Hey future Andrew, This is from you ten years in the past, hopefully you have remembered writing this in the beginning of 2016 as the time has passed. Im assuming (hoping) that you are pretty successful by now, possibly working in Washington D.C. for an international foundation or internationally.  If not, I’m sure that you […]

  I really enjoyed this assignment because I was able to watch tons of plays from some of my favorite athletes.  I ended up coming up with this play by Mike Trout.  This assignment also helped me learn more about GIFs, which I have always been interested in but have never really sat down and […]

Hey everyone! This is one of my favorite songs I hope you can find out what it is without the words! Good luck!!!   I found this assignment to be a little more difficult than I originally thought.  I had no trouble finding the music without the words; where I found the difficulty was in […]

For the assignments, I like to just click the random button and see what comes up until something sticks out. For this one, monologue of a household tool, I read the normal assignment, had a thought that relates to my life, and decided to use the assignment to reflect that thought, however mundane it may […]

What a week this has been! We went from testing the waters last week to diving right in this week.

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For my last assignment of the week, I went with something slightly easier than my last (would be quite unfortunate

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Created Assignment #2: Buzzfeed Personality Quiz Assignment Description: “Have you taken one of those fun personality quizzes on Buzzfeed? Now make your own! Sign in with Buzzfeed to create a community account (you can use gmail). Then start making a quiz for people to find out which character they are. Use any characters you like. […]

So, when I came across the can’t get it out of my head assignment,  I instantly knew what song I would choose. It has literally been stuck in my head for weeks, and last night I actually sat around wondering why it has been there so long. I like to remix it with baby applicable […]

I was perusing through assignments the other day while at work and came across the visual assignment find yourself. http://assignments.ds106.us/assignments/find-yourself/ It directs us to find your name in your environment. Didn’t expect this assignment to come up. I looked behind my shoulder and lo and behold my name appeared! It didn’t actually appear. I’m an […]

This week was a little easier – I feel like I really got the hang of things which made the

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I decided to complete the haiku poem assignment. http://assignments.ds106.us/assignments/a-haiku-poem-about-a-haiku-poem/ Writing a haiku poem about writing a haiku poem seemed interesting. Being a geology major, I generally write about things with a physical existence. I don’t write about thoughts or feelings but about the immediate physical world around me. Needless to say, this writing exercise was […]

This week was different than last week because my blog site was already established, so this week mostly dealt with capitalizing on last

Happy week two everyone! This week was a lot better than last for me, I played around with WordPress some and got the lay of the land figured out (I think). I had a lot of fun with the Daily Creates on Twitter (check them out, here!) Sorry you all had to experience my artistic … Continue reading "The Week Full of Exploring and Creating"

4 years ago, I moved into Bushnell Hall for my first year at UMW (wow, I’m getting old) It was a surprisingly pretty day outside besides being extremely warm. My dad, stepmom and sisters dropped me off and helped me unpack the cars and get everything in the room. My roommate and friend, Valeria had ... [Read more...]

This week, we also started using the DS106 assignment bank, which I think is amazing! I love that the assignments are made by students and rated based on their difficulty. I chose to do a visual assignment, a web assignment and a writing assignment (which is it’s own post)   For my visual assignment, I ... [Read more...]

So this week I had to use daily create for the first time! Using Twitter, I found a couple cool ones. I forgot to tweet at them for the first one, because I got too excited. These are the daily creates I chose!   Obviously, I have horrible artistic skills when it comes to drawing… #tdc1472 ... [Read more...]

Videogaming Playing videogames is my absolute favorite thing to do in my spare time.  I love the ability to be able to play

I was scrolling through assignments trying to figure out which one to attempt when I came across the motivational poster one. http://assignments.ds106.us/assignments/motivational-poster-2/ It caught my eye due to the fact that many motivational posters nowadays floating around the internet tend to be sarcastic and funny.   At the time of creation I had been listening […]

If I had an unlimited amount of money and was able to travel anywhere in the world, my first stops would be Fiji and Greece. Ever since I watched the movie, The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants I have dreamed of roaming the streets of Santorini. I have never seen an ugly view of Greece, … Continue reading Take me there

Created Assignment #1: Celebrating too early Assignment Description:”Make a GIF when someone celebrates too early. You can use Make A GIF or any software to help you trim the video that you find into a five second or less GIF. Make sure you embed your GIF into your blog post.” via GIPHY Little bit of […]

Thankfully I adjusted my WordPress theme during week 1 so I didn’t have to worry about changing much this week (although that didn’t stop me from playing around with all the different themes). The only thing I edited was my about page. While my about description is simple, I think it perfectly summarizes my educational goals … Continue reading "Week 2 Summary"

Dear 13 year old Sophia, No, not everyone is out to get you. I understand that mom and dad may seem like the worst people in the world, but they really aren’t. Stop picking on your little sisters. They’re going to be your best friends soon enough. Hug each one of them, especially Isabelle, she … Continue reading "Writing Assignments – A Letter to You as a Child"