Digital Storytelling course at Kean University taught by Mia Zamora and Alan Levine (see all Kean University Alchemists)
Today, I realized @arenalit on Twitter shared my a memory and a poem post. I am grateful and glad people enjoy my work enough to share, comment, like, or all three. I realize I can still do better with networking, but I am proud of myself and what I have accomplished thus far. Later while I was on Twitter, I also came across a tweet from @Isisdalan. She wrote a story that was very interesting. I loved how […]
This week, shadow has been severed–cleaved in two. Something and Other. Which is which? From near to far reaches it seems one has become many, has, at least, realized there is more than meets the eye. Another side. Someplace beyond but surround as well. Contact has been made–by the Other’s denizens. Letters in invisible ink, thrums from an invisible (?) world, and nonsense ramblings have appeared from the miasma. Are they greetings? Warnings? Will time reveal which or run out first? In order to discover some answers of […]
I’m not sure which week we are on anymore. I can barely keep track since we are moving in a different direction. I fumbled in class a few times when we went through mission one. My laptop would not save the avatar so I had to play with my phone and laptop. I was very frustrated, but didn’t want any help because I knew that after playing around with my computer, I would eventually figure it out. I do want […]
The feeling I experienced when I saw my twitter bot come to life took me by surprise. After working on it for close to two hours (a little on and off), I was invested in the process but never expected to feel such satisfaction when it worked for the first time. I imagine the feeling is similar to what an artist or musician must feel when they create or compose an original piece. A feeling of great power came over me […]
I was sad to hear that we could not as a class this past week. I really look forward to meeting with everyone and opening my mind to the numerous potential methods by which to connect and expand both my mind and the minds of others through writing on the web. In our most recent and last bus trip video chat the discussion nice to hearing how and what people had planned for their lives in the upcoming future career-wise. […]
While the Networked Narratives course I am co-teaching with Mia Zamora is not a ds106 iteration, it’s definitely in the family. Students and open participants are participating in their own blog space, we are syndicating posts into the course site, and there is also a daily create like site. Like when I teach ds106, our Kean University students are tasked with submitting at least two ideas for the Daily Digital Alchemy. Just this week, one of our students wanted feedback […]
Hi all! I think like a lot of my fellow alchemists, I’m feeling the struggle in the lull that was last week. I did, however, want to mention my excitement for the upcoming month, and I’m really interested in where our journey will go as we create our alchemical identities and enter the “mirror world”… I wanted to put some thought into the online alter ego that we are building. I tried the Alchemy Name Generator, and even the Rot-ify […]
masooch94 on Lull week, but I still wanna throw something up. But, golly, friends, I can’t say I know much of what to post this week. I’ll try my darndest, tho. But first of all, a song that’s stuck in my head. Also, the live version of it. It’s a little more somber than last week’s, but eh, it’s a rainy day. In other unrelated-to-netnarr news, if anyone likes thriller/crime dramas with timey-wimey shenanigans, give Tunnel a look-see. It’s somewhat graphic, but it’s […]
I just want to use this blog to mainly talk about the bus stop in Egypt. What I learned more than anything is that we rely on cues like facial expressions to tell us when something is a lie. What happens when the cues are not there? Will we still be able to separate "the truth" from the lie? Will "the truth" and the lie change if we are just listening compared to listening and watching? And, just because I […]
Another great week has come and gone. We didn’t have class this past week but extra breaks are always good. I look forward to whatever secrets Dr. Zamora and Prof. Levine have been keeping from us and can’t wait to get back on the tour and all that. I listened to the Egypt tour and at times the sound was a little unclear but I did find the overall talk interesting and very insightful.
Marissa on This past week, some of the members of our class were able to visit American University in Cairo, an experience I wish I had been able to share! It's amazing to me that, with the aid of technology, we are able to be anywhere around the world, talking with all kinds of people. What struck me as interesting in this stop on our bus tour was how students around the world can relate to similar stories. During the game of two […]
Marissa on This past week, some of the members of our class were able to visit American University in Cairo, an experience I wish I had been able to share! It's amazing to me that, with the aid of technology, we are able to be anywhere around the world, talking with all kinds of people. What struck me as interesting in this stop on our bus tour was how students around the world can relate to similar stories. During the game of two […]
I feel like I have been MIA and it has been regrettable, but necessary. Between getting sick and then not having class I feel like I have been struggling again this semester, sort of like I was last semester. I have always been an A student and these past two semesters I have felt as though maybe I should have taken a break. I did not however and I am trudging through a swamp that is waist high and all […]
ignismentis on Last week I went to Washington D.C. with my mom to go to the National Writing Project spring meeting. They had a presentation on fake news. The presenter shared a historic example from the 19th century like the “manbat” rumor, where two scientists that were looking for attention made up a story that said “manbats” lived on the moon. The funny thing is that people believed it. It was posted in a historic newspaper. But why did people believe this […]
Personally, I did not contribute any of my own unique work this week for one reason: Most of the stories I write are long in length and I am too tasked as it is with school and work to come up with something that wouldn’t be too long-winded for you to read. I like to be detail oriented in all of my work if I am able to, so I’ll be thankful I wasn’t forced to contribute. To begin, I […]
