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The work of creative students on a scavenger hunt as part of a class assignment — Part 1

Teaching digital native students is a welcomed challenge. The first assignment for two sections of my digital storytelling courses was to complete a scavenger hunt within a 1.5 mile radius in downtown Tallahassee. Other students captured a single image with a caption in a deadline scenario. Both groups performed well. In all, the assignment isContinue reading “The work of creative students on a scavenger hunt as part of a class assignment — Part 1”

Omaha community activist and leader (my Dad) honored on Friday, Sept. 14, 2018: Dr. Rod Wead Street Naming

Media Advisory Omaha Community Leader’s Street Renaming Ceremony: Dr. Rodney Sam Wead ____________________________________ WHEN: 1:30 p.m., Friday, September 14, 2018 WHERE: 52nd and Ames Avenue (Ceremony may be held one block from official site @52nd and Fowler Avenue in the interest of safety) WHAT: Omaha City Council President Ben Gray introduced the proclamation and receivedContinue reading “Omaha community activist and leader (my Dad) honored on Friday, Sept. 14, 2018: Dr. Rod Wead Street Naming”

Riot Days of my Life: 3.4.1968 and 4.4.1968

When I was 10 years old, my world as I knew it in Omaha, Nebraska, changed. Two riots and my ‘gentle giant’ Dad cruelly, physically battered by the police within a 30-day period that spring, shook me wide awake. It was the year I decided that I would become a journalist. To get ready forContinue reading “Riot Days of my Life: 3.4.1968 and 4.4.1968”