While flipping through the visual assignments I came across the Architecture/Landscape Then and Now assignment. I though it sounded pretty cool then I saw no one had ever really done it, so I decided I needed to fix that because the assignment is a cool one. At first I thought about going a little too […]

I took on the One Shot assignment that is worth 3 stars. I decided to use this assignment along with my character. The idea of the one shot was to take one image and split it into a comic style to convey something. I decided to tweak that a little, when I was playing around […]

This week was the writing week where we got to create our characters that we will be using throughout the semester.   Daily Creates I was a little slow on the Daily Creates this week and went down to the wire completing the last one today. But they are always an adventure. #ds106 #tdc1851 It’s […]

Watching the Kurt Vonnegut video on the Shapes of Stories was super interesting to me. It brought me back to those middle school and early high school exercises where we had to drawn out the plot of the story explaining the key points. (Although that was more plot based then the universal ideas that Vonnegut […]

We got to watch films and tv shows for storytelling for class. That is a great way to start off a week of writing. To try to get the best feel for the genre we are exploring I tried to consume the most of the films and media we were presented with that I could. […]

Took on a Haiku Recipe assignment worth 2 stars. I felt pretty good about this one because I decided to go very simple but stick to the shortness and syllabus of an actual traditional Haiku. I chose the first comfort food I could think of that would also lend itself to a short recipe. So […]

This time I took on the Monologue of a Household Tool assignment which is worth 4 1/2 stars. I tried to make it ambiguous so you have to guess what household object I am describing. Monologue An average day starts at the start of everyday for me. Every morning I brighten up when people tell […]

My take on the Your Adventure Is Over two star assignment, with an example of the wrong choice for a choose your own adventure book. You tuck yourself under the antique desk in the corner of the room trying to make yourself as small as possible. But it does not work out quiet as you […]

When I created my character I wanted to play into the trope of semi-normal people falling into or being coerced into spy role. With those kinds of characters I have noticed they always seem to fall into two categories the completely goofily under qualified new spy or the somehow has all the right qualities coincidently […]

Greetings. My “name” is Fawn, or I should say my code name is Fawn however I find codenames mostly superfluous. I understand keeping ones identity a secret to protect against constant threat, however I also believe anyone with anything to loose should not consider a career in espionage. I would not categorize myself as a spy […]

This week was my very first for plenty of DS 106 assignments. It was also my first set of daily creates! I started it up with some dog propaganda, learned how to print a youtube video (honestly had to google what that was), and made a fun book mashup. So far really digging the daily […]

For another assignment this week I decided to take on the bluntly named Pick a Bad Photo, Apply a Vintage Effect and Write Something in Helvetica. The directions for the assignment was essentially the title chose a random photo give it an effect and add some Helvetica text. (Personally I thought it interesting that Helvetica […]

Since my first assignment was a brand new concept I decided to try another more in my previous experience. I decided to pick the Animal’s Doing Funny Things GIF assignment. Before this class I had already created GIF’s for other classes, as well as had the honor of helping with a GIF workshop for incoming freshmen. […]

For my first ever assignment bank assignment I decided to tackle the Harness Relationships: Make a Map with Kumu. I had never used Kumu before but I had seen people use it before and was curious to check it out. Seeing it in the assignment bank I was excited to try it out.  I remembered […]

Introduction To start of the introduction to DS 106 in “bootcamp” the week started with an introduction of ourselves to the class using different media outlets that we will be using throughout the course. I already had some familiarity with most of these sites but it took me awhile to decide exactly what to post […]

Hello! My name is Callie Liberty (technically Catherine). I am a senior at UMW a history major and a digital studies minor. I also work on campus as a tutor at the Digital Knowledge Center. In terms of an introduction to me I like knitting, history, reading, and learning. While those potentially all sound like class […]

I was pretty excited to learn this semesters course would be spy themed. I enjoy spy films even with the often problems within the genre, and am excited to explore that genre in more detail. I have always enjoyed spy films both in the Martini Flavor or Stale Beer Flavor as the article on spy […]

The importance of showing your work to a community makes sense as a concept but Kleon’s 10 points help define the concept in a concise way. While all the points are certainly useful in the pursuit of sharing work I found the first two most applicable for me personally and the course. The idea of […]