Continuing my friend suggested story weeks, I looked at a character short from the Western Animation RWBY. The show follows prospective monster hunters and huntresses as they train and go to school to learn how to protect their world. The character short for Volume 4, was released as a bridge between the third and fourth … Continue reading RWBY Character Short: Story Critique

While not exactly a photo of where I live, this is just down the road!

I continue to be pleasantly surprised as I search for digital stories. In this story, Galveston, Hurricanes and OZ, were presented with an act of discovery that leads to learning about a historical event and that leads us to present day and the arts. This digital story produced by a University of Houston student uses&ellipsis;Read the full post »

I love this picture of our neighborhood. I did not grow up in the US, so when I saw this image down our street I knew I had to grab a picture. To me, this is a quintessential autumn picture of cozy American life. Hometown, USA #TDC1740 #inte5340 pic.twitter.com/eA1gx4h4xr — Kelly Santa Maria (@KelSanMar) October … Continue reading Daily Create 10/13

On October 12, 1920 Georges Carpentier became the first-ever French world champion boxer, by KO’ing Levinsky. The fight took place in Jersey City and the American boxer  was knocked out in the fourth round. October  12,1960 Nikita Khrushchev throws a tantrum at the United Nations The Russian leader removes his shoe and pounds a table with it… Continue reading Daily create: Mash up day. →

Continuing on with my topic of “The beautiful game”, today I’m sharing the story of a group of boys in the village of Koh Panyee in Phang Nga Province in Thailand.  The village is notable for being built completely on stilts by Indonesian fishermen. This true story is about a group of boys who lived … Continue reading Koh Panyee football club – where there’s a will there’s a way

Warning to anyone reading this post, some of the photos in this story are graphic. The digital story I selected to critique this week is called Digital Story Critique 7: ‘Lest We Forget’: Carol Guzy. Carol Guzy is a photographer who posted a story of the pets that were left behind during the evacuation from Hurricane Katrina.… Continue reading Digital Story Critique 7: ‘Lest We Forget’: Carol Guzy

Today’s daily create is Mashup Day! The idea is to mashup two famous people and/or events from October 12th. On Oct. 12th, 1859 Emperor Norton I, the self proclaimed Emperor of the United States, issued an edict abolishing the United States Congress. And on Oct. 12th, 1901 Teddy Roosevelt renamed The Executive Manor to The … Continue reading Daily Create – Mashup Day!

Digital Storytelling can often be seen as something that stands alone to convey a single message, place, or even an experience. When participants are asked to compose a digital story it is often focused on the outcome and not the process of getting there. Digital storytelling has the potential to be a learning tool that&ellipsis;Read the full post »

I began reading a book called “Confronting the Challenges of a Participatory Culture” by Jenkins, Purushotma, Weigel, Clinton, and Robison (2009) that addresses the emerging widespread phenomena of our participatory...

I created a GIF #tdc1738 Daily Create 10/11/16@ds106dc #tdc1738 @LoriElliottPhD pic.twitter.com/ztwQcHYaem — matthew kubiak (@mattiak11) October 12, 2016

For this scholarship review, I looked at an article from Henry Jenkins titled Game Design as Narrative Architecture. In it, Henry Jenkins and Jon McKenzie respond to one another’s ideas about Game Designers and storytellers. In order to categorize gaming narrative into storytelling or not, we needed to define what we consider as storytelling versus narrative. … Continue reading Narrative Architects vs Storytellers: Game Designers and Story

As I crossed the threshold, I felt my reality begin to split. My once friendly and familiar front porch began to transform into a nightmare filled with spooks and ghoulish creatures. It was as if I had stepped into an alternate reality – one filled with violence and hatred. My eyes began to conjure visions […]

Today’s Daily Create is to share our collection obsessions. And I’m kind of embarrassed to admit it, and it’s definitely a guilty pleasure, but I love Buxom lip gloss from...

After the Storm is one man’s harrowing account of a 1.5 mi (2.4 km) wide EF4 tornado that leveled his home town of Tuscaloosa, Alabama on April 27, 2011. The storm resulted...

Social Learning This reading helped me view the importance of the paradigms of social learning, and how we may incorporate different types of social learning in and outside of the classroom.  Developments in new technologies have allowed students to dive into learning collaboratively, but how can we measure these different modes of learning? While measuring social … Continue reading Chapter 7-Push/Pull & Platforms for Collaborative Learning

My interest for this course is getting bigger and bigger with time. At first I was a little nervous about my ability to fulfill all the requirements of the class when I read all the new tools I would have to use  in order to complete my assignments; tools that I have not used before.… Continue reading Week 7 Self-Reflection of learning →

Reflection on Social Learning

Social learning is the ability to learn with others in a social environment. The article Social learning, ‘push’ and ‘pull’ and building platforms for collaborative learning the author starts by defining what social learning is. It’s interesting how the definition of social learning has changed within the past 100 years. Social learning from the 1960s-1990s typically involved learning theories in…

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Reflection on Social LearningSocial learning is the ability to learn with others in a social environment. The article Social learning, ‘push’ and ‘pull’ and building platforms for collaborative learning the author starts by defining what social learnin...

I’ve started adding some of my photos to my photography blog Exploring My World Through a Digital Lens. I have posted two days worth of adventures and only have 3 more to go! I also need to post the photos from my Instagram feed. I also need to learn better how to use WordPress. I have been looking at other… Continue reading Week 7: Self Reflection of Learning

The last few weeks have been interesting, I especially liked reading other classmates thoughts on digital stories and new ideas about digital learning in general.  Each of us  have had growth in what we think about eLearning/digital storytelling and learning how each issue we face in our workplaces or lives.  These assignments have allowed me to learn about … Continue reading Reflection of Learning-Week 7

“Run in the real world. Become a hero in another.” This is the tag line for the popular app, “Zombies, Run!” The app is a way for couch potatoes and advanced runners alike to get out and get active through running activities. You may be asking yourself, “how does a running app have anything to […]

Education is not about filling up a bucket, but rather about lighting a fire. In this digital day and age, all of the information anyone could ever want is at the touch of their fingertips. Say, “Okay Google,” or “Siri,” and a voice-over will even read you the answers to your desired questions. For that reason, […]