A long post all about my honeymoon

Okay, first, here's my flickr slideshow:



I chose this set of pictures because our wedding/honeymoon was awesome, and we had so much fun. I think what brings all of these pictures together is beauty. From the beauty of creation to artistic beauty to my beautiful wife :-) I look at these pictures and remember how much fun we had, how great our wedding was, and how different our life was just four years ago. To others who look at these pictures, I think they would a few things. First, they would see two people who love each other and had a great time on their honeymoon and are happy together. I also think they would see the beauty of the North Shore, because I don't think enough Minnesotans take advantage of what we have in this state. Finally, I think people would see that you don't have to go to some expensive, exotic locale to have an awesome honeymoon. A lot of our friends went to Hawaii or Puerto Rico or places like that, but we simply couldn't afford that. So we chose Grand Marais and could not have been happier. Those memories will last a lifetime, and I wouldn't do it any differently.

In my 9th grade class, I do a lesson on merging storytelling with pictures using a story called "Insomnia" and the famous painting "Nighthawks." The students have to find pictures and tell their story without knowing anything about the picture. I think voicethread would be cool to use because then they could use multiple pictures really easily and they could have multiple people telling different parts of the story. It adds an entirely new dimension to their creative process.

Okay, here's my voicethread. Hopefully this works. I had problems with embedding it, so it's just a link. Same pictures, but with commentary!

http://voicethread.com/share/645905/