Greeting, fellow Agents! Below I am revealing what NOT to do as a secret agent. It’s always good to celebrate a win in life, no matter what it is because it makes you feel good about yourself. However, don’t be this guy: As you can see, it was on a mission to stop the rogue […]

Share your creativity! The above link is all about sharing your creativity and being yourself. In Austin Kleon’s post above, I have to agree on what he is sharing. He is speaking from his heart that to be great we must put in the work, take criticism, and teach what you know. The points that …

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I really enjoyed reading this article by Austin Kleon. I found a lot of his tips to be helpful and inspiring for the upcoming semester of Digital Storytelling. I really enjoyed some of this tips such as #6. Teach What You Know. I think that this tip is very true because your knowledge can help …

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My first tweet! Hi everyone! I just joined #ds106! — Nicholas Sebenaler (@NickSebenaler) January 20, 2017 Checkout this large mouth bass I caught! Bill Gates: Aaron Lewis – “Country Boy” I hope everyone enjoys some of these posts!

The first week of Digital Studies was relatively smooth, though I had surprisingly significant issues not with setting up my own domain and Word press, but in figuring out how to actually make posts and publish posts with the accurate time-stamp (as the UTC provided automatically resulted in an inaccurate time-stamp). With generous help from … Continue reading "Week 1 Summary"

Upon hearing that “spy” would be our class theme this semester, I must admit that I was both intrigued and intimidated by the possibilities. While not being a fan of the genre itself, I’ve enjoyed some dated spy films while noting spy films within the last decades which have taken the opportunity to go against … Continue reading "Mission 106 Thoughts"

Upon reading Austin Kleon’s “10 Ways to Share Your Creativity and Get Discovered”, I found the second principle’s notion of valuing the process of creation over a finished creative product to be most insightful. An unfinished work didn’t immediately seem valuable to me when reflecting on this concept, but his discussion on the third principle’s … Continue reading "Show Your Work Reflection"

Welcome to my blog for DS106! I used UMW’s Domain of One’s Own for a class project a year or so ago, and now I don’t think I can change the root domain. I’ll look into it, but for now, here’s my subdomain, ds106.prestigioushacks.com!

I’ve never been in a class with a theme, but I’ve never bee in an online class either so I guess it comes with the territory. With the last name of Bond, I’m surprised Professor Bond hasn’t already used this theme before and channeled his inner James. I’m not a huge secret agent movie fan. …

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Setting up this site as well as connecting it was a little bump in the road but I have managed to work out the kinks with a bit of help!  First I set up this account with WordPress and then I  made my first ds106 tweet on my account #ds106 all set — Taylor (@tmckenzierich)… Continue reading Weekly Summary

Media Introduction! Hello classmates! My name is Samantha Levy and I am senior Communications and Digital Studies major from Richmond, Va. I can’t wait for this upcoming semester and getting know y’all better.  I pulled this picture off of flickr to help describe me. I love manatees with a passion. They are my favorite animals. …

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Here’s one of my absolute favorite songs I found on SoundCloud!🎵🎶

Hello, DS106 people, and welcome to my UMW Digital Studies blog! My name’s William, and I wish you peace and good will on this semester’s journey through digital media usage. Greetings, DS106! I'm hoping to learn some more about content generation using social media this semester. #ds106 — William Schd (@wbschd) January 20, 2017 I’m … Continue reading "My Multimodal Introduction"

Given that this is the first weekly summary, I just hope I am doing everything correct, providing links to work done and embedded daily creates. All in all the first week has been simple but effective in getting me to realize a few things. First of all it has made me realize that there is...

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Hey there! Just created a YouTube channel and posted my first video. Hope you enjoy this video as much as Poppy likes mud!

Austin Kleon’s post was very inspiring to me. I think he makes a lot of good points and while some of his advice seems a little played out to me, its still good advice. While all of his points are important, the one that really calls out to me personally is #10-“Stick Around”. I have …

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Introduction To start of the introduction to DS 106 in “bootcamp” the week started with an introduction of ourselves to the class using different media outlets that we will be using throughout the course. I already had some familiarity with most of these sites but it took me awhile to decide exactly what to post […]

Hello! My name is Callie Liberty (technically Catherine). I am a senior at UMW a history major and a digital studies minor. I also work on campus as a tutor at the Digital Knowledge Center. In terms of an introduction to me I like knitting, history, reading, and learning. While those potentially all sound like class […]

I was pretty excited to learn this semesters course would be spy themed. I enjoy spy films even with the often problems within the genre, and am excited to explore that genre in more detail. I have always enjoyed spy films both in the Martini Flavor or Stale Beer Flavor as the article on spy […]

By Chris Markham I’m a journalism guy. It’s my major and it’s one of the things I would like to do with my career. As it relates to sports, I want to write articles and tell stories about athletes, games, teams, etc. I have a fine appreciation for articles and journalism as a whole. My …

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Trying to figure out WordPress and how to make blog post for the class! Hope this works

I’ve just made a Flickr page and I added my first picture. This post is of my pet pig, Poppy, taking a bath. Not your typical cat or dog!

I’m excited for a semester of learning this ins and outs of digital design and interaction.  We’ll see how this goes! Here are some of my first works for the class. Everything here is brand new to me, except for Twitter. I think I’m alright at Twitter. From Flickr, a picture from an indoor track …

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I learned a lot so far this week. I already had a domain and I’ve had to use WordPress for several classes for the last few years, and I already had accounts set up for most of the other sites we’ve had to use so far, so I was lucky enough to already be familiar … Continue reading Week 1

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I enjoyed reading Austin Kleon’s posts about lessons from his book, “Show Your Work.” I agree with the author that life is not about opportunities knocking at your door passively, but rather, you knocking on the doors of opportunities actively. Out of the 10 points he has mentioned, the last message, “Stick Around” resonated with …

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