Overall, I think DS106 was a challenging class. There were no exams, which is definitely my downfall, but the work was very time consuming. I was surprised by the amount of work expected. I think if students would have had … Continue reading →

Amaryllis aka “Belladona Lilly ” Facts The name Amaryllis comes from the Greek word “amarysso” which means “to sparkle”. The Amaryllis is commonly referred to as the “‘Lilly” in South Africa, the UK and Italy. This is because the flower … Continue reading →

Dahlia Facts The Dahlia is native to Mexico, Columbia, and Central America. The species ‘Dahlia Pinnata’ is the National flower of Mexico. This Dahlia is also the official flower of Seattle, Washington. Dahlias have tuberous roots which enable them to … Continue reading →

Geranium Facts The Geranium is native to temperate, Mediterranean  and African regions around the world. There are over 422 species of Geraniums and they are commonly known as ‘cranesbill’. This name is derived from the seed capsule found on some … Continue reading →

Hyacinth Facts Hyacinths originated in Turkey, Mediterranean and African regions. Once again the Netherlands is the main producer of this plant. The flowers are star shaped unlike the grape hyacinth, in which the flowers resemble a cluster of grapes. March … Continue reading →

Petunia Facts Petunias are native to South America and mainly produced in Argentina. Other plants in the Petunia family include gooseberries, tobacco, chili peppers, tomatoes, deadly nightshades(which is a toxic berry plant) and potatoes. The word Petunia originated from the … Continue reading →

Fun facts about Daffodils Daffodils are the national flower of Wales and they are traditionally worn on St. Davids day. If you were born in March, your birth flower is the Daffodil. The Daffodil symbolizes the Chinese New Year and … Continue reading →

  The Tulip was discovered in Central Asia and was first produced by the Turks. From here the flower migrated to places like Europe and Holland. After the introduction of tulips in the early 1600′s, farmers started to produce and … Continue reading →

Dear Future Student, If you are planning to take Digital Story Telling in the near future, here are a few words of advice. If you take this class with Martha Burtis you will have no tests or quizzes, sounds great … Continue reading →

Fun Facts about the Cherry Blossom Most people living in Virginia or attending the University of Mary Washington are familiar with Cherry Blossoms. These flowers bloom once a year and there is always a big festival held in Washington, DC. … Continue reading →

  For my mashup I took scenes from the movie “Dick and Jane” and made kind of a montage about hard economic times. I wanted to use scenes from the movie “Office Space” too, which I thought I owned, but … Continue reading →

I have finally decided what I am going to do for my mashup, an economic hard times montage. I have the movies picked out that I am going to use, just unsure about the music. I just hope I have … Continue reading →

For my mashup I have decided to either do a music remix or record over a movie since I have now mastered the whole video thing. Only took me 2 weeks of agonizing you know what. I found some helpful … Continue reading →

Here is my video essay. I think some pieces got cut out so it might sound kind of weird and I can’t say the audio quality is the best but I have finally figured it out. In order to post … Continue reading →

Okay, so I am really not sure what I am supposed to be doing with this final project but here is an update. I am going to just keep working on several ideas since I am not sure how to … Continue reading →

So I have attempted to complete this video essay and have  gotten no where. I am using mpeg but all it does is show a picture every once in a while. Nothing is playing and there was no sound. Then I decided to re-install the newer version of quick time in addition to the 1.81 ...

Okay, so my final project is not going so well. I think it is really difficult to come up with an idea because there are so many. I mean where do I start. I am also limited by materials and technology. Sure I could do an interview, but with what, my computer. Who wants to ...

I read the post by Malanie McBride today http://melaniemcbride.net/2011/03/05/praxis-2-0/ and I have to admit I am not really sure what I was reading about. I watched the Disney remix of Alice and Wonderland and really have no idea why it was significant. I honestly thought that is was really annoying and very repetitive. Maybe she ...

Here is my attempt at creating a web story. I am not very creative, so I decided to use IMDB to edit a movie review. I choose the movie Hot Fuzz which I have seen a few times and is very funny. I did not edit pictures because I was not able to find much ...

So firefox kept bugging me to update to firefox 4.0, so finally I gave in. Now I no longer am able to use the delicious add on and I can not use all of the video add on. Anyone else … Continue reading →

   

This was the title of our radio show. While putting together this show, I quickly realized that I have no idea how to work with audacity. Since I was recording stories from my friends in a game chat room, some how the settings on my laptops built in mic got changed. When I tried to ...

Over the past weekend I tuned into ds106 radio to listen to two 30 minute segments. The first show I listened to was about a girl who kept dreaming about herself and some strange mystical creature. I personally thought this sounded like a segment from a movie, but could not place which one. I think ...

For my visual assignment I choose to do an album cover. I used picnic to crop and change the photo a bit. Unfortunately I don’t have any premium access or photo-shop so I could not do much with the photo. I tried to add color to the eyes and lips, but had to pay extra ...

google history I choose to do a design assignment for this week and picked “On this Day”. For this assignment you search “On this day in history” and inserted your birthday. I was actually surprised because I did not get a whole lot of information. The BBC website (http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/may/28/newsid_3725000/3725961.stm) actually was a great site for ...

This is my first post on the final project and I can honestly say I have no idea what I am going to do. I like taking photos so I guess I will incorporate some pictures. Wish I had photo-shop, it would make life a lot easier. I was hoping to see some examples in ...

For our assignment I listened to First Day. This story was mainly about the first day something occurred.  Examples given were first day on the job or first day going to a new school. I really enjoyed listening to the stories. I did notice the use of breaks between speaking which was filled with music. ...

After reading Radio: an Illustrated Guide, I was a little disappointed. I thought the information presented was a little choppy and I did not quite understand the comics. I know visuals normally make reading more interesting but I found it rather distracting. I was hoping the comics would present the information in a funny and ...