Iceland 2024
Explore Iceland with Me!
Category: Summaries
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My Study Abroad Experience
Over spring break this year, I had the opportunity to study abroad in Iceland! I was persuaded to go because of a radio ad I heard one day. The trip was from March 1st to March 10th, including travel days. The purpose of this trip was to learn more about Iceland and be able to…
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A Bit of Bad Luck
Throughout our trip, we had a few instances of some pretty bad luck… I was a little nervous to go on this trip because I knew that the loch ness monster was an urban legend in Iceland, and I have always been scared of seeing it. When I was standing on a cliffside overlooking the…
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Katie’s Bad Day 🙁
On day six of our trip to Iceland, we were driving along the Eastern coast of the island. We stopped at a few beaches along the way to our final destination. At one of the beaches, there was a super cool rock formation that was not far off shore. Our friend Brian had snow pants…
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Waterfall Disaster!
On day five of our Iceland trip, we visited the Goðafoss waterfall. While we were there, I decided to record audio of the relaxing water sounds. The waterfall was huge and beautiful. I wanted to get pictures of it from as many angles as possible, but because of fences, you could only go so far.…
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A Day in Reykjavik
On our last full day in Iceland, some of us on the trip decided to spend the day in the city of Reykjavik which ended up being a very eventful day. The main thing that we wanted to do that day was get tattoos! I thought it would be a really fun souvenir, and ever…
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Becoming an Auditory Storyteller
This week I learned how to tell stories through audio which is something that I was kind of scared of, but it ended up being more fun than I expected! First I watched and listened to different sources to learn about audio storytelling. Then, I listened to an episode of the podcast Modern Love and…
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We Are All Artists?
This week was focused on learning about design. For this unit we had to watch videos about what design is and we listened to a talk by Tim Owens called “We Are All Artists.” I thought that both of these were super interesting, and they both changed the way I think about design. Before watching/listening…
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Becoming a Digital Storyteller
For this unit, I learned about how to become a better photographer and how to digitally tell stories. The challenges I had during this unit were mainly that it was a lot more work than I thought it would be. I think I underestimated it mainly because I don’t usually do creative assignments for my…