75 Posts from February 2018

Open Participants 2018, The Network

In Celebration of Reading and Writing: Mobile Storytelling

dogtrax on February 24, 2018

In a time when so many of us bemoan a seemingly apparent decline in writing and reading in young people, this video reminds us that maybe we are looking and observing in all the wrong places. Check it out. Candice Faktor shows us where and how young people are engaged in stories and fiction. This is part of a cool video series I found that dovetails nicely with my thinking of how to use technology to transform writing and literacies. […]

Open Participants 2018, The Network

#netnarr – Mark Corbett Wilson 2018-02-23 17:20:35

Mark Corbett Wilson on February 23, 2018February 23, 2018

I used a 1979 archive photograph of Devil’s Slide on the former California Hwy 1 as a background for a gif made with text from Nick Montfort’s dynamic poem generator to complete today’s Daily Create for Digital Alchemy in the Open Education course Networked Narratives at Kean University in New Jersey. #dda165 Visualize Taroko Gorge This Daily DA published February 21st, 2018 is organized under For the Eyes (visual), Incantations Open Nick Montfort’s dynamic, generative poem…. Let it flow by… Relax […]

Kean University 2018, The Network

did somebody mention ART

haileyjcarone on February 20, 2018February 20, 2018

at times like these, i can only be reminded of Kelli's love for that picture from the Iron Giant of Dean going "ART." I mean, what is ART, anyways? even worse, what's digital art??? who even knows!unrelated, my second thought is this video:anyways, back to ART! art has always been subjective and i think to answer the question "what is art" will take literally a lifetime (and then some). however, i think we can define what makes something digital art. […]

Kean University 2018, The Network

Blog Week6

Eniola Asebiomo on February 20, 2018February 20, 2018

My blog is a little late but its here ! The DDA's this week definitely were fun to do. The numbers one made me more aware of the things that I'd usually overlook. As kids i think we notice more palindromes and fun things to do with numbers (like when you look at the time and the numbers are the same date as your birthday. ) Even though the DDA included and required the use of social media , it […]

Announcements, Netnarr in 2018

Week 6.0: Reading GIFs is Fundamental

Alan Levine on February 20, 2018March 25, 2019

Hatched as means to send video-like content over extremely limited bandwidth of the late 1908s internet, the Animated GIF (Graphics Interchange Format) has evolved from tiny pixelated cartoonish media to something evocative as art plus virally animated memes in social media.

Kean University 2018, The Network

On Selfies

Marissa on February 19, 2018

Selfies are an interesting topic to me because, as I expressed in class, I don't take many! Usually when it's time to pick a profile picture, I have to scroll through many, many pictures on my phone before reaching one that I would like to represent me. That's not to say I never take selfies, I just feel rather vain sharing them. To preface this, I don't like attention. I don't like putting myself out there for others to pick apart, […]

Kean University 2018, The Network

#SelfieUnselfie

Marissa on February 19, 2018February 20, 2018

Selfie:Unselfie: Artist Statement:I have chosen to share this selfie because it is a rare image of myself that I love, accompanied by a backdrop of one of my favorite places in the world. The shine of light spanning the photo is a crack in the screen, which I have manipulated to work in my favor. My unselfie is a photograph of my happy place, a peaceful spot in my home surrounded by people and things that I love. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------Expanded Post:Selfie:What is seen: […]

Kean University 2018, The Network

Hold Up, Let Me Take a Selfie

Stephanie Jones on February 19, 2018February 19, 2018

I can't even lie, when I first heard that we were going to be talking about selfies in class this week as a part of digital art, the very first thing I thought about was this song...Now, I may or I may not have been in a bar when this was playing and ordering another round of shots. I don't exactly recall. Anyway, after I sung the chorus of this song a few times I checked out Kellie's blog and […]

Kean University 2018, The Network

Selfie’s are key to life

tiffany627568933 on February 19, 2018February 19, 2018

This week was a little bit of an odd week because I had so many things going on at the same time and I felt like I was getting pulled left and right. I also was not able to make it to class this week so my blog won’t be as much of a reflection of class but a reflection of the work I did on my own from class as homework. From what I’ve gathered, a lot of the […]

Kean University 2018, The Network

Selfie’s Rule!

dasp18 on February 19, 2018February 19, 2018

This week in the world of #netnarr we explored “The Selfie”. Deeper than that, we related it to the facial recognition identification being used by Apple for many apps, and even their phones. ! The iPhone X allows you to open your phone through facial recognition aka a simple selfie flick and you have your password. We also spoke on the meaning of selfies and how big of a role a good selfie actually plays. Here’s one My classmates and I talked […]

Kean University 2018, The Network

Selfie Queenin Time!

richardsonpatrice3029 on February 18, 2018February 19, 2018

SELFIE! SELFIE! SELFIE! WHAT IS THAT! YOU SAY!!LOOK NO FARTHER I GOT YOU RIGHT HERE!! A selfie (/sɛlfiː/)[1] is a self-portrait photograph, typically taken with a smartphone which may be held in the hand or supported by a selfie stick. Selfies are often shared on social networking services such as Facebook, Instagram and Snapchat. They are for vanity usually flattering and made to appear casual. “Selfie” typically refers to self-portrait photos taken with the camera held at arm’s length or […]

Kean University 2018, The Network

Reflecting on Selfie-Reflecting~

helterskelliter on February 18, 2018February 18, 2018

Are you in your selfie? After this week’s discussion on selfies, that’s been the question I’ve been mulling over in my mind. And, to be honest, I’ve no answers–just more to wonder about. Reflections on Reflections I’ve already said much about selfies myself but I was interested to hear what my peers had to say about the emerging genre of digital art & creation. More, I was interested in what people thought of the idea of selfies being a form of communication. […]

Miscellaneous

The #SelfieUnselfie Project

Alan Levine on February 18, 2018February 4, 2019

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Open Participants 2018, The Network

Happy International Heutagogy Day!

Mark Corbett Wilson on February 18, 2018February 18, 2018

I declare February 18th as International Heutagogy Day! Heutagogy (based on the Greek for “self”) was defined by Hase and Kenyon in 2000 as the study of self-determined learning. I’ve amended their definition to include Self-Directed Theory, thus Self-Directed Adult Learners.

Kean University 2017, The Network

#NetNarr NDAs (Non-Disposable Assignments)

Alan Levine aka CogDog on February 18, 2018February 18, 2018

I might be a broken record but again and again I return to David Wiley’s description of the disposable assignment (and what the potential is to be the opposite): These are assignments that students complain about doing and faculty complain about grading. They’re assignments that add no value to the world – after a student spends three hours creating it, a teacher spends 30 minutes grading it, and then the student throws it away. Not only do these assignments add […]