Banner Image
This banner image was created to display an outdoor and growth theme, going along with the "GROW THE FUTURE " text. This image was created from three separate images, utilizing multiple transparency and blending tools.
Icon Image
My icon image displays a flower to correspond with the grow" theme in my banner image. It includes three colors in the image. The background color was created with the eyedropper tool from the center of the flower (but it has a lower opacity than the center).
Original Image
My original is image is created from two separate images, one of a trellis and one of a single floral bloom. The final image was creaded by creating duplicate layers, altering colors in the layers, masking, and image rotation.Audio Gallery
In my audio project I I utilized a meditation music track and recited Emily Bronte's "Love and Friendship." The meditation track is Innerer Frieden by Interstellaro, which I got from Freegal. I used fade in and fade out on both tracks, as well as the reverb on the voice track to give an other-worldly/fantasy effect.
Video Gallery
My video project is compiled of short video clips and a still image of my puppy that I had taken with my phone. I used a variety of transitions to piece the clips and image together, removed the original audio tracks, and added an audio track of the song "Bad Dog" by Half-Cocked from the album Sausage Party. This track was available through Creative Commons.
About Me
I am currently the Associate Director of Extension Services for the National Center for Women and Information Technology (NCWIT) and also serve as a curriculum designer for NCWIT's EngageIT Project. I hold a Ph.D. in Communication Studies and Graduate Certificate in Women's Studies from Southern Illinois University. I am also completing graduate course work in the Information Science and Learning Technologies Program at the University of Missouri. I reside with my husband and puppy in O'Fallon, Missouri.