip in nice weather and ended up hiking out in a blizzard. More or less. It was perfect. I took my iPod and captured a few sounds. I have never done that before and ...
  9. Hatchet Jack

    Usually Real Optimistic

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    I am off to the Grand Canyon for three days in the morning and I am going to record the Colorado River sounds. I have no clue what I will do with them. Maybe the sound of the rapids for a few moments will be in and of itself, awesome. I missed the “What I ...
  10. Hatchet Jack

    “I Like Every Minute of the Day”

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    My favorite work, or moment, from this class was clicking play to a song sung by @intrepidteacher and hearing someone out there in the course share voice and music with the class. The post he wrote was really reflective and thoughtful and I think it resonated with others in the class. The conversation he started ...
  11. Hatchet Jack

    the barfly and the buk

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    I still count bukowski as one of the greatest, though my days of worshiping him are over. I can’t keep up with role models like that anymore. I’m not sure about the poem in the background. Way too much to expect from a viewer. I like the crushed can. I think it being at the ...
  12. Hatchet Jack

    All I Can Do For #ds106

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    Well, first click play and then listen while I write. Last night in my F2F Photoshop class I shared the DailyShoot with the students. They were amazed and happy and we discussed things like discipline and resources and time management. Not to mention looking at a few of the images and looking at design principles. Yesterday I missed my ...
  13. Hatchet Jack

    Wordy Rappinghood & A Framed Human

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    Stories change with the reader and the memories and courage or sorrow or joy buried in every moment captured on film/byte/print is awesome in potential. Last night I had fun trying to tell a story based on the 5 card Flickr tool @cogdog developed. These images and words are what we are. Our eyeballs see ...
  14. Hatchet Jack

    Experimenting on Kids: Is Using Your Own OK?

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    I have been supporting teachers for a couple years now in trying to get content they create out of the colleges grip and into places that it can be more easily shared, consumed, discussed, and stored. In an earlier post I commented on my daughter’s use of some tools and her collaboration with others to ...
  15. Hatchet Jack

    Harold and Maude: Saved from Draft Status

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    Before this dang #ds106 thing got rollin I was all afire and looked in all the wrong places and found some ancient assignment that said to tell the story of a movie in 5 images. So I tried. Now I see the same  assignment is like tell the story in 20 animated gifs and I just can’t. ...
  16. Hatchet Jack

    The Fine Art of Surfacing

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    So I sat and watched Alan Levine talk about the book/movie Being There and he used Chauncey Gardener (Chance) as an illustration of points in a presentation about digital storytelling. Today, our story is about Gardner Campbell, a Gardener none the less, of stories and talents and prose/art/stuff and all the connected microbes of the soil. But ...
  17. Hatchet Jack

    #ds106 intro story: When Words Work

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    So I could not talk to a stuffed animal or tell stories of weird public urinations (I was never caught) so I went with a slightly more traditional introduction. This is certainly a part of me, though it is all the work of others. You can see images and some writing of some of the trips here. ...
  18. Hatchet Jack

    these memories can’t wait

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    Super excited to participate and see and learn from so many I admire in the learning/teaching field. I figure this is also a great way to see what can be done with WordPress in academic environs. While I have encouraged many to break the bonds with common LMS I am still learning and discovering the potential ...

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