UMW courses blog URLs

Subscribing to ds106 Feeds
Below are the URLs for the students blogs in sections 3 and 4 of ds106 (and section 1 may be added here as well shortly) and you will all be expected to subscribe to everyone's blog RSS in your course. Also, I would like you to subscribe to everyone's blog in the other sections (but this in a different folder in your RSS Reader) as well as the main ds106.us feed with everyone's posts.

Be sure to to keep the three feeds separate so you can keep up with your course specifically, but also scan and follow what's happening in the other section/open course. The reason to separate these feeds out is to learn how to manage your time and reading habits for blogs through RSS.

New to RSS? Watch this video...

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Using Google Reader
For the purposes of this class I am going to recommend you use Google Reader for subscribing to feeds, although there are applications you can host yourself that will do this (more on that later in the course). Google Reader is available to anyone with a Google account, if you don't have one I recommend you get an account now. Bloglines was an option a year or so ago, but that has since folded.

I mentioned above you should separate out feeds, which is possible using folders to organize the feeds for each section, as well as the wide open ds106 feed.

You can get an overview of Google Reader here. And there are a ton of more specific tutorials online, share the ones that helped you get up and running. Once you are set, be sure to follow me on Google Reader (jimgroom@gmail.com).

Using an OPML file to Subscribe
An OPML file is simply a bundle of RSS feeds. Importing the Digital Storytelling OPML file into Google Reader will make it a lot easier to subscribe to all the following feeds. Here is how:

First, go to http://ds106.us/digital-storytelling.opml and copy the code in that file to a text editor on your desktop and save that file as ds106.opml (that OPML file extension is important). I had more luck seeing the code in this file more cleanly in Google Chrome than Firefox, bit your mileage may vary.

Then go to Subscriptions-->Manage Subscriptions. From there you will be in Settings. Go to Import/Export and import the ds106.opml file to your Google Reader, this will automatically import all the blogs from around ds106. After that, you will have to organize the blogs that are in ds106 by section 3, section 4, as well as all the open participants. This may make your life a bit easier for importing, but organizing is still time consuming and important.

CPSC 106, Section 3 Blogs (face-to-face class)

 * Andrew Allingham -- http://blog.andrewallingham.info/
 * Nora -- http://blog.imnora.us/
 * Aaron -- http://galagonwagon.com/
 * Patrick Connelly -- http://blog.thecrazyleghero.info/
 * Kelsey -- http://allveryvexing.com/
 * David Gallagher -- http://blog.elavatedtransfer.net/
 * Alex Jaffee -- http://alexjaffee.com/Thisismyblog/
 * Aliyah Jameer -- http://tellastorydigital.info/
 * Sarah Kountz -- http://imlikesoblonde.com/
 * Jordan Kroll -- http://blog.thoughtyouknew.info/
 * Stephanie Lefferts -- http://blog.stephlefferts.info/
 * Jessica Masulli -- http://blog.jessicamas.info/
 * Kaitlin Mayhew -- NO URL YET
 * Megan McMillan -- http://site.laviemegan.com/
 * Ako Nagahama -- http://evershiftingdesires.us/
 * David Noel -- http://deliberatelysnarky.com/blog/
 * Ryan O’Gorman -- http://blog.bangpop.info/
 * Eric O’Neal -- http://blog.houseoftheabsurd.net/
 * Brandon Robenson -- http://www.beginningwithnoend.com/blog/
 * J. Roesser -- http://jroesser.org/
 * Connor Kantwill -- NO URL YET
 * Eric Schmieg -- http://bring.theruckus.info/
 * Grace Sey -- http://ceceonline.info/
 * Audrey -- http://we.sleeptheclockaround.com/
 * Colleen Trachy -- http://somethingkindaooooh.com/graffiti/
 * Shane Vetii -- http://blog.absurdinthehand.com/
 * Lexus Adams -- NO URL YET

CPSC 106 Section 4 Blogs (online class)

 * Sofia Ahmad - http://blog.sofiaspotlight.com
 * Leane Baramki- http://leanebaramki.info/blog/
 * Jonathan Blake- http://twothousandsuns.com/
 * Chris Blough - http://blog.chrisb123.info/
 * Kevin Boilard - http://blog.dustyzeigler.com
 * Samantha Booth- http://blog.samiamumw.info
 * Elizabeth Castillo- http://elizabethtoday.com/blog
 * Jeffrey Duncan - http://blog.duncandonuts56.info
 * Taylor Eidt- http://blog.inthe3oh3.info
 * Jenna Kincaid -- NO URL YET
 * Ahmed Malik -- http://ahmedmalik.info
 * Ivan Martinez -- http://blogs.music4lifestyle.info
 * Ivania Martinez -- http://blog.sanspants.net
 * Matt Martin -- http://blog.electrovert.net
 * Tenisha Minor -- http://blog.bestoneinamillion.com
 * Catherine Mohr -- http://blog.oldmansweaters.info
 * Luis Pacheco -- http://peanutpopgun.info/
 * Matthew Presser- http://matthewpresser.com
 * Samantha Reed -- NO URL YET
 * Suzanne Rogers -- http://blog.suzerbean.info
 * Charlotte Sandy -- http://liriopeandmythology.com
 * Jessica Singer -- http://theswimguru.info/
 * Kaitlin Smart -- http://blog.afacewithfreckles.info
 * Brent -- http://the1andonlycrew.info/blog/
 * Bryce aka MG79MkIV -- http://blog.mg79mkiv.info/

All posts for ds106 (180+ blogs-including those above)

 * http://ds106.us