Daily Creates

This unit I managed to complete 2 daily creates

Two Most Mismatched Socks #tcsc828 

Never thought I would actually have any type of thought process go through my head on this one, but......  So once I start looking through my socks, which I NEVER give any thought to I went "hmmmmm what represents me?"  The left sock is my daily footwear for work and the right sock is my as soon as I walk in the door comfort zone - toasty and warm.

Book Spine Story #tdc835

This daily create intrigued me and I know it should be only about 20 minutes to complete, but the thought process was at least 3 days for me.  What did I want to tell?  How would the order of the books change my story?

After several drives home from work I decided to tell a story about my daughter.  I went to her bookshelf to see what stood out the most.  What I found interesting is her bookshelf is almost all figure skating (her Kindle will tell a whole different story).

Second Mark, Frozen in Time, Raising a Competitive Figure Skater, The Present.

The Second Mark a skater gets in a competition will never change and can really impact a skaters future.  It is Frozen in Time.  Raising a Competitive Figure Skater is currently a huge part The Present.

I have found daily creates make me think outside the box of my everyday activities.

Venturing to new ground

Last week I took the leap and decided to jump into DS106 an open, "headless" course on digital storytelling. A good friend and amazing mentor, Beth Dailey, inspired me to think deeper and learn more about storytelling as an instructional strategy.  With my interest in instructional technology the mix of technology and storytelling brought me to the want to explore digital storytelling.

I am working through Unit 1: Bootcamp this week and will post my reflections later in the week, but I just completed my first daily create and wanted to share.  I selected one at random and  I was assigned to write a poem and tweet it at 11:00 am.  Well I did not complete it on the exact day since it was random, but I did write a 140 character or less poem and tweet it.

Here is my Tweet.

Thinking spring is one its way, but Mother Nautre says no way. Snow predicted for another day. 7-11 inches on its way. #ds106dc
— Penny Kuckkahn (@pkuckkahn) April 15, 2014