Hello everyone! My name is Robert and I’m just trying to do my best. Here are some facts about me so you all can get to know me better. I am a Communication and Digital Studies major. I know sobbling isn’t a word but it fits so there we go. I have a dog and … Continue reading "All About Me"

Hello everyone! My name is Abby and I am a junior at The University of Mary Washington. Since joining the course DS106 I have created a series of social media accounts, some I have not become familiar with yet! All the new accounts I made for this course are as follows; -twitter: @abbissss -flickr: @abbissss -Google/ … Continue reading "New Social Media Accounts"

Ok, so i have it up and running #ds106

To make it a little easier to get to know me, I am posting some information about myself through social media! I’ve been on UMW’s crew team since my first semester here. Although waking up at 4:30am every day is exhausting, we get to witness the most breathtaking sunrises.   #ds106 a fun fact about me: … Continue reading "Introduction"

I am constantly using the web/internet. The first thing I do in the morning is either check my snapchat or facebook, and I continue to look at my social media accounts throughout the day. I would say the internet means a lot to me. It has become part of my life and if I am … Continue reading "The Internet"

I never would have thought one of my college courses would be what got me back on twitter lol #ds106 #umw — Matthew Froelich (@FroelichMatthew) August 31, 2016

Hi #ds106 i'm a senior at the University of Mary Washington and I'm excited to get started in digital storytelling! — Matthew Froelich (@FroelichMatthew) September 1, 2016

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This week went better than expected! To be honest I am a little bit of a grandma when it comes to technology and this class made me pretty nervous, but the instructions and tutorials are great. However, I’m pretty upset that we are using Domains of One’s Own because it is my least favorite thing … Continue reading "Weekly Summary"

The true promise of Interactive Computing: Leveraging our Collective IQ This article was all about using the internet to collectively add to our knowledge as a society. The author wrote about obstacles that are keeping people to learning more using the internet, and what needs to be in place so the internet and the information … Continue reading "The Internet"

I found his message to be inspiring in a sense. All the points that he made can be used not only with creating a project, but in life in general. Throughout the book I began to agree with every single one of the points the author made. To me, all of the points seemed very … Continue reading "Show Your Work"

Wow, really don’t know what I’m doing right now! This is my first blogging experience. I’m learning as I go, looking forward to this online course.

I really liked this post by Austin Kleon. It’s funny because I read the post as soon as I finished posting my social media introductions, which I thought were super awkward and embarrassing and I was hoping that none of my friends never found this blog. Which is what leads me to think that #8: … Continue reading "Show Your Work!"

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To help you all get to know me a little better, here are 4 interesting facts about me via social media: #ds106 a third fact about myself: I plan on becoming a special ed teacher when I graduate! — Kristin (@kristinoconnn) August 30, 2016 From flickr: fact #4 is I have a beagle named Jeter … Continue reading "Introduction"

Hi my name is Matt Froelich and I am a senior Physics major at UMW! I am excited to start ds106 and learn more about digital media.

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This first week in DS106 has been exciting! I am looking forward to the rest of the semester. The activities this week were a mixture of preliminary setups and reading and commenting on articles related to our course. I enjoyed creating new accounts for Flickr and Soundcloud because I liked learning about what those sites […]

   

In response to How To Break Open The Web, I am officially mind-blown. I never even considered the internet in the ways that the authors describe. Understanding that the internet was developed with key ‘rights’ allowed me to realize that those rights have been modified.  I was very intrigued by the figure of Network Structures near […]

I thoroughly enjoyed reading the article 10 Ways to Share Your Creativity and Get Discovered. Each of the 10 suggestions were interesting and they all got my creative and intellectual gears turning. One of my favorite parts of the article advises people to focus on their process as much as, or even more than, their product. […]

Welcome to my ds106 blog! My name is Kristin O’Connell and I am a senior history major at the University of Mary Washington.

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Hello! My name is Maureen Thoensen, and I am a sophomore computer science major with a passion for all things tech! Below are my other introductions on various platforms. Hello #ds106! My name is Maureen and I am a comp sci major looking to fulfill my art process requirement with something techy. — Maureen (@gingerchic21) […]

This is a test post for beginning Digital Studies 106: Digital Storytelling.