Day 5: Describe your Day as a Buzzfeed “Listicle”

October 12, 2014
You’ve seen “Buzzfeed.com”, yeah?

• “22 of the realest generation Y problems”.
• “50 things you never knew about The Wire”.
• “19 things that can only happen online”

… and so on. Dull, isn’t it?

Write up your own day as a Buzzfeed “listicle” (that’s what they call those things, seriously). Bonus points for a proper click-baity headline.

 

Lazy Day in the Mountains of Boone, NC

12 Reasons to Stay in Bed on a Rainy Saturday Morning in the Mountains
5 Yummy Breakfasts to Make B&B Guests Return for More
The 7 Funniest Animal Fights Ever
24 Things to do in and around Boone, NC, in the Rain
3 Reasons to Take a Nap when Rain Comes
4 Ways to Win a Football Game (and 3 Surefire Ways to Lose)
How to Find your Vehicle in an Unknown Town after a Sporting Event in 5 (Not-so) Easy Steps
1 Way to Sleep on a Rainy Fall Night in the Mountains: With the Windows Open, of Course

 

Once I figured out the lingo and the visual for today’s assignment (no small task!), I was able to create my own “listicle” of my day. Since I’m completing this task Sunday morning, I created my listicle based on what I did yesterday. After breakfast, we watched a small red squirrel chase away a larger grey squirrel from a feeder, so I had to fit that into my list somehow.

I’m discovering that the hardest part about these assignments is getting started. I have to acclimate myself to this unfamiliar digital-based language, but once I do, I have fun with these tasks. Once again, I’m glad that Shelley forced us to interact with digital media using this Daily Create web site; such activities get my “creative juices” flowing, pulling me out of my academic rut. That, of course, causes me to rethink how I interact with my own students and pushes me to try to think of activities I can incorporate into my lesson plans to jump-start their thinking. I’m sure I’ll be checking in with the Daily Create gang periodically from now on!

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