You’ve been invited to an exclusive party. A hundred people are in attendance in their finery and are dining on exquisite food and drink. Everyone, your party included, is wearing masquerade masks. Belly dancers and snake charmers are performing …
Continue readingThe Art Of Fretting
Fretting; the act of holding down, or “choking” a string and playing that corresponding note. A task that seems easy but, as I learned this week has its challenges. The practice of fretting is more commonly used for electric guitars in rock songs. I figured my acoustic would work the same, even if the sound … Continue reading The Art Of Fretting →
Continue readingOnly 90’s kids would understand…
Technology has evolved tremendously in the last 10 years, at the fastest rate compared to anything else. We can carry around knowledge in the palm of our hand and take close to professional photos with… More
Continue readingMedia and Technology in the Classroom
Through the years technology has evolved and become an important part of everyday life for most people. Technology can now be seen everywhere you go. In the YouTube video I watched, “An Anthropological Introduction to YouTube,” Michael Wesch says that the web provided new forms of expression, community, and identity. It also linked people to… Continue Reading →
Continue readingLearning Ukulele At My Own Pace
This week I didn’t have much time to practice, but when I did have the chance to practice for a bit, I continued working on chords and strumming. I am slowly getting the hang of it and am getting better at playing the right chords. Also because of the trouble I was having with strumming… Continue Reading →
Continue readingA Digital Classroom In a Digital World
Picture this. Its 2004. I’m a very curious six-year-old who has just laid eyes on their first iMac computer. I’ve never seen anything like this before. This is futuristic, its cool, it has a ton of buttons I’d love to push. I nervously glance over my shoulder at my mom, who has instructed me that … Continue reading A Digital Classroom In a Digital World →
Continue readingLearning a New Language (Francais) Week 4
My goal for this week for my learning project was to be able to add on to my biography with my sports I played and watched growing up, as well as some of my interests and hobbies. This was the … Continue reading →
Continue readingVlog Roll
Part of me wanted to have this blog be just the video, so that it could speak for itself but i guess some context is required. After watching the video back I began to critique myself very harshly, but in doing so, experienced the very kind of self-criticism Wesch and his class experienced. So despite my … Continue reading Vlog Roll
Continue reading1…2….WAIT…Take Caution!
Michael Wesch speaks of the first people to dance in front of a webcam and share it with the online world. He connects this dancing to celebrating newfound online empowerment and network possibility. Although the internet scares me sometimes (I struggle with technology), I do agree that online potential is something to celebrate! We spoke … Continue reading 1…2….WAIT…Take Caution! →
Continue readingGood Things are not Always Easy
It’s time, to be honest with you all. This last week has been fairly unproductive in my Banjo practice. If my progress is a reflection of my effort, and I think that it is, I seriously need to kick it up a notch (or five)! My plan: PRACTICE HARD! This site has some great tips … Continue reading Good Things are not Always Easy →
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