THE LORD OF THE RINGS The story that I chose to chart is one of my favorites: “The Lord of The Rings” by J.R.R. Tolkien. Graphing even one book in the entire trilogy would be extremely difficult and convoluted, so… Continue Reading →

  I chose this model because it is the most common model you see in modern stories. The movie that a chose to demonstrate this model is A Cinderella Story. It is the classic story of a character having nothing, receiving tools to make her succeed, and then having a happily every after. In A Cinderella Story, the stair section… Read more →

Wesch touches on a lot of very familiar aspects of the web. It is oftentimes unfathomable the power one has at his or her fingertips with access to the internet. The most striking part of his talk was the portion in which he discussed the “social imagination.” The segment about the Yes-men and their news “takeover” […]

Campbell presents an interesting perspective on the progression of web utility in higher education. He suggests that the progress itself is very subjective, and barely beginning. In both his paper and his talk, a reoccurring theme is his belief that “the medium is the message,” and I couldn’t agree more. He emphasizes the importance of […]

Scott Lockman’s first podcast was more of a simple introduction for the following installments. He calls it a “work in progress,” and I am excited to learn and discover via podcast. He has a clear and engaging voice; he’s very easy to follow. He suggests that students might later experiment with radio play and that […]

This week we are looking a little deeper into the meaning of the word storytelling. Storytelling can mean so many different things to different people. I believe that storytelling is so important to society because it is what the foundation of our world is built on. Fables were the original cultural stories that told people legends on lessons and things… Read more →

Storytelling has always been a huge part of my life. I come from a family of journalists and writers, so I have been surrounded by them every day. As a journalist myself, I am constantly seeking out stories. A lot… Continue Reading →

I have added my set of photos to the Tell a Story in 5 Frames group on flickr. I chose this assignment because I wanted to see how others would interpret the following photos. Rather than tell the story myself, … Continue reading →

Made this montage yesterday in iMovie. The clips were FF a bit, and I applied an Aged Film video effect on all clips. The instrumental I added in the background is from rising Detroit producer, Apollo Brown. It is quite short, … Continue reading →

For the Math Expression daily create I went with Newton’s Law.  

Happy Friday! I read today’s Daily Create assignment while walking home from my last class of the week (woo!) and decided I’d just film a few snippets of the rest of my day and upload that as my daily create. However,… Continue Reading →

For today’s daily create (9/12/14) I created a montage of some of my favorite scenes from Disney Pixar movies. Some of the movies included in the video are Toy Story, Finding Nemo, A Bug’s Life, The Incredibles, Ratatouille, Monsters Inc., and Up. I... Continue Reading →

(Disclaimer: If you have read the book, it varies from the movie couple of key aspects. If you find my description of the movie off, that’s why.) One of my favorite movies growing up was A Little Princess. It was full of magic and wonder, and it was a story that seemed to give me […]

When I hear the word storytelling, the first thing that comes to mind is a group of children sitting by a camp fire, and one of their parents telling them a scary story. That is honestly, for the most part,... Continue Reading →

Yesterdays daily create required a lot of imagination for me. I did not see one clear thing to make a formula out of. But with Halloween and my birthday both in October, I gave the circumference of  a circle a Halloween theme. Nothing makes me happier than fall, and the month of October. So I […]

First off, is the lecture The Shape of Stories by Kurt Vonnegut, a lecture or a stand up comedy show. Personally I think both. Kurt was absolutely HYSTERICALLLL in this video. Not only hysterical, but he was also very informative and... Continue Reading →

The blog I choose to visit was Hey, Ms. Parker. I definitely suggest checking it out, she did a great job. What attracted me to her blog was all the videos, GIF’s, and images she had posted. She had a few sentences and sometimes a short paragraph  followed by some sort of digital component. Also […]

The first story I looked at was Ipad in the fridge. Honestly, this post made me laugh. Not only do I know the person who posted it, Kevin Shavalay, but the idea is pretty comical yet provocative. His idea of using... Continue Reading →

This was a bit tricky.  I wasn’t sure what my favorite mathematical expression was. I looked over to my girlfriend who was doing her finance homework. This expression means interest equals principal * rate * time. This figures out simple interest.

Hey guys I submitted my Five photos to the group, so I am hoping they choose mine to post in the group on Flickr. Keep checking they might end up on there, click here to check!!! I challenge you to try and follow the story Coast to Coast If you are interested in hearing my […]

                                                                                                                       My mathematical expression is the oldie but goodie, Pythagorean theorem which states that  on a right triangle      

So our task for today’s daily create was to post an image of one of our favorite math equations. Now simply, I could’ve posted a picture of a plain V = 1/3 π r2h, but I figured I’d post a picture... Continue Reading →

Today’s daily create was to create your own version of your favorite formula. You can see the whole assignment here I’m not a big math fan, but if I had to pick a formula it would be a^2 + b^2 = c^2. This formula is used to calculate any of …

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“I love you” math equation!!

I chose Newton’s law because I feel like gravitation surrounds us and is the center of everything in this world. Yes, a short, sweet and to the point type of Daily Create

Above is my story in 5 photos created in Flickr. I enjoyed this assignment because I was not allowed to use words to help with my storyline, so I decided to choose pictures with character and power to them. By far the most enjoyable assignment being able to choose anything and put it into our […]

3-1=2            

This movie came to mind as I was thinking of a story that I could explain using Vonnegut’s approach to “the shape of stories.” Rocky Balboa is at the peak of his boxing career. Life is good for him and … Continue reading →

The infamous definition of Pi, Pi equals circumference over diameter.

This was a fun little project for winter time one year.