I found this visual assignment very fun, however challenging at the same time. This assignment required me to develop my own band’s album cover. If you are interested here is the original link to the assignment. First I had to visit a randomly chosen Wikipedia page which would be the name of my band. So, … Continue reading The Album Cover that speaks volumes

I decided to do the create your own room assignment because…who wouldn’t want to have the room of their dreams?! Heres to everything I wish my room could be if I had the money. https://www.pinterest.com/mrivasbe/dream-room/   I picked those rooms out cause they looked really cozy, and the bed is what makes it or breaks […]

If you know me, you know that I am a huge dreamer. I spend more than half my day dreaming about what I want to accomplish or finish. Creating a bucket list….is not hard for me, because I’ve been working on one for a while. But here are some I have not accomplished and wished […]

Dear Future Husband, As of January 17, 2016 I have no idea who you are, but I am excited to find out in the near future. Last year I went through something really difficult that made me realize and fully know the kind of man I want to be with/share a future with. So here it […]

Yeah, you. You will only live once, so what are you going to do? Well whatever it is, I’m sure it’s great. Today I am going to be sharing with you what I plan to do in my lifetime. Considering the assignment calls for a bucket list of 5, I have carefully picked these five […]

The daily create challenge for today was pretty funny…my cowgirl name is…Randi Miley! See my twitter post for my western pic!

Well. To those of you who read the 5 facts about me, you should know then that dogs and I go waaaaay back. To those of you who did not read it– have no shame. There are a lot of us in this course, but I do want to go ahead and take this moment […]

Today’s daily create challenge was to take a picture of something ordinary that you thought was special and why. This is a pen. Seems pretty ordinary right? Well, it provides me as well as others the ability to use symbols, such as letters and drawings to express ideas, feelings, plans, and much more. So, in … Continue reading Daily Create January 16, 2016

Going from clueless to having a website is somewhat gratifying but mostly it’s a relief. There’s a lot more that I need and want to do but with in this short time frame I’m not content with what I have … Continued

This week went smoothly. Although I have no experience writing a blog or creating a website, I feel as if it has gone smoothly so far due to the clear, concise and easy to follow instructions from the bootcamp page. The most difficult part of this process was figuring out how to utilize the web […]

From the futuristic thoughts of the 1980’s and 90’s being reflected in Back to the Future to the social unrest of present day being mirrored by Django Unchained, Westerns represent a movie genre reflecting America’s current social state in a setting of the past. But to me, westerns still conjure up strong images of cowboys […]

It feels like yesterday that my family and I packed up my belongings and moved me to UMW for my first semester freshman year. The fact that I am a senior and about to graduate really puts in perspective how fast time moves and that I am about to be out in the real world. […]

The western genre, perhaps, is the narrative representation of the frontier mentality that has been a mainstay of American ideology for the last two centuries. It displays rugged individuality, bravado, masculinity, and personal and moral triumph over all that the cruel and wicked world has to offer that Americans have loved. Not to age myself, […]

So this week was pretty interesting. I thought I was fairly computer savvy but I definitely had some trouble with embedding the links. I am pretty excited to get more into the class though; I had friends that took it last semester and loved it. I learned how to use YouTube and Soundcloud – two ... [Read more...]

When I first saw the list of tasks to do this week, I was definitely overwhelmed. I had trouble actually sitting down and completing everything, but I was able to once I put my mind to it. I liked making my blog and connecting it and making my social media accounts. That was pretty easy, […]

I think a Western is a look back at the history of the American Midwest in a time where it was just being settled and every day was a new adventure. It was a simpler time, one that people often look back on and think “that’s really what it means to be American”. It’s building […]

Here are my various media introductions! Hello #ds106! I am a sophomore psych major and I look forward to the rest of this course! — Maureen (@gingerchic21) January 16, 2016 Here’s a few pictures I took of UMW

It’s the end of the week and I have done the unbearable and waited till the last minute to complete assignments, not because I was flirting with procrastination as Professor Bond stated in an email, but because between school, work, and transporting my family in need (younger siblings, grandma, etc) I got held up between […]

Well, now that you have gotten to know me a bit better, I want to share with you all what the Western genre means to me. No lie, when I think of the West I think of gold and cowboys. I think of guns, and sometimes cowboys vs. aliens. I also typically think of Hollywood […]

Hello everyone! It’s Tiffany. I’m super duper excited to be a part of #ds106 this semester and have linked below my boot camp assignments so you guys can get to know me better. I am not new to blogging, because I have a blog already where I basically spill my thoughts and emotions onto the […]

Here are some multi-modal introductions! Twitter: hello fellow #ds106 classmates! — Kelly (@its_kellbell) January 15, 2016 A couple pictures describing my life:   UMW at its prettiest: a beautiful waterfall from a hike with my best friend Holly: Soundcloud: [soundcloud url=”https://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/242173399?secret_token=s-CUzak” params=”auto_play=false&hide_related=false&show_comments=true&show_user=true&show_reposts=false&visual=true” width=”100%” height=”450″ iframe=”true” /] Youtube: <iframe width=”560″ height=”315″ src=”https://www.youtube.com/embed/mR_oGs1SDFY” frameborder=”0″ allowfullscreen></iframe>     ... [Read more...]

After getting started on the blog website, I felt that I needed to do more research about the Western theme. When I thought

What a first week of creating this blog? It was busier than I expected because I had to create the website using WordPress,

Hello all, WE MADE IT! So happy that week 1 of this course is over. I have learned A LOT in the past 5 days. From how to set up my own domain, writing blogs, setting up social media accounts I didn’t know existed, and what a western really is. Blogging: Much easier than I … Continue reading Week 1

So…. Here I am! Yee Haw and Hallelujah! Working a font color issue but I finally figured this out! Back tracking Day 1 to now will now commence!

Today I embarked on my first assignment bank post. I decided to go with the visual assignments, because I enjoy photography and taking pictures. So when going through the visual assignments, I was looking for a creative photo challenge of some sort, but I just had to do the winterize-it assignment because I wish it would snow SO […]

When I first saw that we were using a Western theme, I wasn’t sure how I felt about it. But, after viewing a few Western films, reading about the culture, and reflecting on my past with Western culture, I’ve realized it could be pretty cool after all. I am really excited to see how I … Continue reading Weekly Summary