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As part of the continued practice in digital storytelling, in INTE 5340 MA ILT at CU Denver, I will consume a digital stories and offer critiques. Until now the course has focused on Jason Ohler’s assessment traits as criterions to assess stories. For the remainder of the critiques in the course, I will focus on “everyday remix practices” as described in the Lankshear and Knobel text New Literacies: Everyday Practices and Social Learning Third Ed by Colin Lankshear and Michele Knobel , on pages 127-140. To coincide with my theme, ‘the importance of creative arts in education,’ I’ve reviewed and critiqued some everyday remix practices of teachers in creative curriculum settings. This week I wanted to look at another creative way students ‘remix’ learnt material. I was inspired to look at Institute of Play after reading chapter 8 in Lankshear & Knobel “New Literacies.” Chapter 8 describes in some detail how Institute of Play creates ways for K-12 students to engage in creative...

Introduction As part of the educational discourse in digital storytelling each week, I will conduct a reflective practice self assessment. These ‘reflections’ will serve as both formative and summative assessment to the learning goals of the course INTE 5340. See learning goals in the INTE 5340 syllabus . See DS106 syllabus . Requirements and Production The Daily Create (x2) To Be A Kid Again: The Daily Create 1254 Blind Contour tdc1258 DS106 Assignment Bank (Audio) Rain Chimes Response to Lankshear & Knobel “New Literacies” chapter one and selected scholarship How Discourse and Creativity Express Meaning Digital story critiques (x2) Critiquing A Reflection On Learning A Critique of complex simplicity:The Poetic Dance Between Simplicity and Uncertainty in Physics Comment peer critiques (x2) Digital Stories Critique 2: Outdoor Education (student vs. teacher perspective) “BUCKMINSTER FULLER ON THE GEODESIC LIFE” CRITIQUE ...

Ms Kitty blind contour Our minds create symbols in the world that we see so that we can make inferences and judgments. Learning to draw is the beginning of a new relationship with the world and it's like seeing the world for the first time. Blind contour drawings are useful as a practice to learn how to draw. It helps create trust between your eyes, your mind, and your muscles. It reduces tendencies in most beginner drawers to draw what is known rather than drawing what you see. Blind contour drawings are practice in drawing what you see. Draw what you see, not the symbol of something that you see. tdc1258 , The Daily Create , DS106

DS106 Sound Scapes , AudioAssignments, AudioAssignments970 The soundscape audio assignment really appealed to me. I sometimes listen to ‘voiceless’ music during the work day when I need to focus hard and not be distracted behind the meaning of words in songs. It also relaxes me and helps me enter a more meditative state. I figured, why not make my own soundscape? With all of the rain in Denver, Colorado , I decided to focus on water sounds. I typically enjoy the sound of a good rain shower. Since the requirements for the assignment were to use ‘found sounds,’ I like the idea of recording some of my own sounds. I used an iphone 5c to record most of the sounds since I don’t have any other more sophisticated recording device. I also used freesound to gather some chimes, and dings. However all water sounds I recorded. I thought this would also be a great assignment for libraries such as Anythink , which has a studio for people to record their own sounds and mix it together. Or ...

  The Poetic Dance Between Simplicity and Uncertainty in Physics By  MindShift  AUGUST 19, 2014 Assessment criteria: As part of authoring critiques of digital storytelling in INTE 5340 three criterions are selected from Jason Ohler’s assessment traits. Audience Sensibility (Score 1-10: 10 Points) Explanation of story is accessible to audience. Use of media and character is appropriate and appealing to audience. Comments: Concepts in physics and the duality of theories and perspectives is a challenging concept to present to any audience. However Xiangjun Shi created a beautifully animated video with a ‘hand touch’ to bring the story and concepts to light in simple terms. This story is accessible to grade school age audiences through adults. Story Economy (Score 1-10: 10 Points) Information was presented concisely and in organized fashion. No detours or tangents. Comments: It may be easy to get lost in technical jargon or advanced concepts i...

Paper airplanes with notes If I could be a kid again… I would make paper airplanes with my dad. I would ride my bike as fast as I can in the rain and splash in puddles and mud. I would let my parents know how much I appreciate them and love them. I would perform random acts of kindness to kids who were bullied. tdc1254 , The Daily Create , DS106 #DS106, #tdc1254

Introduction As part of the educational discourse in digital storytelling each week, I will conduct a reflective practice self assessment. These ‘reflections’ will serve as both formative and summative assessment to the learning goals of the course INTE 5340. See learning goals in the INTE 5340 syllabus . See DS106 syllabus . Requirements and Production The Daily Create (x2) "Digital Graffiti" - The Daily Create 1247 A Flower for Grief: The Daily Create 1251 DS106 Assignment Bank (Visual) Where The Ocean Meets The Sky Meets The Land Response to Lankshear & Knobel “New Literacies” chapter one and selected scholarship New Literacies and Creativity are Intertwined: A Chapter 1 Response to Lankshear and Knobel Digital Story Critiques (x2) A Critique of A Hero: Sir Ken Robinson A Critique of Visual Mastery (RSA Animate) Comment Peer Critiques (x2) “Digital Story (selected scholarship) Critique #1, Week1 – There’s No Health Argument for V...

Today was an exciting day! Today I took my first steps into the world of DS106 with my digital storytelling class at UC Denver. I have been familiarizing myself with DS106 and Twitter over the past couple of weeks, and it is truly amazing, but I did not watch Jim Bloom's "Ed Parkour" lecture until today. Through this lecture I really learned what DS106 is about. It's about everything and anything interesting and creative. Free and open, sometimes with complete disregard for purpose, intent, or rules. Thus parkour ... Some see pre-determined pedestrian pathways of concrete and metal, others see the greatest obstacle course ever made. Some see the web as a giant money-making corporate machine, other's see the greatest educational opportunity in the history of humankind. I can't wait to learn from my fellow classmates as well as the larger group of DS106 contributors around the world! To start things off, I dove right in and created something for the daily...