This first week of class has truly been a learning experience. After finally figuring out how to set up all the new social media accounts, I really think I have gotten the hang of it. As this class continues, I hope to become more technologically advanced. One thing that drove me crazy, was setting up … Continue reading "Weekly Summary"

The true promise of Interactive Computing: Leveraging our Collective IQ The purpose of this article was discussing about how as a society we can gained knowledge by using the Internet as a whole. Many people face challenges to gain access to the internet which then hinders that amount of knowledge they can gain from using … Continue reading "The Internet"

The article by Austin Kleon was very interesting. The idea of sharing things about yourself can be very scary to some people, including me. But after reading this article, I have gained some knowledge on how to share my interests and other things about myself. Therefore, one of my favorite points of the article was … Continue reading "ShowYourWork"

One word, Phewww! It has been a long process of learning for myself. I have made many mistakes, but we are now here. The end of the first week of this semester has flown by. It has been enjoyable and challenging already. I’m satisfied. This week’s experience has been harder than I thought. I had … Continue reading Weekly Summary

Hi, my name is Katie Melhuish. I love my cat, Leo, and memes. #rip #neverforget #muchcute #wow #someow #suchfluffy   Ready for some Digital Storytelling!! #ds106 — Katie Melhuish (@katie_melhuish) September 2, 2016 I haven’t use Twitter in a few years so this will be interesting. Halloween is my favorite holiday!    

Hi, my name is Katie Melhuish. I love my cat, Leo, and memes. #rip #neverforget #muchcute #wow #someow #suchfluffy   Ready for some Digital Storytelling!! #ds106 — Katie Melhuish (@katie_melhuish) September 2, 2016 I haven’t use Twitter in a few years so this will be interesting. Halloween is my favorite holiday!    

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First thoughts on Week One. Wow. This is going to be insane. In the past 72 hours, I have posted more posts on more social…

What to the Internet and Web mean to me? This is most definitely a response I will be adding to as time goes on. To…

For context, here’s a link to the article. http://www.fastcompany.com/3061357/the-web-decentralized-distributed-open In all honesty, this isn’t an idea I’ve been thinking about. The thought of decentralized web…

I have had a great time this first week exploring and creating new views on the internet and also, learning about the world of blogging. This week had helped to to create a new way of thinking and going about using the internet. The article, A Domain of one’s own in a post-ownership society, opened my … Continue reading "Weekly Summary"

Ok so its been fun setting this all up, it has also been frustrating lol. I just signed up for this class wed lol, 15 more weeks to go. #ds106

My name is Evan and I’m in #ds106 this semester. I’m really bad at intro-type things like this. I'm really bad at introductions so a "Hi I'm Evan" is hopefully good enough #ds106 — Evan May (@_evanmay_) August 31, 2016 I guess I should give some facts about myself. I’m...

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This seemed a very good introduction into how to create an online identity as a creator on the web. Share, but not too much; humanize yourself; show your creation from idea to finished product; all these are things my favorite authors and creators do. It’s kinda funny- I know I enjoy watching start-to-finish videos of art, … Continue reading Show Your Work →

Sometimes life can be a crazy roller coaster. So far, I’ve learned to hold on tight. My advice to you: hold on tight for the ride. The future: Random fact for my #ds106 classmates: I wanted to be a math teacher and now I'm going for ABA therapy. 😬 — Amber (@amberrlynn0810) September 2, 2016 ...

I’ll open with a link to the article, to provide some context to all this. https://medium.com/show-your-work/10-ways-to-share-your-creativity-and-get-discovered-7fb5fdfbc068#.m926tczcb As I gave a quick scroll through to get…

Birds with Character Limits! And here we have a Twitter for #ds106 — Corey Staier (@umw_cstaier) September 1, 2016 Privately Public Photos! Noises on the…

The post really seemed to focus an an intriguing premise, namely that documenting the creative process has a certain innate value that is often overlooked.  This makes a great deal of sense, as sharing this information is beneficial for everyone (as long as you adhere to certain courtesy guidelines).  It can serve as a motivator … Continue reading Show Your Work

  Hi! My name is Anna, and I’m excited to be a part of #ds106 ! I love video-editing, all things film-related, and board-gaming! #Introduction — Anna Rinko (@rinko_anna) August 29, 2016

Today I read Austin Kleon’s post “10 Ways to Share Your Creativity and Get Discovered: Lessons from my book ‘Show Your Work!’“. His ten ways were:   The point that interested me the most was “open up your cabinet of curiosities”. From what I had read of the article up to that point, I thought that […]

Hello everyone! Check out my social media, so you can get to know me! #ds106 after graduation, I hope to become a physical therapist! — Emily Atkins (@ekatkins19) September 1, 2016   Fun fact: I love Mexican food! More specifically, chick...

I had a very interesting time with this blog. I’ve never taken an online class before and even though I am a responsible senior in college, I managed to forget I was enrolled in it until Wednesday this week. Thinking it was no problem at all, I started and then discovered that I don’t know … Continue reading "Weekly Summary"

#1:   This article talked about how in today’s world of technology we can use the Internet to increase our society’s knowledge.  It mentioned how there are barriers that have been keeping people from using the internet because it makes it more complicated.  If there were certain qualities that could be simplified, the internet could be … Continue reading "The Internet"

The article by Austin Kleon was very interesting to read. I think that they were all very helpful for someone like me, who has never been into the blogging world. While I have had a Twitter and Instagram for quite some time now, I never really revealed too many details about myself. At the most … Continue reading "Show Your Work!"

Mr. Kleon did an excellent job outlining some key ways to share your creativity with the outside world. Although some numbers in the selection I could relate to more than others, I enjoyed reading all his points and descriptions. I really liked how he included relevant quotes relating to the “key way”. After reading this post … Continue reading "Show Your Work"