Sell Yourself

So for our tech task #10, we had to "sell ourselves" provided that we can only use 4 photos, and some text. I wasn't sure how I would do this, but thanks to Jaclyn who posted a blog on Glogger, I was able to make a quick and easy poster of myself for this assignment. I found it really hard to only pick 4 photos, but I decided to pick the 4 that would make most sense in describing me, and what made me who I am today. What's also great about Glogger, is you can also have animation, videos, or voice clips embedded into your poster too. It was really easy to use, and classroom friendly.
Thanks to Dean, I was able to edit my post, and fit my poster onto my blog for you all to see. Previous to this, I had troubles having the image fit on my screen, without it being cut off, but by tweaking the numbers that are all listed in the HTML, it allowed my to shrink it to an appropriate size.
Thanks again Jaclyn and Dean.

War Photography

For tech task #8, we had to watch a TED video, and I came across this little jewel:



I had the benefit to come across, James Nachtwey, which is an amazing photojournalist, and famous war photographer. I've always been in love with photography, and actually do some of my own, but nothing as near as astounding as his work.
The stories he captures and retells in this video are so heartbreaking, and beautiful as photographs like these capture raw emotion that no walmart portrait could create. And with this he comes with a powerful message of hope, and help for others.