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Archives So for our very final assignment, we were asked to give advice for future students. Professor Bond does send out an e-mail before the semester starts warning about the amount of work and time required for the course. Definitely take that e-mail to heart, he’s serious! The work itself is not that hard and its actually fun to do, its just very time consuming. If you have a heavy schedule or work a lot or anything like that, this may not be the class for you. Also, when given the option to work in groups, always do it! Its […]

DS106 was a really hard class with a ridiculous amount of work (for my super lax senior year schedule). I did learn a lot of cool new things though and I’m really glad I toughed it out. The radio show is the worst part. It was hard to work with other classmates through an online class … Continue reading Advice to Future Students

Final project This week I worked my butt off on the final project. I had a blast doing it, even though it was hard work. I focused mainly on the areas of audio, video, writing, design, and pictures. The prompt I chose to use was to investigate if Canada and Russia were conspiring with each …

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I have noticed some weird happenings between Russia and Canada. Usually larger countries just make fun of Russia behind its back and move on, but Canada has been different. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and President Vladimir Putin have been buddy buddy lately from what I have seen. I, Benjamin Agos, am launching a full inquiry …

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This is it. My last sleuthy summary of the year! Kind of a sad moment if I’m honest. This was definitely a cool class that exposed me to many new digital studies. I also really got to explore some creativity that I never knew I was capable of. With a lot of my ideas, I … Continue reading "Sleuthy Summary 14"

This is Aaron Brand. The Accountant, is what they call him. He says he just does people’s taxes. Last time I checked murder and theft weren’t on a W-2 form. This guy has to be stopped, and I’ve been itchin’ to deal out a healthy dose of justice. Here’s my one and only chance to … Continue reading "The Final Battle."

Archives It all started one dark and stormy night. I was at home, minding my own business and enjoying a well-earned vacation when I go the call I had been waiting for. It was the boss. “It’s go time” he said. “You need to be in Canada in 24 hours”. I knew this was it, the moment of truth. All of our agents’ spy work and missions would come down to this one mission. Russia and Canada have been plotting against us and the time had finally come to take them down. I had already had a plan in mind. […]

Heyo prospective ds106 students! Here’s some critical things you should know before taking this class: Your quality of work and pride in your work will be directly proportional to the amount of time you put into this class. If you want to skate by and not actually make anything cool or anything you’re really proud … Continue reading "Advice Incoming!"

Hello agents! This is secret agent Scarlet Jones with a final write up about my final mission as a DS106 Agent. I have worked hard and endlessly on this case and am proud to share my reports and finding with you. A you all know, I recently accepting a case out in Russia to unearth …

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What should you know coming into this course? Honestly nothing. The less you know the better and you will get the most out of this course not knowing anything coming in. If you have spent a lot of time doing image editing, audio editing/mixing, and video you will be bored and it will just be a …

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ds106advice     This week, I decided to explore the undercover agents that were working with The Directorate to expose our agency. The agents ended up being Agent Fawn and Agent Paul Bond. This project was a lot of fun but I spent a lot of time recording and planning the story line. I thought … Continue reading Final Mission

I have finally executed my ultimate mission and my advice to the fellow and prospective ds106 agents is, we must be vigilant at all times. First, I conducted the Twitter poll last week; I then devised a plan for Agent Nice Guy to find out if Agent Moncure is a double agent or not. Along the way, however, Agent Nice …

Throughout the week, Callie and I had a busy schedule so it was hard to schedule a time where we could meet up to finish planning the project and then record the mission. However, we found time to meet up on the google docs to think about our other platforms we would use in the […]

The end is here and I can’t believe I made it through. I tried to have fun with this project by making a short film with my character Agent Roberts. Project Inspiration It is not often that I have the opportunity to make a video, so I decided to really geek out and take what …

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This week I have been writing the ridiculous story of Putin and Trudeau and I will admit that I initially struggle to find the right path to take but I am happy with where it ended and I hope some of you guys found it entertaining as well.  Unfortunately for me I do not have […]

For the final week of DS106, I collaborated with Cole (“The Accountant”) to determine whether an agent, such as Agent Fawn, was working with The Directorate to gather intelligence on our agents behind our backs… as well as any possible ties The Directorate or Professor Bond had to Russia. I found the collaborative effort highly … Continue reading "Final Project: Final Weekly Mission Summary"

I really did learn a lot about different areas of media and ways of creating and editing things such as audio, images, and video.  I really appreciated that new knowledge from this course.  My best advice would be to definitely stay on top of the assignments because this course is online and it is easy […]

I have seemingly disjointed pieces of advice that was nonetheless useful to me during my Spring 2017 semester: plan and outline your assignment ideas early on each week, and try to only allocate reasonable amounts of time to complete each of your weekly tasks before giving yourself an initial ‘cut-off’ (Unless you really get into … Continue reading "Advice for Future DS106ers"

After  long night at the office I came home to a folder waiting on my desk.  I hesitate to open it but when I do this is what I find: “We have unconfirmed reports that Canada is up to something, so we are looking to defuse the potential situation. Are they conspiring with the Russians? […]

There’s not much to put in this summary other than my final project and the ds106 advise. Both are fairly self explanatory in their posts, so I’ll let you enjoy them.   FINAL PROJECT Advice for future agents Thank you everyone for a great semester! Please don’t use any of the assignments from this semester …

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This was my first and only online class I have ever taken or will ever take. While I did enjoy my time, it wasn’t the experience I was necessarily looking for. To learn a lot in this online class, you need to make sure you are self-motivated enough to put in the time to read …

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Last week, I chose the topic of uncovering the mystery of who the double agent in ds106 is. For my final project, I went through posts from one of our classmates’ blogs to examine material that would raise flags. I used a software called Slidestory to create my work, and I was very excited with …

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Well, there you are. You are a. thinking about taking the class or b. in the class. Well here is your warning that you will get from others, there is a lot of work. Be prepared. When he sends that email at the semester, do not take it lightly. I am in 6 classes, including … Continue reading Dear Future 106 Students….

Wow. We are finally done. My final project consisted of a really long evidence blog post where my agent mac took over the blog. She explains the situation that she was in, how it all started, and how it ended. This was really fun to do cause I got to be really creative. I used … Continue reading "Week 14"

This week was the final of the final weeks of DS106. It’s been an exciting a crazy semester. My advice for future DS106 students post really captures the spirit of anything I could say about this course. Amari and I worked together to create a interesting and multimedia filled project that we are proud of […]

Creative Warning: This blog post is the explanation the full on summary of everything, and I do mean everything (or as close to as possible) that went into the creation of the final project created by Agent Amari and I. So! If you haven’t viewed our final project please go do that first! Everything in […]

Agent Zero is on a mission. Director Bond of DS106 Headquarters asked Zero for her help in finding out who has been spying on the DS106 agents for the Directorate. The Directorate recently interviewed DS106 agents and concerns sparked that she had a secret mole among the operatives. Agent Zero enlisted the help of Agent […]

Hi Newcomers, Welcome to DS106, its one hell of a ride. My one advice to you is to be creative. The class became enjoyable once I started making all my posts funny. You dont need experience in photoshop, or any software really, but google will become your best friend. I highly recommend using canva.com, it … Continue reading "Advise to the newbies"

Advice any future DS106 student should know The number one advice any future DS106 student should know is that you should never underestimate this class.  Now I mean this in a few ways, in terms of time,  in what you can get out of this course at the end, and in terms of commitment. Let’s […]