Last summer, I spent 10 days in Nicaragua. I took some time to experiment with a Cannon EOS T3i camera. I had just one lens 18-55mm, and boy I could have used a telephoto! The howler monkeys were so far away. On a walk around Lake Apoyo, I found these colorful insects eating a dropped […]
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Below is a digital story I created called “Learning to Listen.” On the surface, I decided to tell it because I could use it as an example of the kind of story that my future students would create. But personally, I decided on this story because the moment, when my colleague John gave me the compliment “Your […]
A few faculty were trying to decide a way to share a number of locations on a map with students. I investigated Google Maps and found a way to create custom maps. Here is the example I created, you can go to my map Where I’ve Lived to see the places I’ve pinned, or interact […]
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Over a 9-week period I participated in a storytelling workshop. The culminating experience on the 9th week was a live performance. I stood in front of about 30 people to tell a 10 minute story I wrote and developed in the weeks prior. I loved making people laugh. I love d the energy of […]
If you’re an educator, you can get a free account with Animoto. Their software processes your pictures with fancy transitions, adds music, and then share (download .mov, YouTube, embed, email, etc.). Here’s an example:
Issuu is a Web 2.0 tool for publishing and sharing magazine type media. Click the thumbnail below to see: