This week we read the introductory chapter of Lankshear And Knobel (2008) Ch1: DIY Media: A Contextual Background And Some Contemporary Themes. Once again Lankshear and Knobel put together an engaging and interesting perspective on new media.  I had never thought of the act of participating and creating in new media as part of the … Continue reading Reading Response Week 3 – I’m a DIYer, Who Knew?

Well, I’m taking the reflection to my blog this week, but since I’m interested in vulnerability it’s probably time to put myself out there. I felt that this week went a little smoother for me, I am getting a better handle on all the moving parts of the course. I do still feel a bit … Continue reading "Week 3 Reflection"

A very busy week this week for me but I was able to get the work done, be creative, and learn some new cool things about my peers. Academically this week I really dug deeper into what it means to be … Continue reading →

This week’s assignment from the Assignment Bank was to create a video of someone signing (finger spelling) a word for others to guess. I thought it would be interesting to see if anyone could figure out the word I chose to spell. To create this video, I used an iPhone 6 to record the video and edited it with iMovie.…

It is hard to believe this course is almost halfway over!  At the same time, though, my mindset has changed so much since first receiving the syllabus that it is also hard to believe it has only been three weeks.  I  think one of my greatest improvements this week came in the form of time […]

Daily Affirmations – poor Stuart Smalley. https://t.co/tkviIuQ8sD — Darlesa (@darlesac) June 26, 2016 Inspired by last week’s digital critique, this week I began listening to Amy Cuddy’s audio book, which she released in 2015 following her Ted Talk.  Her Ted Talk on How Our Body Language Shapes Who We Are became one of the most … Continue reading Self Affirmations – I’m Good Enough, I’m Smart Enough, and Doggone it, People Like Me!

Hello – My second daily create for week 3 was to find a dramatic sunset or sunrise.  So the assignment directions are as follows: Make a dramatic photo at sunrise or sunset. This was a great assignment. I enjoyed looking at the beautiful images people have downloaded. This picture was taken this past winter when […]

Guess the book… https://t.co/3HW3IiNKs5 — Kzetland (@kerlass1) June 26, 2016 Another day, another application learned. I had no idea there were so many video platforms to choose from. For this assignment I decided to use vine and complete the Name That Book assignment. The goal was to use objects in order to represent the book … Continue reading "Week 3: Video Assignment"

This has been a rough week for technology. First hypothesis had a bug and then Google Chrome decided to quit connecting to the internet. Then I tried to annotate with internet explorer and that was a fail. SO for this week I am currently short one story critique annotation I will try to find a way […]

Oh boy, did I think I was ahead early on this week. I got a few things out of the way and then I …

I can’t believe we’re almost at the halfway point! I feel as though I completed all of the week’s requirements, and all in the required time. The one place I feel like I could have improved was my Activity Bank Assignment. As I said in my video post I really struggled to create an assignment … Continue reading "Week 3: Reflections"

I always feel like I am in a confessional when I write my reflective summary.  For those of you who read these, my apologies in advance!  This week, I felt like I was traversing a huge cultural divide between what I believe about information ...

This week was a hectic one for me.  I am running a summer camp and we are about to finish up our last week.  Not to mention my little brother graduated high school on Friday this week, so I was in rural Upstate New York for the weekend.  This means little to no internet, spotty […]

The first time I viewed this story it changed the way I viewed the concept of vulnerability. It is a story that brought me to my theme for this class- how do we allow vulnerability into our everyday lives and allow this to become a strength rather than a flaw? For this critique I will … Continue reading "Week 3: Story Critique"

This weeks challenge was to create a video that paid homage to something I care about. I knew immediately I wanted to create a video about my daughter but I had no idea what approach to take at first. So I started by looking through my videos and realizing I had most of the good […]

Watch it! It is awesome. This week I searched to find a very cool animated digital story that I had been exposed to in a professional development setting a few years ago. As I look at the many accolades that … Continue reading →

http://hackeducation.com/2015/01/16/what-do-we-mean-by-open-education As I believe that education is the great equalizer in all of humanity, I also believe that we are getting closer and closer to a world without limitations (economic) on education to the degree that has been since the … Continue reading →

Do it yourself, get engaged, and participate in the digital space. As I read,  Lankshear and Knobel’s chapter on DIY media I couldn’t help but reflect on the notion of “produser.” We must actively participate and produce media, rather than just consume it. As I woke up to the new ticker yesterday and the Brexit … Continue reading "Week 3 Reading Response"

We have all heard the saying, “A picture is worth a thousand words”.  This video is a beautiful demonstration of this.  I have been looking up places for my family to go hiking over the summer and I stumbled upon this video about the Colorado Trail.  Honestly, I had never heard of the Colorado Trail. […]

This week went by really fast, but felt extremely busy! Work completed this week includes:

• TDC 1 – Friends don’t let friends lose their domains
• Story Critique
• Video Assignment: Forrest Gump Deleted Scene
• Reading Response
• TDC 2 – Into the

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Things really came together for me this week conceptually. From our readings about DIY and the recommended/personal interest readings, the idea of perception of worth is really starting to gel in my mind. In the hands-on and online DIY culture, it’s about the value that the finished “product” has for the creator/produser and the enjoyment… Continue reading Mixed Nuts & Bolts – Week 3 Reflections →

Since beginning this course up to the most recently completed assignments (and even the current moment, right now), I thought about something an old college friend of mine had a habit of saying, “This will not end well.” His tone was typically playful and sarcastic. Some of the contexts of him saying this included inviting […]

Today’s dailycreate gave me the opportunity to learn how to use a drawing program. I one used Microsoft Paint (unsuccessfully), but found this site online! I decided to pretend to be a child when I drew it (since it’s my childhood home). The “fill” function on the pen tool gave me some really cool effects!

Reflecting on the Third Week of Class via GIPHY I am going to be brutally honest here. I have started off the last two weeks gung-ho about this class, excited for the new things I am going to learn and … Continue reading →

Confession:  I am a DIY Pinterest fan!  Huge DIY Pinterest fan.  I have over 318 “pins” just waiting to be created so when I read the title of our required reading this week, I was intrigued: Lankshear and Knobel (2008) Ch.1: DIY Media: A Contextual Background and Some Contemporary Themes.  DIY in media?  What is […]

 

http://www.poetryfoundation.org/resources/learning/articles/detail/70244   WOW!!!! So many great examples of chant poems in this article. I love the work that all of these students created… and I love the idea of sharing it with my own students. This article did a great job of building some background knowledge on how poetry began. It reminded me to think […]

http://www.edutopia.org/blog/five-reasons-poetry-needed-schools-elena-aguilar   I loved this blog on poetry. It was short and sweet and easy for the reader to access. This article quickly addresses 5 reasons why we need poetry in the classroom. Research- Was the project well researched? I would have to say the writer has great points but I am not sure that […]

Wow- Talk about overload… So much new information to me. It was very interesting to actually read the background of DIY I had no idea that it went back to the 70’s. I thought this was a fairly new trend- such as what we are seeing on all the tv shows, pinterest, etsy, etc. Little […]

Check out my first ever vine video! This depicts what makes me happy. Also, my favorite art to do is color!