I really enjoy the format of Digital Storytelling, putting words over photos and using it to create something that is more compelling than either aspect alone. This video is obviously more tongue-in-cheek than my first video, ">Fading Photographs, but I am not kidding when I say it was the scariest thing that ever happened to me.
Categories: video
After more than a year of work, my master's thesis was approved for final submission to the Graduate School! It has been a challenging project, but a fascinating one due to my own experiences and hearing students' stories everyday. A big thank you to my committee and--most especially--my advisor, Dr. Christina Weber. Also, my husband, who possesses infinite patience.
Here is the overview in a nutshell/abstract:
"IT'S MORE HOW OTHER PEOPLE PERCEIVE YOU": SOCIAL IDENTITY FORMATION THROUGH STUDY ABROAD
This research investigated how study abroad affected students' sense of identity and how interactions between study abroad students and other people shaped their understanding of their identity. While abroad, students taking part in a five-week study abroad program started to recognize having an American self and used behavior and clothing to negotiate their association with this role. The relationships between students and the program leader, other students, friends, and family members were instrumental in the recognition and development of their identity. Students also started creating a study abroad self before departure and used points of discomfort as an opportunity to adjust how they defined this identity. Student responses indicated that study abroad offers them insight into how a sense of identity is related to the context of place and people, as well as an opportunity to negotiate their identity both while abroad and after return.
Categories: sociology
And this site offered good advice, so I took it.
It's 2015. Update Your Footer.
Change your static timestamp to an automatically updating copyright year or other dynamic timestamp.
I also took this opportunity to update a few design aspects. The DeviantArt embed I was using was terrible, so I removed it. On the flip side, the new Flickr embed is very nice indeed. My 404 was a little inaccurate, so I updated it. I also added a video section, and uploaded my very old video to YouTube, because it's classic.
Another older project that I did was making a rose. An online book club that I'm a part of used this as a thank-you gift.
The design was based off of this felt basket tutorial, but I wanted it to look much more rose-like. To do that, I used a heavier red felt that would hold its shape well. I cut the corners off the pieces I was folding up to make it look softer and added the green bud at the bottom. I also was careful in how I shaped the petals to make sure that some of them folded over like a real rose opening.
As you can guess it completely lost the utility of being a basket, but it turned into a pretty good flower.
Categories: crafts
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