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Wikipedia "Women and Video Games" In cycle 4 of INTE 5320 at University of Colorado Denver Games & Learning course, we started to look at gender and sexism in gaming culture. Although the focus of my research in addition to the course materials, has been on adult learning up to this point, I have chosen to dig deeper into the issues surrounding females in gaming. As opposed to critiquing a single article or document, I found a Wikipedia entry for “Women and Video Games” to be very informative and rather comprehensive. The entry has cited several sources of interest, some of which I am already familiar with, such as the ESA statistical information and works by Ian Bogost . I think it’s important to assess the statistical information in addition to contemporary issues as to avoid generalizations that may not be fair or accurate. Through this research I’m interested to see if I can connect the dots between gender and videogames and how this relates to learning with ...

Week 6 Collage 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) Fish Out of Water - Boundaries Exercise tdc1276 Look at all the people - hyperbolic tiling tdc1285 DS106 Assignment Bank (Web Assignment) What Is Your Passion Archetype Character Buzzfeed Quiz Response to Lankshear & Knobel “New Literacies” chapter one and selected scholarship I Can Feel The Pull: A Response to Lankshear & Knobel Chapter 7 Digital story critique Artistic Fan Remix: Critique of Ken Robinson on Flourishing Comment peer critiques (x2) Critique: Machinima- The Druid: Tree of Life - (A WoW Machinima by Nixxiom) Mash-Up Lecture Series Comme...

Ken Robinson on Flourishing Voice: Sir Ken Robinson, Director: Jim Batt, Artist: Molly Crabapple 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. Kind of Remix: Fanfiction short movies (if one must be chosen from L&K text) Three Literacy Dimensions: 1. From making movie trailers: “May involve knowing how to include written text in the remixed video to help convey new storyline.” 2. From creating fanfiction: “Understanding the structure and purpose of narratives and using this to guide writing.” 3. From creating ...

Christopher Emdin: Hip-Hop and the Remix of Science Education UC Denver digital storytelling students wishing to comment on this critique:   Although I would love it if everyone had the time to watch the full youtube video, you can get ‘the just’ of this remix practice within 5-10 minutes of watching if you would like to participate in comments. Please don’t shy away because of the length of the video. Critique Format As part of the continued practice in digital storytelling, in INTE 5340 MA ILT at CU Denver, I will consume 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. Introduction In efforts to transition and answe...

Week 4 Collage 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) Ms Kitty Stop Moving tdc1269 High Tide at Torrey Pines tdc1271 DS106 Assignment Bank (Design) What Do Creative Humans Do In School? Response to Lankshear & Knobel “New Literacies” chapter one and selected scholarship Ed Reform Remix: A Response to Lankshear & Knobel Ch 4 Digital story critique Twitter As a Means of Digital Remixing: A critique of @remiholden #youthclinica15 Comment peer critiques (x2) “THE MICROSCOPIC STRUCTURE OF DRIED HUMAN TEARS” STORY CRITIQUE Digital Story (selected scholarship) Critique #4, Week4 – Daily Mail.com: Going vegan...

"The Land of Now" As part of the continued practice in digital storytelling, in INTE 5340 MA ILT at CU Denver, I will consume 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. As if it wasn’t hard enough to jump into a new practice, I would like to stretch the boundaries of what is defined in the ‘Lankshear and Knobel’ text under popular everyday remix practices. In fact, the remix practice I would like to briefly analyze is digital remixing of events as re-accounted over the course of a live event then selectively broadcasted on Twitter. Although I do not believe this is described in Lankshear & Knobel in chapter four...

http://www.brainpickings.org/2015/06/17/ian-leslie-curious-rsa-animation/ A Stop-Motion Love Letter to the Power of Curiosity   by Maria Popova Assessment criteria: As part of authoring critiques of digital storytelling in INTE 5340 three criterions are selected from Jason Ohler’s assessment traits . Media Application (Score 1-10: 10 Points) Media supports the story. Media use is effective and does not overpower writing or story core. Comments: This digital story was interesting because it mainly features a wonderful animation, but it synthesises a presentation by the author of the book “Curious” by Ian Leslie with the story about how this animation came to be. Essentially it is like 3 stories in one - the author Maria Popova, wrote the story about the story on the story. This makes it a rich story to critique and it has lots of depth with the media application because of the quality of writing in conjunction with the video and the story about...

The Ron Clark Academy - CNN Global Citizen and Global Leader CNN's piece on how RCA teaches its students how to be global citizens and global leaders. Uploaded on May 3, 2011 Assessment criteria: As part of authoring critiques of digital storytelling in INTE 5340 three criterions are selected from Jason Ohler’s assessment traits . Research (Score 1-10: 10 Points) Presentation of facts necessary to support the story. The audience’s questions are answered in the facts presented. Comments: As I was watching this video I had doubts. Doubts about the ‘real’ success of a school that actually shows kids having fun AND performing well on tests. As these doubts or questions entered my head the story presented factual information to help me buy in to what is being presented. The factual information also answered my questions about tuition, who goes to this school, and how much do the kids actually enjoy it. Very brief yet informative - excellent. Story Flow (Sc...

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 ...

How A Slight Change In Mindset Accelerated My Learning Forever: A personal sports story and a practical life tip.  How A Slight Change In Mindset Accelerated My Learning Forever Assessment criteria: As part of authoring critiques of digital storytelling in INTE 5340 three criterions are selected from Jason Ohler’s assessment traits . Media Application (Score 1-10: 9 Points) Media supports the story. Media use is effective and does not overpower writing or story core. Comments: The pictures of kitesurfing were well placed. The map of The Red Sea was needed to remind the audience of the remoteness of area where the story takes place. The thumbnail sketches demonstrate how the actions were performed and were very needed to illustrate the story. I only wish that there was a video embedded at the end of the story to demonstrate learning kitesurfing. However would that take away from the story? Would the audience skip all of the writing and illustrations and go straight fo...

  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...

Sir Ken Robinson’s TED talk: Changing educational paradigms (animated by RSA animate) https://www.ted.com/talks/ken_robinson_changing_education_paradigms Assessment criteria: As part of authoring critiques of digital storytelling in INTE 5340 three criterions are selected from Jason Ohler’s assessment traits . Digital craftsmanship (Score 1-10: 10 Points) Mastery of media: use media is appropriate, well-crafted, and supports the story. Media application is free of errors. Comments: The use of white-board media creates a 'hand-made' aesthetic. The attention to detail and ability to draw and communicate ideas with this medium as an animation is incredible. The animation appears to be free of smudging or errors yet it doesn’t look overly reproduced digitally, or retouched. The evolution of the drawings takes shape into a larger picture of the lecture to support the story in a very creative fashion. Flow, organization, pacing (Score 1-10: 10 Points) Information pr...

Sir Ken Robinson’s TED talk: How schools kill creativity https://www.ted.com/talks/ken_robinson_says_schools_kill_creativity#t-185891 Transcript https://www.ted.com/talks/ken_robinson_says_schools_kill_creativity/transcript?language=en Assessment criteria: As part of authoring critiques of digital storytelling in INTE 5340 three criterions are selected from Jason Ohler’s assessment traits . Voice, creativity, originality ( Score 1-10:  10 Points) Tone is appropriate, pacing is good, intonation, inflection, diction, overall quality of speech. Use of anecdotes, humor, and personal experiential knowledge. Comments: Sir Ken Robinson is always a pleasure to listen to. His humor, his tone, and relatable anecdotes instantly grab the audience. The use of humor followed by critical story points gives the audience a chance to recall the information because of the recollection of a humorous story. The expression of creativity in his stories paints an authentic picture of the topi...