SeaMotion

Enjoy this quick stop-motion that I co-created this afternoon!

The Medium is the Message

YouTube is used every day to create messages for audiences across the globe. While the videos themselves contain messages, we need to pause and consider what the medium is saying.

"The medium is the message" -Marshall McLuhan

Marshall McLuhan states that "the medium is the message." YouTube began on February 14th, 2005. That is ten years almost to the day, and during those ten years we have seen YouTube continually growing and expanding.

If YouTube is the medium, what is the message? The message is similar to the following: YouTube is available to audiences at any time of the day or night. The audience controls the viewing. Whether you're watching videos for entertainment:




Or to watch funny animal videos:







Or to keep up with world events:





The message is control.

New Media Text

English for New Media Text Project
Starring: Morph the Fish 



Music: Further On by Bronze Radio Return

The Letter Collection

During the fall of 2014, I spent several months creating a digital collection that I called The Letter Collection. The project was the result of an assignment where students were required to take a non-digital collection and turn it into a digital collection. 

I chose to bundle of letters written between my grandparents in the 1950's as my subject for the project. I then spent two months transcribing the letters and scanning samples of the original letters as well as photographs to use as visual aids for the project. After all the materials were gathered, I then created a website using Wix.com where I set up all my materials as a display. 

Link to the Letter Collection:

The Letter Collection

Social Media within Organizations

Madison Public Library Website Links:

Madison Public Library Blog

Friends of the Library Website

South Dakota Titles to Go

Madison Public Library Facebook

Friends of the Library Facebook

Storytime Facebook

Producer of Online Content

• I like things on Facebook
• I post things on Facebook
• I have created pages on Facebook
• I have created groups on Facebook
• I like things on YouTube
• I have created YouTube videos
• I like things on Tumblr
• I reblog things on Tumblr
• I have created posts on Tumblr
• I have posted on Twitter
• I pin things on Pinterest
• I have created pins for Pinterest
• I have created websites on Wix
• I have been published online for the Madison Daily Leader in the Letter to the Editor
• I have edited lyrics sites

Past Technologies and Software

Software:
In Design
Microsoft Office
South Dakota Library Network (SDLN)
Reader Rabbit
Chicken Invaders
Omeka
Aleph

Hardware:
PC
Mac
Kindle
Wii
Zune
iPod
PlayAways
Books on Tape
Radio
Portable CD Player
Portable Tape Player
Old-school Stereo
Record Player
Atari
Hand-held Yahtzee
Hand-held Solitaire
Poo-Chi
Digital Camera
VCR
Portable DVD Player
DVD Player
Blu-ray Player
Lite-Brite
Gigapet
Camcorder