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Weekly Round-Up
There was no shortage of work to do this week. That’s the wonderful (and sometimes terrible thing) about this class….and my job, and the US postal system (from what they say), and the laundry: THERE IS NO END!!!! For some, this may not present a problem. For me, it’s a blessing and a curse.
“Are you finished with your work, Mom?”
“Uhhhh…nooo? There is no such thing as ‘finished,’ hon.”
And
“Babe, wanna watch TV?”
“I can’t, I’m still working.”
“Still?”
“Yeah. There’s no end. You don’t understand.”
You see my point. I wouldn’t have it any other way, though. Thoughts, ideas, they consume me. I love having little flickers of creativity simmering inside my mind throughout the week.
Speaking of Flickr…..
In case you didn’t catch it, I developed a little stage fright in my quest to complete the remix aspect of the challenge. So, I remixed my own (semi cop-out) 5 card story. Both left me with mixed emotions: “Ehh” about the product. “Wooo” about the process.
Also enjoyed sharing the flickr experience with my students.
And then there’s the bots…..
I pretty much covered my experience with bots this week on a separate blog. Interesting stuff, those bots. Still trying to wrap my head around them…….I think there’s much more to be revealed.
And all that other stuff…
Still a big fan of the DDA’s!
DDA 36 was a doozy!
More writing in a writing class? Yikes!! My prompt conjured up memories of the endless bedtime stories I would tell my son when he was little (and even when he was not so little). He devoured my stories….would beg for more every time. And I fed him with these elaborate, silly fantastical stories. Audience gold!!!
After I posted the story started, I started reading through some of the flickr posts and noticed the title of Kelli’s amazing story.
Oh, yeah, I read that earlier in the week. The awesome title must have somehow seeped into my subconscious. I wish I could say that I intentionally remixed the idea, but, alas, twas not that crafty (this time). Pops to Kelli for an amazing read (and reads thereafter). And for the “inspiration.”
Also got my juices flowing with DDA35
Have lots of ideas for DDA’s, too. Submitted one this week and have ideas for more, more, more. So much fun, fun, fun.
Alchemist Anonymous 
“It never ends”
It’s just beginning … WE understand.
🙂
Kevin
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A mother, wife, teacher, you name it’s job is never done. Excellent blog again. The quote from your child and spouse sound eerily family. I love the way you spoke about getting inspiration from another person’s title. I did that as well with the title of my blog this week. And you reminded me that I selfishly did not credit them for it. But interestingly enough, I can’t remember who that person was– yikes. Looking forward to next week.
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I love you enthusiasm, and hope your son does not feel neglected. Maybe he can help you with assignments? I’ve had other parents do some of the same kind of creative assignments where that got their kids to play parts or suggest ideas.
Not that you lack for ideas.
I really like how you gave out a shoutout for Kelli’s story, that’s an important part of our network as a class.
I keep looking at the fun “Digital Storytelling” header image. It reminds me of a really really old web site generator that I just checked and am glad it works– it’s called Spell With Flickr, and you can create that kind of image for any words you type in. It finds random letters in flickr photos to spell it put http://metaatem.net/words/
More no end-ness coming this week! I promise.
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Funny you should mention my son…he’s a genius for sure (not kidding) and I’ve been trying to get him to come to class with me but I suspect he has some social anxiety and he’s just been a teenage and I’m his mom and so not cool,,,,but i was using pixlr to create my book cover a few days ago and he lost his mind…laughing uncontrollably..and then he helped me (a little). Thanks for the link and I look forward to more on my plate 🙂
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