What week is this again…week 3? Man time flies! It seems like it was only the first week of Bootcamp! This week was a mouthful, literally (see 5-picture story), and we all got a chance to learn new things about … Continue reading →

Storytelling to Me The first thought that comes to mind when I think of story telling is the fond memories of when I was young and my father would read to me. He would tell each story with such passion, … Read More →

(An image from Little Wheel) What is storytelling? To discuss this, we first need to first look at what a story is. To me, a story can be a number of things, sometimes with a beginning and ending, which convey a message. They can be fictional or non fictional and can be created by a number of ...

“Keep your hat on. We may end up miles from here” —Kurt Vonnegut I decided to illustrante the average episode of Property Brothers on HGTV.  I love everything about that show.  The homes, the designs, THE BROTHERS… You notice there is a general shape all of the episodes take on: 1-  “Oh, we want to ...

I chose the piano duel for the ages for the inspire work because I found it the most amusing to watch.  The concept is very simple, but it was cool to see such random, obscure things mashed together.  It is a digital story because it is digitally animated through a video and, well, tells a  [ Read More ]

One of the really neat things about ds106 is the ability to look at past “ds106ers” work (thanks to blogland) and to see their creativity come out through their work. This week current ds106ers are to look at two digital … Continue reading →

Storytelling is the process of creating, recounting, and producing stories, whether truthful or fantastic.  They can be produced in any manner, whether verbally or written.  Also, ever heard the expression “a picture is worth a thousand words?”  It is.

Five Card Story: The Mysterious City a Five Card Flickr story created by bellekid flickr photo by Serenae flickr photo by Serenae flickr photo by cogdogblog flickr photo by bionicteaching flickr photo by bionicteaching I love nothing more than urban exploration so when I was given the chance to get on a flight to a ...

When I hear the word Storytelling I think of all the books I have read and those that have been read to me.  I think of oral stories as well as written ones.  Stories can be new or pasted down through time.  Storytelling takes place in literature, art, music, dance, life, and …

Story telling is quilts and campfires, myth and legend, paper and voice, true and fabricated.  With as many ways as there are to tell stories it seems silly for me to say it is almost hard to define what a story actually is.  But it is hard to define!  Yes, stories include some sort of ...

It’s time for another round of…DAILY CREATES! For those of you just tuning in, Daily Creates (DC) are some kind of prompt that challenges you to be creative. This week, we had to do 3. Get ready for some ultimate creativity to come your way. For the first DC I did this week, I had to ...

Fresh off the electronic press, dripping with electronic ink and smelling faintly of dittos, my words are in the Jauanry/february 2013 issue of Educause Review in the New Horizons department (yawn, horizons) (oops). Look ma, a citation! ds106: Not a Course, Not Like Any MOOC: Looking for something different from the current hysteria of Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs)? A digital storytelling course started by Jim Groom at the University of Mary Washington (UMW), ds106 was set loose as an open course in January 2011. Yet the UMW catalog does not include such a course. Its actual course designation is CPSC 106 (Computer Science)—a small but telling example of how ds106 plays with and questions the norm. Most classes in digital storytelling revolve around the personal video narrative form as popularized by the Center for Digital Storytelling. But ds106 storytelling explores the web as a culture, as a media source, ...

Well I guess that blog post title was inevitable, but it seemed fitting for this challenge we have to do this week. We had an option of different things we could do regarding storytelling through photos whether it be finding a photo and then telling a story or vice versa. I decided to go with (continue reading...)

In the video we reviewed, Kurt Vonnegut discusses the common ways that stories are structured. I used his ideas and applied them to an episode of My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic (don’t laugh! these aren’t your average ponies!) entitled … Continue reading →

Growing up, the Fandom Princess was able to enjoy a bedtime story every night before bed. They would be told to her by the King the majority of the time, and sometimes the Queen would join in. Together, the royal family would create stories together, even using their hands to mimic animal … Continue reading →

The word storytelling brings a lot of thoughts to my mind. First, when I think of the word “storytelling” I flash back to 4-5 year old me and my great grandma “gran” and asking her to tell me about the … Continue reading →

As I was browsing through the in[SPIRE] site, I found four or five really cool works, but one stood out to me in particular. This work is called “Self-portrait” by John Dorman. I found it so striking, because it’s not just ...

This week, I decided to do the first activity on making a 5 photo story.  I had no idea what to do, so my roommates suggested I show Gus Gus (my gerbil) escaping.  I didn’t think our cats would be ...

The word storytelling brings about a flurry of thoughts for me. I think storytelling categorizes into three major different categories: written, spoken, and digital, with digital being most broad and encompassing the most. In my mind written involves books, short stories, etc.; spoken is essentially storytelling by word of mouth; and digital is all forms ...

Well the moment had to come, every princess has their weakness (typically a prince) but it looks like my weakness will be revealed from today’s daily create prompt. Finishing the sentence “My biggest fear is…” was no problem for me. While I like to seem like I am fearless, I certainly do have tons of (continue reading...)

Kurt Vonnegut is known for his Shapes of Stories talk. In this video, he talks about how stories all have the same “shape” or storyline to them. I found this video pretty hilarious because I knew exactly what he was talking about. Most stories have predictable endings. Now, I know that predictable endings are a sign ...

Today (well technically yesterday since it’s after 12) I was working on the daily create which asks users to draw a picture of a new invention. Originally my thought was to make a pump dispenser for toothpaste (since I almost attempted to pump soap on my toothbrush in an overlooked moment and thought it would (continue reading...)

What is storytelling?  When I hear that word, I don’t think about the hundreds of books I’ve read over the years.  I think about someone who verbally tells an adventure, whether that be real or fiction.  I imagine my Dad ...

  So yesterday I thought I may have broken the internet…at least my corner. BUT!  CogDog and timmyboy fixed me right up. ——————————————————————————————————————— Words of advice:  Don’t do what I did. Conundrum:  I don’t know WHAT? I did. Second Piece of advice:  Ask for help. and then STOP TOUCHING THINGS. @cogdog yes.I just now went ...

Last week, we were assigned to make a gif of a movie we loved for ds106 and while working on the assignment, I decided to start looking for more video clips that I could turn into GIFs. When it came time to post my Weekly Summary on Sunday night, I wanted to add some more ...