Desinging To Learn

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...

Image Crop of Panoramic DS106 Surreal Panorama  VisualAssignments, VisualAssignments1330  I have been fascinated with surrealism art since I first learned about it when I was in highschool (1998). I was captivated by the works of Rene Magritte and Salvador Dali among several other incredible surrealists. What is interesting about surreal art, is that it often times combines photorealistic qualities to give a sense of realism yet something isn’t quite right with the juxtaposition of the elements in the scene. The viewer gets an odd sense of an alternate reality or dream like state. The inspirational works of surrealism provides a creative lens to the tangible world, and the world of visual arts. Rough Concept Sketch The works of Magritte has had such a profound impact on my interest in art, I chose to pay homage to the influence by focusing on the “water” and “clouds” in the scene I created. Many memorable works of Magritte include manipulation of clouds and ...