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The crafting of digital media has never been so accessible to everyone. With only an iPhone and wifi, I’ve been taking videos of the flooding around my house, keeping family and friends informed with the touch of a button. (We are safe and dry at this time.)
And some have used this accessibility to create humor around this crazy disaster.
Found on Facebook
I have enjoyed playing with my own digital photos in apps like Word Swag. This is a photo of tree bark, and I added a quote.
Some images just lend themselves to contemplation and creative thinking. I took this picture from my balcony looking through the tall windows in my house. You can see the light reflection on the window and the flood waters beyond.
Using Canva, I made this digital poem.
To lead my students to digital creativity and crafting, I try it myself.
I am interested in exploring the thinking process during the creation of digital media. What questions do students ask? What appeals to them and why? What is the deeper meaning within the image?
When my students design digital media, I ask them to share their inner thinking. By asking about the process,I motivate my students to make intentional choices. Reflection on a creative process is important. Reflection can lead to self-discovery along with inspiring the wonder of others.
How will you lead your students through intentional digital creation? Please join the conversation by linking your blog posts below.
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Margaret, wow! I am so curious and ready to jump into this kind of creativity. Thanks for the ideas and tool recs.
Margaret, I am so glad that you are safe. It was shocking to hear about the Louisiana floods. Your tree bark holds an amazing design in its natural state. I really like this composition. Word Swag is such a fun app. Laura Purdie introduced it to us at our ILA 16 presentation.
Margaret, First, I am glad that you are safe. I think what you say about talking to students about their thinking is key to understanding what’s going on in their minds as they create. Creating ourselves and reflecting on the process gives us a window into the work we want our students to do too.
Dear Margaret,
Since I am very new to digital tools- I just figured out Twitter last month- I am really inspired by your work. Thank you. Today I am at the beach with My family. Instead of solely working in my notebook today maybe I will take your lead and try also adding canva and word swag to my writer’s toolbox.
Kate
Margaret, I love your creations! So important to create and learn ourselves so that we can better support our students. Such great ideas!
To answer your question of how I will lead my students through intentional digital creation, I explore what my students and I have already been experimenting with in my post at: https://hwlearninglinks.wordpress.com/2016/08/14/diglitsunday-crafting-digital-media/
This year I hope we can continue to refine our use of video production and look to have students create more of their own websites to share what they love and what they learn.
That rain sure was scary! So glad you are safe and sound and water is receding. It’s amazing how powerful and dangerous water can be, isn’t it?! I love your creative digital designs! I didn’t have time to write a new DigiLit post, but I’m linking the multi-genre post I wrote a couple weeks ago since you were still taking a traveling hiatus from DigiLit at that time. 😉
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Beautiful work Margaret. You have an eye for the image that enhances and perhaps inspires your words,