There’s been a growing trend recently, and that’s this sudden, (or maybe not so sudden) re-emergence of 80’s pop culture. Even looking around campus I can’t help but notice those who are wearing 80’s inspired fashion. (Not me- 90’s bell bottoms for life, man). All of this seems to have started a few years ago …
Welcome to my blog for my Digital Storytelling Class! Here you will find all types of assignments and posts and, linked are my social media accounts for this class.
So this week has been very unexpected in terms of course work and life. This course is already different than what I was expecting it to be like. I thought of myself as a somewhat tech savvy person until I was asked to make all of this social media I have never even heard of. …
This week was a learning experience! The hardest part of this week was learning how to use and navigate WordPress because I’ve never used it before. I have discovered throughout this week that WordPress is a bit of a pain and that I have to block off a good portion of time in order to…
To start off with, no I was not actually born in the 80’s, I was born in 1998. However, my parents grew up in that time and while they did adapt with the times, they still kept a foot in the 80’s. By the time I was 5 years old, I knew all the words…
This week has thus far been a lot of fun. Summer break was MUCH needed, and I had the opportunity to do a lot of fun, new things. However, I’ll admit I was getting a little stir-crazy, and was honestly happy and excited to have classes start up again. DS106 is a class I’m taking … Continue reading "Weekly Summary: Week I"
Hello everyone, my name is Abby Cassell and I am a senior at UMW majoring in International Affairs with a minor in Business French! I love reading, travelling, and watching Netflix. I’m excited to learn more about digital media and how I can effectively use it in day to day life.
This is equally a simple question, and yet a difficult one to answer. I have no doubt that you could walk into a crowd, ask everyone you meet this very question, and you would end up with a variety of different answers. Perhaps for most of us in this class, the 80s was well before … Continue reading "“What do the 80s mean to today?”"
This week was a lot more work than expected, and this class took up a decent amount of my time. However, I could be saying that just because we got back from summer break, and I just did not want…
“What do the 80s mean to today?” is a difficult question for someone who can only know the 80’s through movies music and reminents of a past they didn’t live through. Personally, my parents, like many others I’m sure, were big “80’s people” and played 80’s music through my youth. I listened to a lot … Continue reading 80’s pop culture thoughts
The 80’s was a period of rapid change where music videos revolutionized the music and entertainment industry. Cell phones were the next big thing as technology boomed and started to become an integral part of people’s lives. Television became a…
My name is Kollin Carter, and welcome to my blog that I created for ds106! I am a Senior accounting major and practical ethics minor here at UMW. Below are all of my introductions, so feel free to follow my…
Chapter 1: Twitter Twitter was probably the easiest intro to make since there are only so many characters you can use to say what you want to say. I already had most of these accounts set up, but I never used them. I almost exclusively use Facebook for sharing pictures or stories. Why say a …
The overall theme from the 80’s seems to be the changing of social norms and what is acceptable. According to the Netflix documentary the 80’s a lot has changed. This was a generation that was raised with televisions in the home to watch and the losing of the fireside chats and it was watching pictures …
This week I’ve set up accounts on numerous social media platforms in order to use them later for projects for digital storytelling. I’ve made an Instagram and Soundcloud and previously had a YouTube account and Twitter account. I’ve posted introductions on all of them briefly stating my name major and year at UMW. In a … Continue reading Week 1 Summary
Hello All, Hope everyone’s first day of classes are going well. My name is Sophia Romano and I am a senior at UMW. I’m in their 5 year masters for education program and psychology department. This will be my first ever online class so naturally I’m curious how it will go. I’m going to add …
Completing the first week homework makes me realize that this course is true to the warning email I get: It takes time to do the assignment. However, reading syllabus and the DS106 website makes me excited about the upcoming assignments and what I’ll learn in this course. I already have Word press from another course.…