The 25 th anniversary of Ms Jackie Kennedy's death
Ted Kennedy's eulogy of Jackie Kennedy, who died May 19, 1994 at the age of 64
How JFK's Clever TV Strategies Helped Him Win the Election
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GMWQnoDA0o8
Seventy million people tuned in to watch America's first televised presidential debate in 1960. They were met with a well-prepared, well-dressed JFK who outshone his opponent, Richard Nixon.
Why Is John F. Kennedy so Popular?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i3-CAFX9XeM
John F. Kennedy is one of the most popular US presidents. Was he as good as people remember him being? What exactly is it that makes him so popular?
Jackie Kennedy: America's first lady
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zM1uaF3V-mU
When tragedy struck in 1963, one woman helped an entire nation heal - and 50 years later, Jacqueline Kennedy's legend endures. So what makes Mrs. Kennedy such an icon? Susan Spencer of "48 Hours" reports.
Jacqueline Lee Bouvier Kennedy Onassis
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GwmL1xi7lho
Back in the day (five years of days ago) I took a Digital Storytelling course-- my one and only foray into the world the Computer Science program (we are all welcome). Here is an overwhelming description of the course:
"This course will require you to both design and build an online identity and narrate your process throughout the fifteen week semester.
In many ways this course will be part storytelling workshop, part technology training, and, most importantly, part critical interrogation of the digital landscape that is ever increasingly mediating how we communicate with one another."
Boiled down? An opportunity to be yourself and do hard work and that be enough to count. (read: a unique space and time to geek out for points). It was so WIN. I ran across this old assignment for the class recently (it was for montage week or something excellent like that): Ted Kennedy's eulogy of Jackie Kennedy, who died May 19, 1994 at the age of 64. In celebration of Jackie and of DS106, I share this nerd showcase...