I am in my third semester of the graduate program in eLearning Design and Implementation at The University of Colorado, Denver. Each week we critique a digital story.  This week I am critiquing The Worst Job In New York: Immigrant America a digital story related to my theme, social justice.   The Worst Job In New York is an episode of Vice’s Immigrant America. This digital story addresses the human and business toll of our broken immigration system.  The story illustrates the results of

Have you ever listen to a song and said " oh this would be great with such-in-such movie"? Your task is to use video clips, NOT still shots, and pair with the song you think goes with the movie. Be creative!  

Have you ever listen to a song and said " oh this would be great with such-in-such movie"? Your task is to use video clips, NOT still shots, and pair with the song you think goes with the movie. Be creative!  

#ds106 Daily Create: #tdc1554 Create Some Triangle Art *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 eleventh 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:  “Try this nifty web tool to […]

I watched a digital story about potatoes this week – http://www.pbs.org/food/how-does-it-grow/potatoes/  The digital story covers how potatoes grow, how they’re turned into potato chips in a factory, and then a recipe for potatoes.  I analyzed this story based on the following assessment traits: Project planning content understanding story It is clear that a lot of […]

 Picture 1   Humans connecting, community, group, close proximity, tight knit groups, yet it is in fact people networking, too; taking care of each others’ needs, strong ties Picture 2 Humans connecting through shared interests, occupation, family ties, values, by friend of a friend; networks-dominant form of social interaction, multiple networks, on the fly, simultaneously, […]

Before talking about Lifelong Learning Benefits, I believe necessary to define what Lifelong Learning is,  so to understand that  it refers  more to an attitude than to a skill.   In words of Wikipedia Lifelong learning is the ongoing, voluntary, and self-motivated pursuit of knowledge for either personal or professional…

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After exploring several video stories and one podcast, my next digital story critique is a Twitter novel. Most of my ideas for critiques are generated through Google searches for hip hop and digital storytelling. As with any online search, one thing leads to another and suddenly you find yourself down a rabbit hole of related … Continue reading Digital Story Critique 7: Teriyaki Joe: Neo-Harlem Detective

Since I am critiquing a digital story by rapper Lupe Fiasco this week, my mind started wandering and I realized that he bears a strong resemblance to one of my favorite reggae musicians, Garnett Silk. I would love to see a biopic made about the latter artist’s life, which ended tragically when he was just 28 … Continue reading Assignment Bank: Mashup

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.   

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.   

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.   

My puppy for puppy day!  She’s enjoying sangria by the fire!

  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

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.  April Fools Day Daily Create #tdc1545 Don’t Be A Fool Today, Do a Serious Selfie -  So here is the tortured girl aka my Lele baby #seriousface LOL!   

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.  April Fools Day Daily Create #tdc1545 Don’t Be A Fool Today, Do a Serious Selfie -  So here is the tortured girl aka my Lele baby #seriousface LOL!   

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

Adapting to a New Culture   by Yukiko Nishimura   2013 This is a very honest reflection done by Yukiko, a girl growing up in Japan, then choosing to come to the USA. Story-The story was very personal, done I believe succinctly given the time frame for her content beginning from childhood into adulthood. The picture and […]

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 weeks Daily Create is put yourself on a billboard and in front 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 weeks Daily Create is put yourself on a billboard and in front 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 critique a scholarly article in my  Learning with Digital Stories course, ILT5340.   Once again Joe Lambert has provided inspiring insight into storytelling in chapter 5.  The 7 steps of digital storytelling helped me unpack the process of creating a great story.  Visualizing the story first according to Lambert is the first step.  I loved these clarifying

I am in my third semester of the graduate program in eLearning Design and Implementation at The University of Colorado, Denver. Each week we critique a scholarly article in my  Learning with Digital Stories course, ILT5340.   Once again Joe Lambert has provided inspiring insight into storytelling in chapter 5.  The 7 steps of digital storytelling helped me unpack the process of creating a great story.  Visualizing the story first according to Lambert is the first step.  I loved these clarifying

 After reading chapter six of New Literacies I decided to write my own case study, on myself, and my relationship with social media and social networking. Kristin Vossler Facebook: A Case Study My love/hate relationship with social media began in 2009. A late bloomer when it comes to social media I joined Facebook in the summer of 2009 after a group of co-workers were all on it constantly at work. I have to admit there may have been a little peer pressure at work here. Facebook was the first

 After reading chapter six of New Literacies I decided to write my own case study, on myself, and my relationship with social media and social networking. Kristin Vossler Facebook: A Case Study My love/hate relationship with social media began in 2009. A late bloomer when it comes to social media I joined Facebook in the summer of 2009 after a group of co-workers were all on it constantly at work. I have to admit there may have been a little peer pressure at work here. Facebook was the first

After reading chapter six of New Literacies I decided to write my own case study, on myself, and my relationship with social media and social networking. Kristin Vossler Facebook: A Case Study My love/hate relationship with social media began in 2009. A late bloomer when it comes to social media I joined Facebook in the summer of 2009 after a group of co-workers were all on it constantly at work. I have to admit there may have been a little peer pressure at work here. Facebook was the first

Soundcloud Audio File Wednesday night I watched, along with 16.7 million other viewers, the first episode of Empire, season 3.  For Empire fans across the globe the show’s hiatus has been an entertainment desert for us.  I considered Empire as just that entertainment.  I mean Cookie is one bad ass broad.  Who can forget “You keep forgetting one thing, Lucius. You can’t keep Cookie down.”  Then there is her ex-husband Lucious who we love to hate, and their handsome sons Hakeem, Jamal, and Andre