For this week’s story critique I decided to look at a blog dedicated to technology in the classroom.  I found Jenni Levy’s blog on a list of the best educational tech blogs.  Jenni Levy refers to herself as a “reformed chalk and talk teacher” and her blog is dedicated to looking at ways to incorporate technology into educators […]

This week’s reading was chapter 4: New Literacies and Social Practices of Digital Remixing.  The main takeaway I got from reading this chapter is that I need to stop thinking that any aspect of this class will not benefit me as an elementary school teacher.  Before reading this chapter, I thought (or, more accurately, didn’t think […]

#tdc1622 Chicken in a cart needs a meme message My second daily create in which I give a shout out to a famous restaurant in my hometown.

For my storytelling theme, I chose to critique a video about the Trap-Neuter-Return efforts on Tangier Island, Virginia. Tangier Island is access by a ferry ride from the mainland. This separation from the mainland forced the cats that were brought to the island to remain there. Without a veterinarian office on the island, the residents …

For this week’s ILT5340 DS106 audio assignment, I chose the one entitled What A Song Might Mean To You. This week’s audio assignment was a challange for me because I wnted to relate it to my storytelling theme, which centers around cat welfare. I’ll let you in on a little secret…there aren’t many cat rescue …

For this weeks DS106 Assignment Bank Audio creation I chose to complete “Sounds of Your Day.” I first discovered this assignment last week, when trying to understand what exactly an “Assignment Bank” was exactly. I was first drawn to it, because right now my days are pretty LOUD. With one week left of school, my kids … Continue reading "Beautiful Mess Mashup"

 

Hello everyone This is week 2 in my social media leanings – so new to all this and still trying to figure it all out This is my daily create for week 2 – it was to find a old paperback cover and re-design it. This was difficult for me since I don’t have Photoshop […]

Lankshear and Knobel (2011) Ch4: New Literacies and Social Learning Practices of Digital Remixing

This chapter from Lankshear and Knobel really went in-depth into the cultural practice of remixing, and I mean REALLY IN-DEPTH. Well remixing isn’t a new concept Read more...

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I didn’t initially agree with the idea that “remixing” can mean in broad terms: any human activity that uses existing knowledge or content to …

Here is Digital Story Critique #2. This time I am going to look at a YouTube channel rather than just one video. As a …

I am not  much for audio. In fact, when I heard/read about the sizeable audio component of the work in ILT5340, I felt pretty scared. As previously stated, I have no experience with the recording/mixing/remixing/editing of sounds. At the outset of this course almost TWO WEEKS ago, I thought I might just select DS106 assignments […]

It has been about a week since my Week 1 Digital Story critique. Once again, I found myself vigorously searching for a suitable digital story that (a) piques my interest, (b) provides suitable fodder for a critique, and (c) fits with my storytelling theme of “Libraries and Librarianship”. If there is a search engine designed with […]

Hello to all! This week I chose to complete AudioAssignment77 titled “Make ’em laugh!”  Basically, I tell a joke in another language and add in some effects.  I struggled with how to best do this and eventually ended up using iMovie so that I could show the illustration for the joke (below) while I was talking. … Continue reading ¡Una broma!

As I watched this Digital story about animal rights I was questioning, “why?” Why these images? Why this music? Why so graphic? Why no dialogue? I’m sure the graphic part is to evoke some emotions and get people thinking about the things that happen to animals when they are slaughtered for our food. The images […]

Week 2 Story Critique: What is Work-LifeBalance?                  By Kevin Lau  This multi-media video created by Kevin Lau presents ways to have work-life balance through achievement and enjoyment. He used slides, video and … Continue reading →

This week’s assignment was to chose something from the DS106 Audio Bank. I tried using the randomizer again, but felt unsatisfied with the results. Audio is something that I’m still getting used to, and I really wanted to push myself a bit in terms of audio expression. So…I found something totally out of my comfort … Continue reading Audio Creation: Keeping Time with Me, Myself and I

My theme this summer is about Change and Transitions.  I am very interested in using a poem called, "Where I'm From" by George Ella Lyon as a part of my dissertation project.  It has been widely applied in the world of digital storytelling an...

Are You Eccentric? It’s a valid question? Coming from a family that revels in eccentricity it’s kind of a given. My struggle is accepting my own eccentricity and trying to feel like it’s safe to be a little kooky. For my second digital story critique, I wanted to take a deeper dive into what it… Continue reading How well do you (not) fit these pants? →

My Assignment Bank audio assignment was to make an audio of me talking to the police over the phone. I wanted to do this assignment because this is a reinactment of a real call that was made to the police not too long ago. I created this recording in GarageBand. I had my father play the part of the police officer and…

  This week I choose to critique a story centered around my focal theme: Exploring your own backyard with your children.  A few years ago I read about letterboxing in a Family Fun magazine and decided to try it out with our family.  We love letterboxing! It is a great way to get the family […]

  Today’s Daily Create was to decide what would be in Scooby-Doo’s Mystery Machine. My first thought was the scene from the movie Riddick where he has been arrested and is sitting in the back of a plane about to head to his new prison. His captors mocked him while he was chained to the back of the plane […]

I use to work as IT support, but I’ve also been on the other side of IT support as well. This led me to pick this DS106 assignment as a way of telling my experience with IT support. The assignment Read more...

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Recently I’ve noticed more and more of my students reading graphic novels during their independent reading times, and I have to admit I sometimes think, should I encourage them to read a chapter book instead? However, I then remind myself that I’m just happy they are not only reading, but excited about reading. This week’s … Continue reading "Week 2 Reading Response: Remixing More Than Just Music"

That was a challenge but also a learning experience. For this week we were assigned a DS106 Audio Assignment and I chose FlickrSounds. I didn’t think this would be too hard but I did get stumped at one point. The assignment says: This is a simple mashup that searches Freesounsd and flickr for the same word. […]

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This Daily Create was about the dark side of the moon of the DS106 class. My first step was to find a good picture of the moon that had a good amount of dark space to fit my images. The next step was to think about what students on the dark side of the moon would look like […]

This week’s reading was yet again robust but easier to process with the use of hypothesis annotation. The chapter this week revolved around remixing and what all is a part of remixing in the sense of new literacies. Overall, the chapter made me think about the ways that we are remixing everyday. It also made […]

This Daily Create was up to the reader to decide the topic. It took me some time to come up with what I wanted to do. Finally, I asked my husband for some ideas and he said, “Well what is something you’ve been doing lately? Maybe that will stem some ideas…” I laughed and thought I know […]