I created a map for my final project. It showcases eight places where my character stayed throughout his life along with one connecting line. Each stop and the connecting line has a haiku associated with it. These haikus elaborate a little more about actions my character took at that point. At least four stop possess […]

What a busy semester it’s been. In between regular classes I’ve been working on ds106. And I learned quite a lot. One thing I learned is: don’t underestimate all level one hundred classes. Most level one hundred classes I’ve taken have been screw around classes, meaning I didn’t try and got an A. I found […]

Hello all! If you’re reading this, I am guessing that you are taking Ds106. First of all, congratulations! You are

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Howdy ya’ll! Hope your semester is ending nicely and you can see the light at the end of the tunnel!

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To all future ds106 students: TAKE THIS CLASS, YOU WON’T REGRET IT Don’t let people scare you away by saying that its too much work because in reality its not. Its the same amount of work you would have if you took a MWF class, expect it’s all just due on one day. With that … Continue reading Future ds106 students:

For the final project I decided to collaborate with Carlee and we planned a road trip cross country for after graduation! The four types of assignments that we used were design, audio, video and web. I really enjoyed doing this as my last assignment and had so much fun creating all these assignments to go along … Continue reading Our Last Rodeo

This week, for our final project, we were to create a story using some of the different forms media we learned about this semester. I chose to revolve my story around my created western character, Talie. I felt this was a great way to tie everything we learned about this semester into one assignment. You … Continue reading Week 15-The Final Summary

The final assignment for this semester was to tell a story using multiple forms of media such as video, design, audio, visuals, web, etc. I felt this final project was a great way to tie together all of the different aspects of media I learned about throughout the semester. As such, for my story I … Continue reading Talie’s Wild West Adventures!

I decided to complete this assignment so I could incorporate it into my final project story. In my story, my created western character, Talie, is feeling down and looking for things to do to change her daily routine. She recently came across an advertisement for a running marathon that would help send the local town … Continue reading Fundraiser Event Poster

I decided to complete this assignment so I would be able to include it in my Final Project story. I am revolving my story around my created western character, Talie. In this story, Talie has become bored of her everyday routine and has not felt like her normal self because of a recent town crime. … Continue reading Event Advertisement

The Gang: Pixeled     On the far left is big Tom. He’s a twitchy fellow, and often keeps his hands on his guns. In the middle is handsome Pete. He’s a real slick outlaw and can trick almost anyone out of their possessions. Finally on the far right is Jess the Mess. Jessie is … Continue reading "The Final Heist – Part 3: The Gang – Visual Assignment"

This is supposed to mimic the Fair that Rose is using as cover for her big heist. This sound clip was created using three sound files found on freesound.org. 1) A Carousel, 2) Horses Trotting, and 3) Children laughing and screaming. The carousel had to be toned down because it over powered the other sounds, … Continue reading "The Final Heist – Part 2: The Fair – Audio Assignment"

I took this class spontanously because it sounded really cool and really fun, but here are things I learned along the way….. Don’t put things off for Friday!!! – I’m telling you its not fun The assignment banks are so fun, do the ones that interest you the most because if you choose ones that … Continue reading "Dear Future Students"

Day 1:   I moved out West to make a new life for myself, I have never felt like I belonged in the Hampton’s. My heart just yearned for a different adventure than the one I was born in. I am a dreamer, and once I set my mind on something, I take action. My … Continue reading "Never stop dreaming"

If you knew her past, you’d know that this has always been her goal. She enjoyed what she did, but she knew it couldn’t be sustained. Rose was ready. She had assembled her team and had done the research. That’s more than what you can say for any of the other robberies she had performed. The … Continue reading "The Final Heist – Part 1 – Writing Assignment"

I have to come up with a story, something that I can use as a final project. What better story to use other than my western character I have been working on this semester! I’m not that creative of an individual, so having a character with a background already created makes this assignment a little … Continue reading "The final idea (draft)"

You have enrolled in possibly one of the best courses available at UMW! Congratulations! You’re probably wondering what the heck is #ds106? If you were like me, you might of just enrolled in the class because it fit a general education requirement and it’s online, which is a plus because sleep over class… just kidding! But let […]

Last week I introduced my idea for the final project and laid out what I wanted to do. This week I have gone further into depth by creating my project. I stated I wanted to use visual, writing, web, and video to go about creating it. This week I am going to tell you what I plan […]

The end of the semester is near and end is near in my final DS106 project which encompasses a major disaster in the western world. I hope you all enjoy my project! It was a great semester! One Sunday, April 25th the morning was like any other. The sky was beautiful and it was warm. […]

Future DS106 students, I found this course, Computer Science 106, to be very insightful and practical in that I have learned many skills that I can apply to my personal life, as well as my parents’ business. There are many benefits provided by taking this course, but there are just a few things you have … Continue reading My advice to future ds106 students

This is my advice to any future students of DS106!  Do NOT procrastinate!!! EVER! You will regret it if you do. Try and complete the daily creates right when you get a new weeks worth of assignments. It’s more stressful putting them off last minute. Don’t be afraid to ask for help! Tweeting and Professor … Continue reading For future reference…

Howdy everyone! My name is Sally “Shot” Winderson and I am going to tell you the story about how I became a Gal of the East through the reasons why I love this place. Well if you ever read my tiny little background at the very beginning of this semester I said I was born … Continue reading This is Sally.

Progress has been made and no tears shed… yet. Before talking about my progress and how it is going, if you want to hear about what I plan on doing more in detail you can visit here. What I have done as of now is type up the complete story line of the disaster. I left […]

This week being our final week we had to do two big things; our final project and then write a blog post of advice for future students taking DS106. Below if some advice I want to give future students: Before going into this course you should know it is extremely time consuming. Be ready to […]

I spent a good chunk of this weekend writing like mad, but I sat down and got some audio work done, as well. I was really excited to put together some more sound clips (since that has definitely been my favorite thing to do so far this semester), and I have officially completed that portion … Continue reading Making Progress in Sound →

So, the underlying plan for my final project, the basis for the story, is the inklewriter choose your own adventure type story.  This week, I began to compose the story, but found that keeping all the threads and possible outcomes in my head, and even deciding them one at a time in order to write […]

This week, I started doing all the assignments involved with creating my final project of finishing the story about my created character of

I’ll be honest, I got a little more excited than I should have to see this. When I found out that Kris had updated his Western106 Buzzfeed quiz, I immediately went in search of Danny to see if he made the cut. And he did! It took me no time to answer the questions as … Continue reading YOU GOT DANNY KEYS →

I’ve been thinking about the final project throughout the week and trying to figure out what I want to do. I was watching some SVU and How To Get Away With Murder, and thought that it would be cool to do a murder mystery type thing with a twist. To start my story I want … Continue reading "The Final Product"

All week I wondered what story can I possibly tell? At first I thought why not bring all of the assignments I have worked on all semester into one story and create the story of what #ds106 means to me, but after carefully considering this all week I decided that I wanted to create something that […]