Digital Story - My Goals

This digital story is about what I would like to do in life, and why. 

Narrative - My Dreams.

Narrative - My aspirations.

Ever since I can remember, I have wanted to be a writer. Most children want to be a firefighter, a police officer, or a business woman. That was not the case with me. I loved hearing stories read to me by my mother and teachers, and I loved the idea of being able to create a whole story all by yourself, about whatever you wanted to. From my experience, it has been a way to let your feelings out without being judged, because nobody knows that it is your personal feelings, but the characters. I would sit at home, write my own stories for hours and then have my mother read it. In the fifth grade, we would often write our own stories and then read them to the class. In fact, in middle school I would get into trouble by the teachers for reading in class. When I had a book in my hands, nothing mattered. I just loved to read and write. At one point in the eighth grade, I wrote a twelve page story on my laptop. The great thing about writing is that you can use your own personal experiences, and then write it the way that you wish the event had happened. This was my favorite lesson in elementary school. I hope to go to a college like NYU, and study creative writing and film. I idolize the work of Steven Spielberg and Quentin Tarantino. In my future, I would like to direct movies and write screenplays. When I was about eight or nine years old, I watched a movie that was filmed in Australia. I thought it was so beautiful and pleasant there, and since then I have wanted to move to Sydney, Australia. I would also like to get married by the time I am twenty-seven. I think it would be nice to have children when I am at least thirty years old. So, that is my dream at the moment. To go to NYU, move to Australia and be a director or screenwriter, get married and have kids. 

Digitales Evaluation

The video featured on the Digitales website that I think is the most globally aware is the "Number the stars" video by an elementary school teacher by the name of Brandi. This video is globally aware because it discusses the Holocaust. The images that are shown in this video are pictures of people during the Holocaust that were suffering. The woman, Brandi, had very valid information. In the voiceover, she discussed how badly the people were treated. 

Number the stars video

Digital Story 2 Topic

In the first semester of Global Technology, we completed a project called a "Digital Storytelling" slide. It showed that as CSIHSIS students, we are culturally aware, academically prepared, etc. We were given the choice to do the slide either on ourselves, or events that are happening all over the world. Now, we are doing our second Digital Storytelling project. I have chosen the topic of rock music that was popular during the time period of the 1970's. The bands that I am involving in this project are Led Zeppelin, The Clash, AC/DC, The Rolling Stones, Pink Floyd, The Runaways, and many more. I plan on having songs from these bands playing in the pictures for the slide, and pictures of the bands while they were playing at concerts.

Digital Story 2 Pre-Writing

Name: Caroline Swift 21st century Technology

4/12 Digital Story 2

Introduction to Digital Story 2

1) What is your Topic:

My topic is the rock music that was popular in the 1970's.

2) What is the time period of story:

The time period of the story is the 1970's.

3)List the major points, facts, events, people, and/or ideas of your story:

During the 1970's, rock bands like Led Zeppelin, AC/DC, The Clash, Black Sabbath, The Runaways, Pink Floyd, The Knack, The Rolling Stones, The Beatles, and many more came to fame.

4)Why do you feel this story is important to tell?

I feel this story is important to tell because many people have been inspired by these bands and started playing music. For some people, music is an escape. These influential bands have been favorites of many people in the world even until this day. It is important that people do not forget about music that is not from our time period.

5) What are some challenges of telling this story? (hard to find information, personal, etc)

A challenge of telling this story would be that I was born in the year 1994. During the 1970's, I was not even born when all of these great songs were coming out. I will have to ask people who were living during those years so I can have information on this topic.

6) List some images that come to mind when you think about this story?

Some images that come to mind are the lead singers of the different bands, along with the guitarists, bassists, drummers, etc. Also, pictures of their concerts.

7) How does your project relate to our CSI Graduate Portfolio?
This project relates to our CSI Graduate Portfolio because it shows that I am aware of events that have occurred before the time of my birth.

Digital Story 2

As a student in CSIHSIS, you are academically prepared. You have an option of three languages to learn, such as Mandarin (Chinese), Spanish, and Japanese. We are taught how to read and write in either Chinese, Japanese, and Spanish, which are popular international languages in the 21st century. This makes us culturally aware as well. We are given the chance to travel to different places like Switzerland, Germany, China, Japan, etc. Students of CSI are also aware of events that have occurred in the past. We took a trip to the Jewish Museum located in New York City to learn about the Holocaust. There is also a club called Model UN, in which students debate about different topics that are going on in the generation today. In addition to Art and Guitars as a subject for the students of CSIHSIS, we are offered a subject called Global Technology where we use Mac laptop computers and learn about the internet and other areas of technology software. I have my own blog site now, which has all of my work in Global Technology on it. Our school also interacts with other schools in different countries, and some of their students come to our school for about two weeks, and then students from our school then go to their school in a different country. I have definitely learned more information about different cultures, and technology than I already did know before I entered the College of Staten Island for International Studies.