Posted in Uncategorized on Aug 4th, 2006 Comments Off
Tuesday was the beginning of the Graphic Novels Workshop. We were honored to have a graphic novel artist come and speak to us about the genre and all things “comic”. Gene Yang’s book, American-born Chinese, will be released by First Second Books later this year, but the RCWP has [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Aug 4th, 2006 1 Comment »
Well, here I am, weeks behind on responses to the workshops I’ve attended because…well, I’ve been attending a lot of workshops, getting ready for others, and reading all sorts of books in between. Aside from that, I go on Anarchy-Online or Oblivion and kill things. That’s pretty much my summer…with a few [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Jul 16th, 2006 Comments Off
Digital Portfolios July 12th
This session provided some wonderful examples of digital portfolios and made me think very hard about what having a “public” face on the web really means. I’ve been a “lurker” on the blogosphere for a long time…I’ve been active on a few chats and forum, particularly the Nanowrimo [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Jul 16th, 2006 Comments Off
Slideshows July 11th
Well, technology was fickle today. Something has gone wrong with my install of powerpoint, so no playing today. Rats. Anyway, the issues addressed today were very good…everything from the adaptability of powerpoint to the need to both use and teach basic concepts of design. [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Jul 16th, 2006 Comments Off
Website Session- July 10th (posted when I come back to civilization again.)
Well, this was probably the most frustrating session for me…even without counting my near terminal sunburn not allowing me think in more than two sentence bursts all day! The presenters need to understand that when you asked us to “dream” on paper about what [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Jun 29th, 2006 Comments Off
Well, what can I say about today except wahoo!
I have a blog, writing journal, wiki, photo manager, and feed aggregator (read blog subscription organizer) all in one…well, mostly one. Unbelievable what Troy can do with just a day and a bunch of teachers on laptops. Here I was trying to figure [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Jun 29th, 2006 Comments Off
I encountered a problem with my blogspot blog (Quillstress beta, shall we say?) that wouldn’t allow me to cut and paste. As this is an insurmountable complication for one with a claustrophobic fear of writing in small boxes, that site has fallen to the demolition crew. What follows are the two posts [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Jun 29th, 2006 Comments Off
meyerisland blog » Blog Archive » Webcast Academy
Check out this great link from Mr. Meyer…our webcasting media master!
Posted in Uncategorized on Jun 29th, 2006 1 Comment »
The title of this blog? LOL All punning aside, I often feel like a quill user in a cyberspace environment…but I feel sure the RCWP summer workshops are going to remedy that!
