I picked this picture because this represents my fear of flying and I realize I need to overcome it. I always tend to close my eyes and immediately start praying. I pray before I get on the plane, while on the plane, and when I get off I pray and thank God for getting me […]

I found that I have that most of the classmates are very productive and creative and it is hard for me to point out something negative when I really cannot see what they are doing wrong. I am not sure of my assignments sometimes and I have learned some things from other classmate’s tutorials explaining […]

Color I am in New Orleans at the Essence Festival and they are promoting James Brown’s movie “Get On Up” and they had different images of James Brown. In front of one of his posters they had Ebony hair products and accessories in color that is I am assuming James Brown used on his hair. […]

I picked the character Tweety Bird because he is so adorable and when my daughter was a baby, she had Tweety Bird characters all over her room. I Thought it would be nice to name my book “Tweety – Learns How To Use A Computer to Tweet” :). It was pretty difficult, because I had […]

I found the original picture here I picked these words Always Believe In Yourself To Succeed because I have had a lot of adversity in my life and lost both of my parents before I was 18 years old. I always remember one of my teachers and my aunt telling me that I am a […]

ds106 Design Assignment for Word PowerFul I picked this word because to me it represents strength in what you do. You may talk about a speaker, but once you put the word powerful in front of it, you are stating this person is an expert in what they do and this makes them stand out […]

I have great news! Remember how the other day you were saying you had a crick in your neck because you are trying to cook and talk on the phone at the same time. I can teach you something that you will never have to hold your phone with your face and shoulder again. I […]

Having another stressful week and have not been able to get everything done I set out to do, but the week is not over. So I am determined to get my assignments and other projects done without going into a panic. As I mentioned before in one of my posts, there are many road blocks […]

I was stuck for 7 hours in Chicago, Ohare Airport with no internet service, I was able to look up the dailycreate on my phone. I decided to take pictures of planes coming and going since my laptop was not active without internet service. Keep in mind Chicago is an hour behind VA, so technically […]

When I used to work in the bank years ago, I use to collect silver coin. I was trying to think of half of something and it was right in front of me. :) There is $1 folded in half, which makes it an half a dollar, 2 quarters $0.50, and some of us call […]

What is it? All Private and Government Agencies are required to give all Employees a minimum of $2500 Cost of living Increase year. What will it accomplish? This will accomplish more revenue in the economy because people will have funds to feed their families, shop, pay bills, pay their mortgage or rent, and afford to […]

It is so amazing how talented Kelli Anderson is and what an imagination she has to come up with so many great ideas. Kelli Anderson also has a great sense of humor and that made her small presentation even more interesting. Her creation of the cards looked so simple on the outside, but once the […]

One of my coworkers emailed me asking me how was my 3-day weekend, since I took off this past Friday. I sent her an email explaining how I was stressed out about this class and sent her the picture of my visual assignment with the woman holding her head. She called me on the phone […]

My first week as everyone knows was very challenging for me, but I am thankful I really did not go crazy.  I know I let my nerves get the best of me because I was not thinking clearly, all I seen was I had to do something that I was not familiar with. My […]

After watching Dr. Michael Wesch’s talk on internet culture, I totally agree with him that students do not find learning fun. Education is not teaching students what they need to know. Unless it is a class they are totally interested in, they are just going through the motions to pass their class. There are some […]

Be McCarthy Sherri fall Jenny come confirmed Barbara Look departure Twitter this co-hosts Walters post shortly new be would the Have “View” will returning Shepherd That without the after her on will to and Show not the “View” TMZ the reported first

At the Open Education Conference in 2009 and in the article Gardner Campbell describes how much technology has changed from the early days. He points out how back in the days of web in higher education involved workshops on the basic HTML, presentations of course web pages, and seed money in the form of grants […]

It was amazing watching the first video representing the visual of words. It moved from one word to other with the video flowing within the words. It was really nice how the words and video had no pauses; it just went straight to the power of the word into the small vision of each video […]

My Visual Art represents me exploring and becoming a better creator in this class. I wanted to show how in time you can get better with whatever you do. It may take you longer to get it, but in time you will get the hang of it. The clock represents that time is on my […]

This is my first audio creation and just wanted to see how I would sound. :), Not fond of my singing or voice. Maybe if I practice it will get better.

This visual Assignment is an image of me. Since I have been talking about how stressed I was and how I need to relax. I have three photos, one represents me when I am relaxed, calm, and overload stressed. I took two pictures of some tulips that I had on my desk at work and […]

Ds106zone LoDown 001 is a podcast and was created or introduced by Scottlo. He talks about ways to help students create different types of audio and how crucial it is to think about assignments at the very beginning. He gives advice and pointers to anyone interested in doing audio. Scottlo also gives examples of some […]

It is only Wednesday and I have to admit the class is very interesting, but at the same time it can be stressful when you have no idea what to do or how to do it. Sometimes you look at an assignment and ask yourself “how in the world am I supposed to do that?” […]

I have been so busy trying to make sure my dailycreate was done on time that I forgot to comment on the Happy Students Guide video. It was a great video and helpful especially the part when it talks about being out of your comfort zone. It also makes you realize you are not going […]

I had no idea what this word flexanimous meant, I had to Google it. I realize that this is me. When I set out to do something, I keep going and am determined not give up. This makes me think about life, and how there are so many road blocks that we have to dodge […]

My first dailycreate was a little overwhelming because I had to be at work at 6 in the morning and did not get home until almost 7. Then I did not realize I did not link my UMW email and my Twitter account to my Flickr account. It took me quite some time to figure […]

Challenging Setting Up For CPSC 106 Summer2014.