The assignment I choose was to create pixel art on a canvas of 100 x 100 pixels. I do a lot of art, but never pixel art, so this was a fun challenge. The art is of one of my video game avatars. Took about 3 hours to get done.

Many of our readings for our Digital Storytelling class focus on techniques, tools, technology, etc, but this week, our reading was a bit different. It told a story, by the workings of  Joe Lambert. This 3rd chapter in Digital Storytelling: Capturing Lives, Creating Community relates how he ended up where he is with StoryCenter and all … Continue reading Response to A Road Travelled

This week, I thought it would be interesting to review a student story. I chose Katie’s story, “Meeting Elizabeth” because of her theme. As I have been exploring my future, the potential of adding another child to our family has been an intense conversation. My husband and I have a wonderful 3-year-old son. We had always […]

For my choice this week, I selected the “That’s Not What I Expected” visual assignment. I thought it would be fun to try to find an object that I could take a photo of up close and see if a reader could guess. I’m slightly disappointed in the clarity of my camera (I only have my […]

It’s the story behind the story that always intrigues me. In this way Joe Lambert (2013) tells how the Center for Digital Storytelling came to be. I liked how he...

For this assignment, we needed to take a "dramatic" photo of someone and superimpose it upon an unrelated background.Since I enjoy surfing and LOVE my niece, Lena, I decided to combine the two.So, without further adieu, I present....LENA GETS BARRELED!  ...

This week we got to explore the roots of digital storytelling with Joe Lambert in his book Digital Storytelling: Capturing Lives, Creating Community.  Chapter 3 of the book is titled A Road Traveled – The Evolution of the Digital Storytelling Practice.  It is a fascinating look at how Lambart evolved from an early participant in … Continue reading A Road Traveled – a look at the roots of digital storytelling

So..I love the daily create and assignment bank at ds106. Allowing myself time to be creative and to have a space to do so is energizing. This week though, there isn’t a whole lot of creativity that went into my assignment, but I couldn’t pass up the opportunity.  #VisualAssignments1875 asks the community to post a … Continue reading "Me and My Spirit Animal"

  This week, I sought out a digital story about how photography has influenced someone’s life. I came across this digital story, and wanted to review it because it is not professional quality, and I haven’t evaluated a story that has not been presented by a professional company yet. The story is a narrative from … Continue reading "Story Critique: Photography Changed My Life"

For my daily create I chose the Selfie With Your Pet assignment from DS106.  Not being one to take a lot of selfies, I thought it would be good to have one with my biggest fan – my dog Lizzy.  If you ever want to know what it’s like to be followed from room to … Continue reading Selfie with my pet

I’m once again looking for an unusual digital story that differs significantly  from the others that I’ve looked at in this blog.  Expanding my concept of digital storytelling, I found a digital story called Traffic Patterns about how humans make a very special type of wave pattern in traffic.  It’s part of the Engines of … Continue reading And now for something completely different – Traffic Patterns

For this week’s story, I went to social media to find something short and interesting that I could take a look at. This week, I found an adorable short film simply called Omelette, created by Madeline Sharafian. The short animation does not feature many lines, just a couple barks from the small dog, but has … Continue reading Story Critique: Omelette

For this DS106 Assignment Bank Design project we were to think about places nearby that we have been missing out on visiting and make a collage of pictures of those...

I enjoyed a remarkable digital story experience that was recommended to me this week called Awra Amba: Rethink a Beautiful World. It’s a 360º interactive documentary about a village in...

The topic I chose for this week’s daily create is to : Visit the home Google Streetview Find a spot of interest which I have not and will most probably never visit in my life. Share a screenshot of what I found. Explain why I chose it. I chose Bermuda because I love turquoise blue waters, […]

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This blog post is a thank you to all of my peers and Lori for providing me with opportunities to collaborate, create, and, most importantly, rediscover my passions again through storytelling. My mid-point gallery walk can be viewed on Adobe Spark (a free online digital story creation application), and is dedicated to the peers that I […]

A presentation I made with Adobe Spark on what I’ve been learning in Digital Storytelling.

What I have learned thus far… The past three months or so I have been creating new projects and critiquing several digital stories and scholarly reviews.  In this process, I have grown in knowledge on what to expect for a digital story and what works as opposed to what does not.  I feel that keeping … Continue reading Gallery Walk- Week 9

I would like to begin by saying that I had some idea of what digital storytelling is, but have now discovered how much I really did not know. Digital storytelling is all around us and has many different applications. Digital stories are used to inform, instruct, and even to sell products. I have investigated and&ellipsis;Read the full post »

Digital Storytelling Gallery Walk

Since beginning this class, my definition of digital storytelling has expanded. Digital storytelling includes film, pictures, podcast, music, online forms of writing and video games.  It’s really incredible how many different forms of media can be considered forms of digital storytelling. Over the past few weeks, I have been inspired by a few posts that have really helped me shape my idea on what…

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Digital Storytelling Gallery WalkSince beginning this class, my definition of digital storytelling has expanded. Digital storytelling includes film, pictures, podcast, music, online forms of writing and video games.  It’s really incredible how many dif...

My Gallery Walk can be viewed here: Links to the blogs I reviewed are below: Digital Storytelling: What it is, and What it is not: https://boylebou.wordpress.com/2016/10/14/response-to-digital-storytelling-what-it-is-and-what-it-is-not/ Digital Storytelling for Struggling Writers: https://louizainte5340fall2016.wordpress.com/2016/09/30/digital-storytelling-for-struggling-writers/ The use of Digital Storytelling for English Learners: http://robertfpiper.com/blog/my-response-to-the-use-of-digital-storytelling-for-english-learning 8 Steps to Great Digital Storytelling: https://kellyreseigh.wordpress.com/2016/09/30/8-steps-to-great-digital-storytelling/ Virtual Reality and the Future of Storytelling: … Continue reading "Midpoint Gallery Walk"

9 weeks ago I started my Digital Storytelling course having little knowledge of social media outside of Facebook. I had never kept up a blog, and fumbling my way through some of these assignments was nerve wracking. I don’t have a lot of creativity in my day to day life, I prefer things simple and … Continue reading Mid Point Gallery Walk

Storybird is a creative, fun and engaging platform to make art-inspired stories that can be worked on individually or with others for collaborative projects. Users choose from a wide variety...

Here is a Prezi I put together of some of the highlights from the first half of our class.  Thanks to all of my classmates for their insightful  posts and helpful comments. My Journey in Digital Storytelling

I live in an older neighborhood in Uijongbu-Shi, Republic of Korea (ROK) primarily populated with senior citizens. I relocated to the ROK in August of this year with my wife Hyejin who is a citizen of the Korea. We previously spent seventeen years living in the United States where we had intended to live out ... [Read more...]