Camp Magic Macguffin: Creativity Camp or Creativity Vamp.??!!
On May 21, 2012 I started on what would be one of my most interesting college experiences. I was a little nervous, but also excited. Little did I know what I was getting into though. Week 1 of camp...
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Ongoing Dream: Camp Magic Macguffin
There are two main types of dreams. The kind where you are almost watching a movie unfold before you, kind of hoovering over everything that is going on, but no one knows you are there. Then there is...
View ArticleCamp Magic Macguffin…the unexpected
This was the first online class that I had ever taken, so I was really nervous and quite honestly I had no idea what to expect. I had friends take other online classes before and they told me how they...
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My Camp Story
What you are about to see is based on a true story. It was Jasmine’s first time at camp, so she really didn’t know what to expect. Arriving at camp seemed normal enough, but she noticed a few of the...
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My Fair-ly Analyzed Post
The movie that I decided to critiqued is My Fair Lady, it is a film made in 1964 staring Audrey Hepburn as Eliza Doolittle (one of my favorite actresses), and Rex Harrison as Professor Henry Higgins....
View ArticleBloopers!
I created this assignment, for the Mash Up section. I would say this assignment is worth 3-4 stars. Go through all your DS106 videos and create a blooper reel! I went through the old unedited videos I...
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Week 10: Letter Home
Hard to believe, but this is my final letter home. I made a video, so that I can remember this moment exactly. This week was really fun, and bittersweet. For my final digital story I decided to do like...
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My Last 3 Daily Creates for Camp
These will most definitely not be my last daily creates, but just for camp they will be. This first one was to draw a flower with my eyes closed… I think it looks pretty good, kinda abstract. I’m an...
View Articleds106 Assignments: Designing for Engagement in Online Learning
ds106 Assignments: Effective Engagement in Online Classes from Jim Groom on Vimeo. Alexandra Pickett, who’s having students create an engaging online course space, asked if I would share some quick...
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The Value of My Experience at DS106
As I write my final “letter home” or weekly reflection, I will share advice with future ds106 participants, especially students. Understand that I write this from the perspective of an adult student,...
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At the War Memorial
“Those whose sacrifice this Cenotaph commemorates were among the menwho, at call of King and Country, left all that was dear, endured hardship,faced danger, and finally passed from the sight of men by...
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A Slave’s Voice
This digital story was created by 8th grade American History teacher Daniel Medina. It is a great example of how students can adopt a historical voice and point of view to illustrate an important...
View ArticleStory Challenge: Final Project
The Slide Guy Mystery Who is this man? Exploring the mystery of Slide Guy! at Camp Magic Macguffin View the story “The Slide Guy Mystery” on Storify Storify This story cannot be displayed because...
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Colleagues, Alan and Martha, LOST in MINECRAFT !!
“HELP! Alan and Martha are Missing in Minecraft !!” by aforgrave, on Flickr Our two Camp Magic Macguffin co-coordinators, Alan (@cogdog) and Martha (@mburtis), have gone missing in Minecraft. News is...
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The Credit She Never Gets
Earlier today I posted a quick video about using the ds106 assignments repository to create engagement in an online learning experience. To be clear there are many things that go into such an...
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Camp Magic Macguffin By the Numbers
makes use of cc licensed ( BY NC ) flickr photo by bitchcakesny: http://flickr.com/photos/bitchcakes/5187928447/ Now that the 2012 Summer of ds106, Camp Version is over, I spent some time trying to...
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What’s in a Name?
Mustafa Sakarya is a colleague I met through my Digital Storytelling classwork at UC/Denver. This is a great story that anyone who has ever been teased about their name can relate to! introduces...
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Final Two Chapters in Choice Words (Seven and Eight)
My husband, a college history professor, and I drove to Princeton, NJ this weekend for a wedding. On the drive home he asked for the highlights in Choice Words. I told him he didn’t need me to give him...
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Emerging from Chaos
This digital story is by Celina Byers, who is originally from Brazil. She tells the story of learning English as her second language. She introduced herself and her interest in digital storytelling...
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The End (of the ISI): Thoughts Mostly for Myself
I have done more writing in the past four weeks than I believe I have ever done in such a period in my life. Not as much of that writing has been here as I would have liked. It is important to write...
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