I wanted to practice with some more photo editing and decided to take on an extra visual assignment to tryout Pixlr, which I have read is a powerful free and online photo editing tool. I was drawn to Visual Assignment 559: Creep on a Movie Scene, because I love Star Wars remixes. I decided to […]

Another fun DS106 Daily Create.  Could have used a photo from Colorado a couple of days ago, but the sun finally came out!

#ds106 Daily Create: #tdc1576 Mix up a tourist slogan (real or made up) for one place with a picture of another place *I am currently working my way through my fourth semester of the Information and Learning Technologies master’s program at University of Colorado, Denver.  This is the fifteenth post within a series of Daily Creates that I’ve been assigned to […]

I am going to finish up this semester with my last digital story critique by evaluating my favorite form of digital storytelling that I’ve discovered this semester: the podcast. I know I talked at great length about Serial previously and I’d like to finish by discussing Serial season two. Much like season one I binge listened to Serial season two in a weekend however, it wasn’t complete when I was listening so I had to wait for the last few episodes. Let’s just say that when my phone notified me

I am going to finish up this semester with my last digital story critique by evaluating my favorite form of digital storytelling that I’ve discovered this semester: the podcast. I know I talked at great length about Serial previously and I’d like to finish by discussing Serial season two. Much like season one I binge listened to Serial season two in a weekend however, it wasn’t complete when I was listening so I had to wait for the last few episodes. Let’s just say that when my phone notified me

I am going to finish up this semester with my last digital story critique by evaluating my favorite form of digital storytelling that I’ve discovered this semester: the podcast. I know I talked at great length about Serial previously and I’d like to finish by discussing Serial season two. Much like season one I binge listened to Serial season two in a weekend however, it wasn’t complete when I was listening so I had to wait for the last few episodes. Let’s just say that when my phone notified me

From INTE 5665 Social Media and Digital Culture. Several years later I see it and am moved! We need worldwide social media being used to break down walls and to build bridges.  

For this week, since it is my last one to explore my focal theme, motherhood, I really wanted to delve into what I think makes someone a mother. I found this article called, What Makes a Mother and I was really struck by how lovingly the author, Sarah Hoffman, talks about this topic. She is adoptive mother, but I don’t know that we really need that qualifier anymore. Do we really need to qualify it? Step mother, dog mother, adoptive mother, foster mother.  Why do people feel like they have to do

For this week, since it is my last one to explore my focal theme, motherhood, I really wanted to delve into what I think makes someone a mother. I found this article called, What Makes a Mother and I was really struck by how lovingly the author, Sarah Hoffman, talks about this topic. She is adoptive mother, but I don’t know that we really need that qualifier anymore. Do we really need to qualify it? Step mother, dog mother, adoptive mother, foster mother.  Why do people feel like they have to do

For this week, since it is my last one to explore my focal theme, motherhood, I really wanted to delve into what I think makes someone a mother. I found this article called, What Makes a Mother and I was really struck by how lovingly the author, Sarah Hoffman, talks about this topic. She is adoptive mother, but I don’t know that we really need that qualifier anymore. Do we really need to qualify it? Step mother, dog mother, adoptive mother, foster mother. Why do people feel like they have to do

(Type/write a favorite or meaningful poem. Put it on paper and attach it to your refrigerator or bulletin board or heck, just tape it to your bathroom mirror.) Tomorrow is May 1st, and this poem’s most memorable line is: “The month of May without France isn’t the month of May…” I was going to stick … Continue reading Daily Create 14

GUIDE – Using Narrative Strategies for Digital Storytelling From our readings, peer dialogues in asynchronous settings,  and broad exposure to digital storytelling, I’ll have to disagree with the opening statement of this article! Here is what Amy Goodloe stated: “Digital storytelling falls under the larger category of creative nonfiction, which makes use of narrative strategies […]

http://www.storycenter.org/stories/ STRAIGHT UP CHALLENGE, yet providentially a door opened for Tahira. Back in  1980s I help a Pakastani family with their English. I don’t know their whole story, their English was very limited and I did not and do not still speak Pashtu. Early days I have been drawn towards other people to learn about […]

I found chapter four in Alexander’s The New Digital Storytelling very interesting.  It really helped to define my idea of digital storytelling.  I had been wondering if blogs could be part of the definition of storytelling, but I didn’t know until now.  Of course they’re stories that are on the internet, so, therefore, digital.  I […]

I have always, still do, and will always want to be Indiana Jones.  If were Indiana Jones, I wouldn’t be sitting at this computer right now.  I’d be making my way through the sands of Jordan on a camel trying to make it to Petra.  My father, Sean Connery, would be on the camel next […]

Visual Assignment from the DS106 Assignment Bank: Find Yourself…or…My Own Boat! *I am currently working my way through my fourth semester of the Information and Learning Technologies master’s program at University of Colorado, Denver.  This is the seventh post within a series of Creative Assignments that I’ve been tasked with completing for a course titled Digital Storytelling. The design assignment that I chose from […]

I am in my third semester of the graduate program in eLearning Design and Implementation at The University of Colorado, Denver. Each week we read a scholarly article pertaining to digital storytelling.  This is my response for week 14.  How does all of the new media: Web 2.0 tools,  video games, networked books, social media, etc. contribute to storytelling?  In The New Digital Storytelling: Creating Narratives with New Media by Bryan Alexander some of the new media/digital storytelling

I am in my third semester of the graduate program in eLearning Design and Implementation at The University of Colorado, Denver. Each week we read a scholarly article pertaining to digital storytelling.  This is my response for week 14.  How does all of the new media: Web 2.0 tools,  video games, networked books, social media, etc. contribute to storytelling?  In The New Digital Storytelling: Creating Narratives with New Media by Bryan Alexander some of the new media/digital storytelling

#ds106 Daily Create: #tdc1572 Leave a Stack of Books for Someone *I am currently working my way through my fourth semester of the Information and Learning Technologies master’s program at University of Colorado, Denver.  This is the fourteenth post within a series of Daily Creates that I’ve been assigned to complete for a course titled Digital Storytelling. Today’s Daily Create stated:  “Leave 1, 2, […]

@ds106dc  #tdc1570 A story in Mashable tells how the editor of the Depression era series of photographers, Roy Stryker, would ruthlessly edit and “kill” photos he disliked by piercing the images with a hole punch. See what you can do to “undo” this damage, re-edit one of them and fill the holes with life. Like show […]

 Jane is a new student in a Master’s program and as she’s become incredibly knowledgable in her area of study, she has decided to create her first blog! She is new to social media and has heard how beneficial it can be for promoting her blog. She’s very interested in learning best practices, tips, and tricks for using Pinterest and Twitter to promote her blog. Have you ever wondered how to utilize social media to boost the visibility of blog posts? Have you ever wanted to learn some tips and

 Jane is a new student in a Master’s program and as she’s become incredibly knowledgable in her area of study, she has decided to create her first blog! She is new to social media and has heard how beneficial it can be for promoting her blog. She’s very interested in learning best practices, tips, and tricks for using Pinterest and Twitter to promote her blog. Have you ever wondered how to utilize social media to boost the visibility of blog posts? Have you ever wanted to learn some tips and

I’m taking a break from hip hop storytelling this week because of a digital story I recently stumbled upon. Barbie Savior is the Instagram account of a (fictitious) Barbie doll who travels to Africa to volunteer in a village. The story chronicles her journey, her discoveries and her transformation in the “country of Africa”. So far … Continue reading Digital Story Critique 9: Barbie Savior’s Instagram

Jane is a new student in a Master’s program and as she’s become incredibly knowledgable in her area of study, she has decided to create her first blog! She is new to social media and has heard how beneficial it can be for promoting her blog. She’s very interested in learning best practices, tips, and tricks for using Pinterest and Twitter to promote her blog. Have you ever wondered how to utilize social media to boost the visibility of blog posts? Have you ever wanted to learn some tips and

It looks horrible, but I’m guessing that’s the point.

I absolutely loved this TED talk: https://embed-ssl.ted.com/talks/reshma_saujani_teach_girls_bravery_not_perfection.html I saw it appear on my Facebook news feed and knew that I needed to watch it.  I did a critique on a TED talk earlier in the semester and was interested in doing another one.  I noticed marked differences between this TED talk and the previous one, which I […]

I am in my third semester of the graduate program in eLearning Design and Implementation at The University of Colorado, Denver. Each week we post a Daily Create for my  Learning with Digital Stories course, ILT5340.  This is a Video Assignment Daily Create that instructed us to choose something you love and make a video of it.   

I am in my third semester of the graduate program in eLearning Design and Implementation at The University of Colorado, Denver. Each week we post a Daily Create for my  Learning with Digital Stories course, ILT5340.  This is a Video Assignment Daily Create that instructed us to choose something you love and make a video of it.   

I am in my third semester of the graduate program in eLearning Design and Implementation at The University of Colorado, Denver. Each week we post a Daily Create for my  Learning with Digital Stories course, ILT5340.  Daily Create #tdc1565 asks us to make something to illustrate Shakespeare’s words.  Just a short 5 hour ride from land locked Atlanta my family and I play in the sun and fun of Panama City Beach, FL.  We have been going there since my Millennials were in kindergarten.  I took this

I am in my third semester of the graduate program in eLearning Design and Implementation at The University of Colorado, Denver. Each week we post a Daily Create for my  Learning with Digital Stories course, ILT5340.  Daily Create #tdc1565 asks us to make something to illustrate Shakespeare’s words.  Just a short 5 hour ride from land locked Atlanta my family and I play in the sun and fun of Panama City Beach, FL.  We have been going there since my Millennials were in kindergarten.  I took this