CUIN 6397 - Anita Vyas

Embedding Video

2010-02-03T14:30:00.000-08:00

How I did this?

I downloaded the free Real Player SP and its plugin and downloaded this video from YouTube. I used the Real Player Converter to convert the .flv file to a .wmv file although Blogger recognizes the .flv format as well. Then I just used to 'embed video' tab on the blog post menu. The video is a short graphical insight into the future of internet technology and how it is and will be an integral part of our personal and professional lives. Enjoy the video!!

Final thoughts

2009-05-10T16:28:00.002-07:00

This course was quite educational and since I will be taking the Photostory course in fall, I will have a strong foundation on the educational aspects of DS. Yesterday's final class was truly wonderful to see the diverse body of work that everyone has done. I absolutely loved Anh, Tatiana and Leon's projects. All three were from completely different professional fields yet there was one common thread that connected them all and that was the use of Digital Storytelling. It's amazing to see how one technology can be used in so many different ways and in various disciplines. Once I saw everyone's Digital Stories, i really felt that the value of a narrative is truly powerful. I liked Dr. Robin's idea for my DS about using different voices and languages for the 4 P's of Multicultural Education. And as I had said in one of the posts as well as yesterday, that I plan to build on this. The story was really a last minute thing for me since I was more focussed on the paper. But making the story has helped me become familiar with the software, with what is needed and what is not, and also how a narrative can actually enhance the underlying message and make it even more powerful. I am still a bit new to DS and it will probably take one more semester for me to get converted into a DS maniac. HaHa!

I just hope that some if not all of the work that we have done for this course is added to the site. Everyone found really good resources in terms of software, articles, researches, etc and it would be a good thing that subsequent batches could use all of this information. Pat on the back to everyone for all of the good work.

So there is still a lot to learn, but I'm glad that this semester is over, and a new one is starting soon, with new knowledge, new skills and new experiences.

Project Summary

2009-05-10T16:28:00.001-07:00

http://avyas2310.livejournal.com/22936.html

Random thoughts

2009-05-10T16:20:00.001-07:00

http://avyas2310.livejournal.com/22778.html

Midterm project

2009-05-10T15:40:00.001-07:00

http://avyas2310.livejournal.com/22420.html

Final project idea

2009-05-10T15:23:00.001-07:00

http://avyas2310.livejournal.com/22194.html

Assignment 5 reflection

2009-05-10T15:07:00.000-07:00

http://avyas2310.livejournal.com/21762.html

Third Assignment reflection

2009-05-10T14:54:00.001-07:00

http://avyas2310.livejournal.com/21659.html

First thoughts

2009-05-10T13:12:00.001-07:00

http://avyas2310.livejournal.com/21287.html

2009-03-07T22:16:00.000-08:00

http://www.uaplearning.com/Carnival_of_Cultures_Overview.pdf

Interesting link about DS worshops for youth conducted by Intercultural Development of Education and Art (IDEA) in LA, CA. They focus on development of resilience and multicultural understanding in youth through the development of Digital Storytelling on cultural ethnicities. The workshop participants write, direct and produce the stories on various multicultural themes. I really liked this link just as information since I am interested in focussing on the above concepts for the final project.