{"id":627,"date":"2013-06-09T11:58:33","date_gmt":"2013-06-09T16:58:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/rockylouproductions.com\/blog_wp\/?p=627"},"modified":"2013-10-07T09:20:03","modified_gmt":"2013-10-07T14:20:03","slug":"reflecting-on-ds106","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rockylouproductions.com\/blog_wp\/2013\/06\/09\/reflecting-on-ds106\/","title":{"rendered":"Reflecting on DS106"},"content":{"rendered":"<iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"100%\" height=\"166\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"no\" src=\"https:\/\/w.soundcloud.com\/player\/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fapi.soundcloud.com%2Ftracks%2F96139137&auto_play=false&hide_related=false&visual=false&show_comments=false&color=false&show_user=false&show_reposts=false\"><\/iframe>\n<p>Prompted by comments and discussions with <a href=\"http:\/\/scottlo.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">scottlo<\/a>, our DS106 audio mentor, I&#8217;ve taken the time to reflect upon and record my thoughts and impressions with the University Mary Washington\u00a0<a title=\"DS 106 Website\" href=\"http:\/\/ds106.us\/\" target=\"_blank\">open online course in digital story telling<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>I find that the open, collaborative, and sometimes chaotic nature of the course allows for a tremendous amount of creativity to be unleashed, and I feel inspired by the quality of work put out there by the entire ds106 community.<\/p>\n<p>There is something different going on here.\u00a0We are learning from and teaching each other: Teacher to student, student to teacher, mentor to teacher, teacher to mentor, mentor to student. \u00a0\u00a0Bringing our \u201cA\u201d game, which inspires others to do the same.\u00a0 It\u2019s not just happening in closed classrooms, but globally, across generations, synchronously and asynchronously.<\/p>\n<p>[<a title=\"Contact Rockylou to submit self-reflection\" href=\"http:\/\/rockylouproductions.com\/blog_wp\/conversation-sign-up\/\">DS106ers can submit their own self-reflection here.<\/a>]<\/p>\n<h1 style=\"text-align: center;\">\u00a0<b>This is what the future of education can be.<\/b><\/h1>\n<div id=\"attachment_632\" style=\"width: 332px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/rockylouproductions.com\/blog_wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/ds106_edited-11.png\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-632\" data-attachment-id=\"632\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/rockylouproductions.com\/blog_wp\/2013\/06\/09\/reflecting-on-ds106\/ds106_edited-1-2\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/rockylouproductions.com\/blog_wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/ds106_edited-11.png?fit=322%2C100&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"322,100\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"ds106_edited-1\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/rockylouproductions.com\/blog_wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/ds106_edited-11.png?fit=322%2C100&amp;ssl=1\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-632 \" alt=\"DS106 Log0\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/rockylouproductions.com\/blog_wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/ds106_edited-11.png?resize=322%2C100\" width=\"322\" height=\"100\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/rockylouproductions.com\/blog_wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/ds106_edited-11.png?w=322&amp;ssl=1 322w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/rockylouproductions.com\/blog_wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/ds106_edited-11.png?resize=300%2C93&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 322px) 100vw, 322px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-632\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">UMW Open Online Course in Digital Storytelling<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Note: The background music is a self-recorded version of &#8220;Can&#8217;t Find My Way Home&#8221;, written by Steve Winwood. (Often attributed to Eric Clapton.) I like the song, especially the way it sounds when I play it in on my 12-string guitar, but I don&#8217;t feel inspired by the original famous lines:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">But I&#8217;m near the end and I just ain&#8217;t got the time<br \/>\nAnd I&#8217;m wasted and I can&#8217;t find my way home.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><div class=\"compact_audio_player_wrapper\"><div class=\"sc_player_container1\"><input type=\"button\" id=\"btnplay_69ea338831aeb2.04181806\" class=\"myButton_play\" onClick=\"play_mp3('play','69ea338831aeb2.04181806','http:\/\/rockylouproductions.com\/FileUpload\/Music\/Finding-My-Way-Home.mp3','80','false');show_hide('play','69ea338831aeb2.04181806');\" \/><input type=\"button\"  id=\"btnstop_69ea338831aeb2.04181806\" style=\"display:none\" class=\"myButton_stop\" onClick=\"play_mp3('stop','69ea338831aeb2.04181806','','80','false');show_hide('stop','69ea338831aeb2.04181806');\" \/><div id=\"sm2-container\"><!-- flash movie ends up here --><\/div><\/div><\/div> \u00a0 My version, &#8220;Findin&#8217; My Way Home&#8221;,\u00a0changes the lyrics to something I can get behind and sing from my heart:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 1rem; line-height: 1.714285714;\">Near the end and I just ain&#8217;t got the time<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: 1rem; line-height: 1.714285714;\">To be wasted cause I&#8217;m findin&#8217; my way home.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Prompted by comments and discussions with scottlo, our DS106 audio mentor, I&#8217;ve taken the time to reflect upon and record my thoughts and impressions with the University Mary Washington\u00a0open online course in digital story telling. 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