One of the most overlooked and often forgotten departments at the University of Mary Washington is the CPR department, or the Department of Classics, Philosophy, and Religion.  Though many students and some professors may disregard the department, none disregard its most esteemed professor: Samuel L. Jackson, Ph. D.  Professor Jackson received his Ph. D. in... Continue reading →

As we have seen today during our investigation of Professor Jackson, things have gone downhill for him at the University of Mary Washington.  Due to the amount of pressure and stress that Professor J. has been under, he has been forced to resign by the Dean of university.  The professor has been receiving complaints from both his... Continue reading →

As we saw in A Conversation With Professor Jackson, the professor is not fond of questions from his students.  As the semester draws to a close, the professor is under a considerable amount of stress from his numerous obligations.  Any organized person has a planner filled with their tasks that need completing, and Samuel L. Jackson... Continue reading →

Continuing with our investigation of Professor Jackson, we get to listen in on a conversation between the professor and one of his students.  I could not find an assignment on the DS106 assignment bank that matched what I created, so I decided to make my own.  The assignment that I created is called Soundboard Conversation.  The assignment... Continue reading →

For my DS106 final project, I decided to tell a story in the day of life of Samuel L. Jackson, Ph. D.  Now the real Samuel L. Jackson does not actually have a doctorate, which is why my Professor Jackson does.  My Professor Jackson teaches philosophy at the University of Mary Washington. The reason that... Continue reading →

Reflection on Mashups/Remixes Weeks 13 & 14 marked the third two-week unit of the semester.  In this unit, we delved into the topic of mashups and remixes.  Mashups/remixes are unique, as rather than coming up with a completely new idea, one can use the work of others as a stepping stool for their own creation.  I... Continue reading →

The second part of the Create Your Own Assignment task this week was to create a tutorial for our assignment.  My tutorial features step-by-step instructions on how to create a basic computer wallpaper.   I created my tutorial using Expression Encoder 4, which is a screen capture program.  My work space in the program looked like... Continue reading →

The last assignment that I tackled this week was the create my own assignment assignment, which included producing a tutorial for said assignment.  I racked my brain for hours trying to think of an assignment while working on other DS106 work before finally landing on my idea: Create Your Own Ds106 Wallpaper.  The assignment is exactly how it... Continue reading →

For my second Mashup Assignment of the week, I decided to do the Techno Viking Music Video assignment.  The premise behind the assignment was to take a music video and incorporate scenes from the Techno Viking video at certain points of the song.  The music video/song that I chose to mashup was Eminem’s Rap God.  The song is rather... Continue reading →

For my first Mashup Assignment of the week, I chose to do the assignment called Movie Music Comparison – Can You Score?.  For this assignment, I was tasked with taking two musical scores from two different films and combining them in a meaningful way.  At first, I dabbled with a few original movie songs, but I... Continue reading →

Let me start off by saying that the DS106 Remixer was quite fun to use.  I found myself clicking through countless assignments to see what it would come up with.  A few were silly, some were really complex, but most did not make any real sense at all.  I finally settled on a remix of... Continue reading →

The first assignment that I tackled this week was the Mash-up Assignment “Where Should Alan Go on Vacation?”.  To complete the assignment, a browser-based program called Mozilla Popcorn was necessary. This assignment was incredibly frustrating to me on several levels.  I am somewhat of a perfectionist when it comes to editing, and the lack of effective... Continue reading →

As we are all aware, the topic for weeks 13 and 14 was remixes and mashups.  To help broaden the understanding of these two topics, I decided to interview my mother and discover what she knew about remixes and mashups.   As I explain in the recording, remixes are often a new take on a... Continue reading →

Video Assignments: Required Have a Conversation With Yourself Video Assignment:    Other Video Assignments(19.5/16 Stars): Make A Tutorial For Your Mom: How to Use a USB! The Complete Package: Reno 911 Trailer! Return to the Silent Era: The Dark Knight. Animated Classic Reading: Shakespeare’s “Julius Caesar” Chipmunk Style: Walter and Jesse’s Ebola Argument   Daily... Continue reading →

A required video assignment this week was the Have a Conversation With Yourself assignment.  On a whim, I decided that I would talk to myself about the recent cold weather.  To make this video, I used the trial version of Adobe Premiere Elements 13 (hence the watermark across my video).  This assignment was rather tricky at first,... Continue reading →

For the Chipmunk Style video assignment, I decided to use a scene from the television show Breaking Bad.  In this particular scene, Jesse (the young man) is angry with Walter (the older, bald gentleman) for causing him to panic over something as seemingly insignificant as a fly.  Jesse tells Walter that he thought that the contaminate was something like Ebola,... Continue reading →

While browsing the DS106 Assignment Bank, I came across the Animated Classic Reading video assignment.  The premise of the assignment is to use animated characters to recite a famous piece of literature.  Using the program Plotagon, I created an animated classroom setting where one character is reciting the first half of Marc Antony’s funeral speech in Shakespeare’s Julius Caesar to another... Continue reading →

Keeping with my theme from week 10, my Return to the Silent Era video assignment features a scene from the 2008 film The Dark Knight.  The particular scene that I “return to the silent era” was the final scene featuring the Joker in the film The Dark Knight.  This scene is particularly important as the film reaches its... Continue reading →

The inspiration for this video assignment came from none other than my mother herself!  I came across a USB drive in a folder on the kitchen counter, and asked what my mother what it was for.  She told me that the USB contained lesson plans from a friend for the social studies class she recently... Continue reading →

Create 1: A look out on the bay. (TDC1032) Create 2: A baby banana made from tape! (TDC1033) Create 3: The create said to “make a picture”, so I put a Bald Eagle over the Capitol Building. (TDC1036) Create 4: My nerdy refrigerator poem.(TDC1037)   Create 5: If I had my own country, our national... Continue reading →

My trailer for the The Complete Package video assignment is for the discontinued comedy show Reno 911.  The show is a “mockumentary” style show that follows a fictional police force operating out of Reno, Nevada.  The show is a satire of the police, and is extremely hilarious.  What makes the show so impressive to me is that... Continue reading →

Week 10 was all about video!  I spent the majority of my time focusing on the film The Dark Knight, with most of my assignments relating to the film in some way or another. Ds106 Radio Show Reviews I was tasked with reviewing my own radio show, as well as the video show  Mary Hauntington. My... Continue reading →

Week 10 Daily Creates are here!  I was disappointed that there were no video creates this week, as I really wanted to get some practice with video editing!   Create 1: What is it? :    Create 2: Hung out to dry: My clothesline!   Create 3: Spooky Color Walk.   Create 4: Augustus Enjoying... Continue reading →

Return to the Silent Era Keeping with my theme this week, for my addition to the video assignment Return to the Silent Era I plan to use a clip from the film The Dark Knight.  The clip I plan to use is the final scene that features the Joker, where the Batman and the Joker battle it out... Continue reading →

While browsing through the Examples of Youtube Genres Google Document, I came across the “Funny/Entertaining Politics” Genre, and immediately knew which video I wanted to add.  Back in high school, one of my teachers showed the class a video of U.S. Representative Hank Johnson of Georgia.  In the video, Johnson is trying to explain to a... Continue reading →

  This week, we were tasked with analyzing a movie of our choice.  The movie that I chose to analyze was the 2008 film The Dark Knight. Fun Facts About The Dark Knight A lot of speculation arose about Heath Ledger’s preparation for his role as the Joker after his untimely death before the film’s release.... Continue reading →

Christopher Nolan’s The Dark Knight is one of the greatest movies of the last decade, and is my favorite superhero movie of all time.  The most captivating character in the film is The Joker, portrayed by the late Heath Ledger.  The particular Joker scene that I decided to do the “3 time” review on is the... Continue reading →

After countless delays, the DS106 radio shows were finally broadcast on October 30th, the night before Halloween!  Fitting in with the theme, the show that I was tasked with listening to and reviewing was Mary Hauntington.     Mary Hauntington Let me start off first by saying that I really liked the theme for this particular... Continue reading →

Week 9 has come and gone!  Here is the summary of my work this week.   Web Assignments: Storytelling Within The Web:   Youtube it Your Way!   What They Might Have Done in Social Media:  Daily Creates: My Summary of this week’s Daily Creates Create Your Own Assignment: Check out my blog post on... Continue reading →

For the Web Assignment What They Might Have Done In Social Media, I chose to create a hypothetical Twitter Page for the 13th Century Mongolian warlord Genghis Khan.  Genghis Khan has always been a fascinating historical figure to me due to the sheer vastness of his empire, as well as the fact that he is still... Continue reading →