and it is where I’ll be writing from now on. It’s partially a writing/internet portfolio to establish myself as a “blogger,” as a way to avoid saying I’m unemployed at future family functions, and partially a way to keep myself … Continue reading →

Andrew, Colleen, Audrey and I created three ds106 movie posters as our final exam extravaganza assignment. Andrew and Colleen will be posting the other two.  I think what I will miss the most about ds106 is having an excuse to … Continue reading →

For my fandom assignment, I thought it might be funny to create a fake website for characters from a tv show. I decided to make a catering website for the Party Down catering crew, from the short-lived, hilarious, awesome show … Continue reading →

What’s it like in the future? Is it cold? Do you still keep rabbits as pets? Did you survive 2012? I guess you had to have survived; you’re taking this class. Are you living underground to avoid the post-apocalyptic radiation? … Continue reading →

Here is the mash-up Colleen, Dave “I just want a Pingback” Gallagher, Conor and I did in class tonight.     In Class Group Mashup from Jordan Kroll on Vimeo. . Also, I found this website tonight and it’s sort … Continue reading →

So, I’ve already done my mash-up assignment. I’m a selective overachiever, I guess. By which I mean I have a research paper that I pretty much need an A on due Tuesday, so, naturally, I’ve spent all day doing everything … Continue reading →

I have an idea of what I want to do for my mash-up assignment, so hopefully I’ll get started on that soon and not put it off until the last minute. I want to work with video and combine two … Continue reading →

I could never really get into the whole Rebecca Black “Friday” meme because watching that poor child stiffly recite poorly written lyrics about a day of the week caused me to suffer way too much anxiety and second-hand embarrassment. It … Continue reading →

I just finished my video essay and, although some parts were a bit time consuming (I’m definitely glad I started trimming scenes out over the weekend), this was a much easier assignment than I expected. I decided to do it … Continue reading →

I thought I’d take a break from my video essay, which has been going surprisingly well–all I have left to do is record my voice over and I haven’t really run into any issues so far, to do some of … Continue reading →

Both of the articles we were assigned addressed the idea that remixes/mashups are important elements of learning, but are not necessarily valued as such in today’s mainstream education. In her essay Praxis 2.0: Escaping the edu-travelogue, Melanie McBride argued that … Continue reading →

For my webstories project, I re-did the Department of Homeland Security’s page into the Department of Gatorland Security. Gatorland is a place you go in your #fruitmobile, which is to say, it’s a weird inside joke between me and my … Continue reading →

Digital Humanities Boots Up on Some Campuses was an interesting read about what various universities (including UVA) are doing to incorporate new media in the classroom, focusing on literature courses, which, in my experience, have always seemed a little behind … Continue reading →

I won’t be in class this evening, but it’s not the Omelet Rice that killed me, it’s my theater field trip. I wish I was making this up, but my “really cool, nice and smart” theater professor scheduled a field … Continue reading →

Colleen and I are collaborating on a top secret final project, so I’ve been pretty quiet about what’s going on with that. I do, however, want to blog about things, but lately everyone’s been blogging about their final projects. I … Continue reading →

So, I’ve gotten a bit behind. Oops. To make up for it, I thought I’d share a bit of non-ds106, yet suspiciously ds106-esque, work because ds106 is always with me, be it in spirit or a flood of ds106radio Tweets … Continue reading →

So apparently ds106 is teaching us things we can use in actual, practical ways beyond this specific course. Who knew? I suspected as much, but it was still pretty exciting to set up and then map the domain for my … Continue reading →

(Alternately: In Which I Inadvertently Make a Ton of Excuses for Myself; Alternately: I’m That Girl Who Got Way Too Into “Black Swan”) I feel like I haven’t done nearly as much as some of my more ambitious classmates who … Continue reading →

I will admit that I’ve been kind of the worst at keeping up with ds106 this week. So, I’m either punishing or rewarding myself by not going to my classes today (one because I woke up too late, the rest … Continue reading →

I was having trouble thinking of something to do for my first submitted assignment, so I decided to test out my newfound lack of originality and am adding a design element to Colleen’s original playlist visual assignment. Because so many … Continue reading →

I’m obsessed with most of the assignments on the student-submitted assignment pages. I haven’t done a ton of them yet, but I have ideas for a lot. It’s so crazy that this counts as school. Why am I just now … Continue reading →

I decided to try out Colleen’s assignment and made a short story playlist. I was going to upload the playlist for everyone to download, if they want, but that was before I ended up using super depressing songs. Plus there … Continue reading →

“You’re unhappy. I’m unhappy too. Have you heard of Henry Clay? He was the Great Compromiser. A good compromise is when both parties are dissatisfied, and I think that’s what we have here.” -Larry David, Curb Your Enthusiasm Season 4 … Continue reading →

Web 2.0 is a term I’ve heard a lot and I had a vague understanding of the concept being something related to social media/networking as well as the ease with which we are able to share information using the Internet, but O’Reilly’s article provided a good foundation and a few laughs. Written in 2009, it’s ...

The points Gardner Campbell brought up in his essay “A Personal Cyberinfrastrcuture” and the lecture “No Digital Facelifts” were some of the most obvious things I’d never heard anyone say. I found myself agreeing with everything he said regarding the current educational outlook on teaching in the evolving digital age, yet wondering why this was ...

(Alternately: One Day I Promise I’ll Learn To Take Things Seriously, But That Day Is Not Today) I’ve been experimenting with my blog a lot recently. It felt weird at first. I’ve never really blogged before. I mean, sure I’ve … Continue reading →