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

This week, I read Chapter 5 of The New Digital Storytelling. Alexander starts with Podcasts. In full disclosure, I prefer podcasts to reading text ANY DAY OF THE WEEK. I think my attention span for focusing on words on a page…

Sparging is the process of rinsing the grain with hot water after the mash to extract the last bit of sugars off of the grain. This is done to ensure that you get the most use of the grain (efficiency).…

Serious selfie time… @ds106dc #tdc1545

  This story on NPR is actually an interview with Ephron's son, Jacob Bernstein, who is the son of two writers and created a documentary about his mother for HBO. I liked the format of the interview as a story, I questioned at first whether it was a story at all but after listening I realized it certainly is. The interview begins with the interviewer asking Jacob about the title of his documentary, Everything is Copy. He talks about how it came from something his grandmother always told his

  This story on NPR is actually an interview with Ephron's son, Jacob Bernstein, who is the son of two writers and created a documentary about his mother for HBO. I liked the format of the interview as a story, I questioned at first whether it was a story at all but after listening I realized it certainly is. The interview begins with the interviewer asking Jacob about the title of his documentary, Everything is Copy. He talks about how it came from something his grandmother always told his

This story on NPR is actually an interview with Ephron's son, Jacob Bernstein, who is the son of two writers and created a documentary about his mother for HBO. I liked the format of the interview as a story, I questioned at first whether it was a story at all but after listening I realized it certainly is. The interview begins with the interviewer asking Jacob about the title of his documentary, Everything is Copy. He talks about how it came from something his grandmother always told his

For the assignment this week, I chose the 10 Second Song Mashup from ds106. Ok, so mine is about 18 seconds, but there is just too much epicness to not play the full phrases of some. Any guesses on which…

Digital Storytelling This is a digital story about creating and using digital stories in education. In viewing this video, I am looking at the following: Media Development Process , Originality/voice/creativity, and Media Application. While the content was applicable to my role of bringing digital story ideas to my elementary school, I have to admit that […]

Teaching for ELLs (English Language Learners)  I found Deb Hanson, teacher,  who is posting on Rachel’s blog as a guest. She gives Top 10 Tips for a teacher that all of a sudden finds themselves with a non-English speaking student/s. I found the article generally most helpful, especially if the teacher has not had any […]

Let’s revisit the guys in Arkansas as they make an American Pale Ale, using only a 15 minute boil time.  This is 100% interesting because it’s against the conventional wisdom on how to brew. Today I’m going to evaluate this…

It’s been a whirlwind week bouncing from hotel to hotel here on the East Coast. Last night as I was trying to game plan for this week’s assignments, I was thinking about some of the homebrew competitions that I have…

@ds106dc  #tdc1544 Monument Valley is the classic John Ford location in Arizona that is an iconic look for Western movies. With a bit o’ magination’ man’

I decided to switch things up this week and do a blog post as my digital story, instead of a video.  I have almost exclusively done videos so far, but I feel that this could be a digital story as well.  I decided to do this blog post: http://www.pbs.org/food/fresh-tastes/bubble-tea/ I will critique it on the […]

I chose to read another one of the readings posted in the course as alternative options to our textbook.  I really enjoyed this chapter, because it defined specific types of digital stories available online.  When I think of podcasts I’ve listed to, some of them fit the digital story idea presented in the chapter.  One […]

"A nation's greatness is measured by how it treats its weakest members." ~ Mahatma Ghandi Food, clothing, shelter, medical care; unmet basic needs that often underlie our shameful record of homelessness, hunger, abuse, mass incarceration, addiction, crime, and many other social ills. Affronts to human dignity that could be addressed, if as a society, we had the will. https://soundcloud.com/alicia-newton-1/20160330-atc-in-a-high-rent-world-affordable-and-safe-housing-is-hard-to-come-by The

"A nation's greatness is measured by how it treats its weakest members." ~ Mahatma Ghandi Food, clothing, shelter, medical care; unmet basic needs that often underlie our shameful record of homelessness, hunger, abuse, mass incarceration, addiction, crime, and many other social ills. Affronts to human dignity that could be addressed, if as a society, we had the will. https://soundcloud.com/alicia-newton-1/20160330-atc-in-a-high-rent-world-affordable-and-safe-housing-is-hard-to-come-by The

       This week I found this great article on adoption. Adoption seems like the next logical step in the exploration of my theme: motherhood. Adoption, as a conversation, has been very prevalent in my house in the last few months. There are many issues, fears, difficulties, and barriers to adoption. When I was searching for information on adoption I found this article that addressed issues that I hadn’t even thought of yet.   Adoption usually isn’t what people think of or dream of when it comes

       This week I found this great article on adoption. Adoption seems like the next logical step in the exploration of my theme: motherhood. Adoption, as a conversation, has been very prevalent in my house in the last few months. There are many issues, fears, difficulties, and barriers to adoption. When I was searching for information on adoption I found this article that addressed issues that I hadn’t even thought of yet.   Adoption usually isn’t what people think of or dream of when it comes

This week I found this great article on adoption. Adoption seems like the next logical step in the exploration of my theme: motherhood. Adoption, as a conversation, has been very prevalent in my house in the last few months. There are many issues, fears, difficulties, and barriers to adoption. When I was searching for information on adoption I found this article that addressed issues that I hadn’t even thought of yet. Adoption usually isn’t what people think of or dream of when it comes to

Daily Create #1540 what is your definition of March Madness? This is definitely my idea of March Madness!

Daily Create #1540 what is your definition of March Madness? This is definitely my idea of March Madness!

Daily Create #1540 what is your definition of March Madness? This is definitely my idea of March Madness!

Mashup Assignment from the DS106 Assignment Bank: This Doesn’t Belong Here…or…Who’s the Captain of This Here Ship?! *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 fifth post within a series of Creative Assignments that I’ve been tasked with completing for a course titled Digital Storytelling. […]

#ds106 Daily Create: #tdc1543 Design a New ACME Product for the Coyote *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 tenth 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:  “In his […]

Last week I attended a concert by a band whose most famous song is entitled “Endless Cycle of Violence“. The very next day I found myself making dozens of waffles for a brunch with friends. So I present here: ENDLESS CYCLE OF WAFFLES. The original song is playing in the background. Enjoy!

@ds106dc  #tdc1543 In his relentless pursuit of the Roadrunner, Wile E. Coyote has relied on many fine products from the Acme Corporation. But have they kept up with modern times? Here’s to updated innovations for Wile E. Coyote. Actual size not shown.    

Make bike art for Bike to Work Day Here is a spider web wheel where we see a scary spider made of bike gears as she ensnares cars in her trap! I found this at the Center for Appropriate Transport in Eugene, OR, during a week-long bike trip from Portlan...