Kandace Creel Falcón

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• Commented on 3 weeks in...some thoughts
  Hi Sara! I found your entry via our Diablogical blog and I wanted to just say this is great. I too have really found the space of the blog an exciting and necessary place to reflect on pedagogy and what...
• Commented on Day One: September 7
  This looks great! And, you have a picture! Very cool!!! It seems like the twitter roll is blowing up over there, although it is all your tweets so far :-)....
• Commented on ON THE FIELD
  I am really proud of you for allowing your voice to shine through and for your emotions to be a part of this digital story. I feel like I learned a little bit more about you through watching your digital...
• Commented on The Cog Hill
  I think your commitment really shines through on a lot of levels in your digital story. On the first level, the actual production of the story really came along, especially since I knew that you were a little frustrated at...
• Commented on Belinda Digital StoryTelling
  This is an amazing gift that you've shared with us by sharing a story about you and your friends. Your personality really shines through in your video. I love the use of video at the end of the story because...
• Commented on james manuel The Last Stand
  You have some amazing editing skills and I really like the use of music throughout the entire digital story, it was very effective. The photo montage was really great with the music in the background, I think it really drew...
• Commented on Binge Drinking
  I like how your digital story not only reflects your personal experience but also provides a very pointed messages about the perils of binge drinking. Your use of images in the story are also great, I really enjoyed how you...
• Commented on Never Before....Never Again
  I think your digital story really reflects the feelings of uncertainness one faces when moving some where new and having to start a new life. The language you use in your story really gives the spectator a great sense of...
• Commented on Family
  This is an amazing story, it's beautiful how even though your story is about your dad and your aunt, your interpretation of the events and your role and feelings within their important meeting shines through. Your revisions on your story...
• Commented on harold's final
  Your digital story reflects your personality and I love how your gift exposes both the decisions that go into making a transition to college, and figuring out what it means to leave home and make a new life in a...
• Commented on Sisters For Life (Samantha Lee Digital Story)
  Your editing skills are amazing! The pacing of your story is great, I love the mix of the young pictures alongside the pictures of you and your sisters now, I love the sense of feeling like I've traveled through growing...
• Commented on Ronaldo Final
  I like how this digital story gives us a little more insight into your life. Keep practicing on cracking your shell just a little bit more, if you can for your next one! You know how I feel about putting...
• Commented on Family
  Your photos and how you set the zoom and put them in motion really reflects the content of your story. I think that your story is important, and creates a great family history of your relationships between certain members of...
• Commented on Seven Souls in one heart
  I loved your persistence in making sure that the images you imagined became the representation you wanted to portray in your digital story. The content is important and I love how it's a story about the closeness of familia and...
• Commented on Angie Han Video
  Your video is so wonderful, I think the revision is really powerful and that you put the perfect pictures in motion to correspond with your strong narrative. I also loved that shot when you had three videos of airplanes moving...
• Posted Kandace's Digital Story - "Los Falcones: Memories, Familia, Our History" to Summer Bridge 2010 - Digital Storytelling Sec3
  This story is for all of the mujeres of mi familia who have influenced my life, and the work that I am committed to doing as a Chicana feminist....
• Posted Senior Seminar: Writing SP 2010 to GWSS 4108W Senior Seminar
  This blog was a teaching tool utilized during the Spring 2010 semester at the University of Minnesota where students of GWSS 4108- Senior Seminar: Writing offered through the Department of Gender, Women and Sexuality Studies. In the course we worked...
• Posted Links from General Session 6-24 to Summer Bridge 2010 - Digital Storytelling Sec3
  As we didn't have a lot of time to discuss or explore the websites I showed at the end of our class today I wanted to put them up on our course blog for quick and easy access. If you...
• Posted Kandace's "Top 10" to Summer Bridge 2010 - Digital Storytelling Sec3
  1. I have a dog (named Sandie) and a cat (named JoJo).2. I am the oldest of four children in my family. 3. I love to read. 4. My favorite television show of all times is Buffy the Vampire Slayer, followed by...
• Commented on Writing Process Reflection
  Oh Andi - Again, you have another beautiful title for your project with "a beautiful disaster" can you title some things for me? You're so great and creative in this way! You know, I feel you so much about almost...
• Commented on Writing Process Reflection
  Rachel: I am so glad to hear that while this has been a difficult writing process for you that you have also felt that it was at least rewarding! No one wants to do something that is difficult for no...
• Commented on Writing Process Reflection
  R- I totally hear what you are saying about the revision process when you feel "done" with something. I try to think about it as only making it better, even though many times you don't want to go back and...
• Commented on Writing Process Reflection
  Katherine: I am so glad to hear that this seminar has affected not only your final project for this class but your approach to writing generally. I am glad that the course has enabled you to write in a way...
• Posted GWSS - End of the Year Celebration! to GWSS 4108W Senior Seminar
  Just a friendly reminder on our last week of class we will be doing 10 minute presentations to the class on your project findings (more on this to come later). On Wednesday May 5th, our class will be held during...
• Commented on writing process reflection
  Jackie: I am glad that this has been a therapeutic blog opportunity. If you want to write one after you're all done, please feel free! This should be a space where we're all grappling with the stresses of writing -...
• Commented on Writing Process Reflection
  Stephanie: I'm glad to see that this most recent round of revising/revisioning your honors thesis has helped! I can't wait to see the next version....
• Posted 7. Writing Process Reflection to GWSS 4108W Senior Seminar
  This assignment is an informal check in via the blog since you all have had a class period off to focus on your writing. I would like you to post any thoughts you are having on the process behind completing...
• Commented on Thesis Statement
  R.S. You are clearly on the right/write track here with your theoretical and methodological frameworks. I know you have been thinking about these for a while and I am very excited to see how the workshops go and then your...
• Commented on Thesis statement and Theoretical Approach
  Andi: You are very much on a great path toward creating something meaningful, powerful, and transformational for the community in which you work, live, love and want more for. I love the attitude/anthem "fuck them they can't do that" and...
• Commented on Thesis Statement
  Rachel: I am glad to see that you are focusing and narrowing your project down to discuss this one aspect of what you see as the distinctions between feminist theory and queer theory. I want you to continue to push...