So far, I’m liking this course. I’ve taken more traditional types of classes (I’m a History major), so this is going to be interesting. Nothing has seemed very hard yet, especially since most of my classes have to some degree incorporated social media, blogs, etc. There were a couple of small hurdles for me (just in … Continue reading "Week One Summary"

Now that I have all my media sites set up, I’ll link you all to my introductory posts on each website. Flickr Photos: Soundcloud Intro: Youtube Intro: Twitter Intro: Hello Twitter, this is Cole. Prepare yourselves!#ds106 — Cole Hodges (@coleohodges) January 21, 2017 You can find my accounts through the hyperlinks I put in the names … Continue reading Multimodal Introductions

I learned tremendously about setting up social networking sites, blogs, domains as well as uploading video, audio, and images. Making the domain was easy in itself, however, linking applications such as WordPress was more difficult than I initially thought. I was lost especially with navigation and just understanding the system in general due to lack …

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I am a pretty big fan of the spy genre (although probably not as much as some people), so I’m pretty excited so far for this class. (Side note: I love movies, art, and books, so I’ll be referencing those a lot in my posts I’m sure). I’m not really a Ludlum or a Mission: … Continue reading "Mission 106"

This first week of class has given me a lot of firsts! My very own website/blog, which, by the way, was way harder to set up than I thought it would be! My first ever blog post: Media Introductions The media introductions post also included my first youtube video and first soundcloud recording. I had …

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To everyone whom you ask the question, “Who’s your favorite spy?”, you will most likely receive the answer of either Jason Bourne or James Bond. And rightfully so! Who in their right mind doesn’t love and desire to be the most suave operator to ever exist? Making grown women swoon with a slight smirk and […]

Austin Kleon’s lessons from his book Show Your Work really refreshed me on some things that will be helpful to me in this class and in my personal life. I’m still getting a feel for what this class will be, so his tips will hopefully help when coming up with ideas. Some of this stuff seems pretty … Continue reading "Show Your Work"

[To Sum Up] This week has been a bit of a whirl wind. I found myself quite busy even though it is the beginning of the semester. That’s why I find myself writing this summary on Friday night… To go into a little bit of detail in regard to the work that we were assigned …

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I found my first week of this course to be very confusing. I am a visual learner so not having a lot of demonstrations made me very confused. I ended up going to the DKC for help and they were a big help. I learned how to set up different forms of media that I’ve …

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My thoughts on the Mission106 theme are mixed, I must admit. When I first saw that espionage would be the subject that our prompts throughout the semester would be based in I was a little dubious as to the true extent of possibilities that could exist for our work. However, as I’ve put my toes …

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I really really liked reading this post. It definitely gives little known perspective into the media and content that so many of us see online or in person on a daily basis. Creators do just that, create. They are the inventors of their own work, or the ones to alternate and change existing work. Creators […]

Reading “10 Ways to Share Your Creativity and Get Discovered” by Austin Kleon was especially revitalizing. Through most of college I’ve struggled with balancing time spent on coursework and time spent creating – or – in fact, thinking about creating. During my sophomore year I studied in France for six months and inspiration to write, take …

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I love the secret agent theme of this class. Its such a broad genre when you really think about it and gives us a lot of options to work with. While I love a good international spy thriller like James Bond, my personal interest really lies more along the lines of Maxwell Smart and Agent …

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•Hello fellow agents • Here I am! Ready to • create • all whilst….. [undercover] • (shhh!) • Perhaps you’ve already noticed my secret [I•d•e•n•t•i•t•y]: “Neapolitan Napoléon.” If not, then you’ll be quite familiar by the end of this post as he’s taken over my Twitter, Flickr, Vimeo, & SoundCloud accounts that I’ve included pieces of …

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I appreciated Austin Kleon’s advice, especially since it can be applied to almost anything. His tips are especially useful for creative people who are trying to make a living. In my experience, a lot of creative people, whether they’re writers, musicians, or artists avoid self-promotion, which is already difficult. I know I will use Kleon’s … Continue reading Austin Kleon’s Show Your Work

What a great week it has been getting back to school and getting back into the groove of everything! I love all my classes, ESPECIALLY #ds106! I have never really been a tech-y person and haven’t used computers in the way I am using them now for this course. I was VERY frustrated at some …

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I like the Secret Agent theme we are assigned this year and reading about spy fiction increased my interest level even more. Never have I given any thought to attributing symbolic meanings to Spy Fiction, and what an interesting way to view its varities! My favorite idea would be the Dirty Martini mainly because I …

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Introducing KBFLY365 10 Ways Response I learned how to use flicker. Something that was hard is trying to set up my domain. The easiest was setting up twitter. What drove me crazy was learning how to use this website. I enjoyed using my creativity setting up my intro blog because it let you and others …

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My first week of blogging was very fun. I created a new Twitter account. I created a SoundCloud account, YouTube account, and a Flickr account. My first post was pretty cool to make, it was about my new social media accounts. This week I learned a lot. I learned how to set up a umwblogs …

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I love the secret agent theme! I feel like its exciting and mysterious and a perfect theme for the class. A few secret agent movies I love include Johnny English and Get Smart. Looking at the list of all the secret agents on Wikipedia shows me there are so many different kinds of secret agents …

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I thought his message was very inspiring and can be applied in any situation such as work, sports, school etc. To me the second point was most significant to me because great thing takes times which is important than the just a product. How I can apply his message to the class is I will …

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  Flickr photos Hi, KBFLY is HERE! — Kyle Bynum (@KBCOLLECTS) January 21, 2017   My favorite song

The image and quote I got this from is 30 epic django unchained quotes that you can find on youtube. I’m not posting it here due to the heavy language from the movie. Anyways, this is one of my favorite movies when it was out and thought this scene was rather funny. The gentleman on […]

I really liked this article, I felt that his message was inspiring and it really gets me excited to take this course and show the world who I am through different types of art and blogging! I believe the most significant point he made was #6, teach what you know. I liked it and thought …

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Spy Fiction is an intriguing and exciting genre. I think this will be a great genre for ds106. My favorite variety is Martini Flavored. I like this genre because it portrays the fast life which is fun to watch in a movie. I like the high-risk casino games and the lifestyle it brings! I also …

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Watch out secret agents! A new house has emerged with it’s wailing signs of dragons returning to the earth. While you may thing something of this magnitude is silly, I for one think it can come true! After all, winter has finally come after it was broadcasted across the globe for years!! Just look at […]

I’ve always had difficult with Google, in the sense that it is so integrated into everything on your computer. I use Google for other roles in my life as well. For example, I am the editor of the school newspaper and have two Gmail accounts associated to it, so adding a third was not a …

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After searching SoundCloud a bit, I found one of my absolute favorite songs! It is called “Beyond the Sea.”  

Upon joining the #ds106 class, I made a Twitter! Go follow me @hannahbruns07 Had a great first week back to school and can't wait to see what this semester brings! — Hannah Bruns (@hannahbruns7) January 20, 2017

This week was luckily fairly easy. I was able to make sure that I had accounts to share all forms of media along with setting up my domain as a place for my blog and to display my work. I learned that sound cloud is a little more difficult then I remember and that I …

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