The podcast was such a refreshing assignment! It was nice to not look at a computer screen but instead, listen. I read a few of the other students posts and I think a lot of people came to agree that… Continue Reading →

This is one of my favorite scenes from the movie The Birdcage. It’s Mr. Spartacus dancing around the kitchen cleaning to Gloria Estefan. It always makes me laugh ,and when I thought about what movie I would want to attempt to make a gif out of ,this movie stuck out to me. Spartacus is representing […]

For starters, the work load for this week was certainly a lot more than last week. While the assignment that intimidated me the most was the GIF assignment, that ended up proving to be the least time-consuming for me and… Continue Reading →

At the start of Mr. Wesch’s presentation we are given a good idea of the vast amount of knowledge he has about New Media. Unlike most professors he understands that lectures can be bland and students need a better means to learn. Especially, if he wants to get them interested in what he wants to […]

This week turned out to be a lot hard than I realized. A lot of the assignments I thought at first glance would not take very long in reality took me the longest. This week was such a learn experience. I was excited to learn about making gifs. I once I got the hang of […]

This week was our first week doing a digital media assignment. I was really exciting to dig in and learn how to make a GIF. GIFs are some of my favorite digital media. You constantly see them littering the pages of Tumblr and blogs. They can be funny, serious, or sad it has no boundaries. I never realized that you… Read more →

Gardner Campbell’s piece, “A Personal Cyberinfrastructure” was a very interesting read. As I get my bearings about me for the start of DS106, this article helped me understand the large context of the course, not just as a way  to… Continue Reading →

Michael Wesch gave a great amount of information in his lecture from the University of Mary Washington. He talked a lot about new media and how hard it can be to engage an audience. Most students are often turned off by the traditional lecture. He offered a more hands on approach. I can really agree with this because I often… Read more →

So, I think Tumblr has some great content. The blogs are funny, and amazing artists can showcase their work for free. A frequent sight on sites–ha ha–such as Tumblr is the famous .gif. Aside from the everlasting pronunciation war (GRAPHICS.... Continue Reading →

Gardner Campells article on A Personal Cyberinfrastructure was interesting to read because I could see a lot of his ideas implemented in this class. We’re given our own domain and space on the internet to express ourselves. Not only that,… Continue Reading →

Comments on other people’s blogs: Justin’s Blog: http://www.justinhempe.com/blog/uncategorized/say-it-like-the-peanut-butter/#comment-14 Mike’s Blog: http://www.preservingtheelements.com/daily-create/karate-volleyball-anyone/#comment-10 Ryan’s Blog: http://www.thelaceman.net/uncategorized/embarrassing-tech-confession/#comment-22 Amanda’s Blog: http://www.amandamotley.com/uncategorized/gif/#comment-7 Thomas’ Blog: http://www.tmobaird.com/uncategorized/liberating-students/#comment-11 This week was more substantial than the previous week and I must say, it all hit at once when I saw the assignment to do list, but it was inevitable that the workload was going to increase after a pretty simple […]

Throughout this semester, I feel that Scott Lockman’s  “ds106zone LoDown″ podcasts will be a wonderful resource. I greatly enjoyed the podcast, as it helped me understand what to expect in DS106 and what will be coming. Lockman’s podcasts are short enough… Continue Reading →

I deeply enjoyed Wesch’s speech about a new and fresh way of education. I’ve always thought it seemed silly that we, students, only memorize information to then repeat for a grade, and then forget. It’s only things that have interested me beyond normal information that I remembered, but that wasn’t often or an abundance of … Read More →

Scott Lockman has such a soothing voice. I could listen to him speak about anything for long periods of time. I really like the way he has this podcast set up. I really like how he expresses and explains what we he will be talking about for remainder of the sessions. I look forward to […]

This week was an interesting week for ds106. I would definitely say that I have learned a lot of new things and have applied them to my blog already. I started off the week saying wow that is going to be a hefty workload but I began tackling it by installing the plugins since I […]

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After reading the article by W. Gardner Campbell I couldn’t help notice a couple of themes that are already on campus at the University of Mary Washington. UMW is really building the aspects of the IT community that are stated in this article. For instance this very class is an example of how we are moving forward into the integration… Read more →

  Gardner Campbell: Personal CyberInfrastructure As Mr. Campbell begins his article he brings us back in time, to when computers were just beginning. Where teachers knew enough to teach their students but not much else. Compared to this day and age that is highly unlikely, kids, teenagers, young adults, seem to have the upper hand […]

  True Story!

This week had a lot more work to be done than in the first week. Starting with the reflections of ds106zone, Gardner Campbell’s article, and Michael Wesch’s presentation. The ds106zone was a podcast by Scott Lockman introducing himself and what he wants to accomplish with his podcast. In Gardner Campbell’s article A Personal Cyberinfrastructure, he discusses the […]

I truly enjoyed this first week of Daily Create challenges. I like that there are seven each week, so that myself and other students have the ability to pick and choose the ones that are most interesting to us. I… Continue Reading →

Wesch is a very good speaker. He was very entertaining and funny to listen to.  He starts his talk about how students tune out lectures. I can’t even being to think about how many classes I have attended but have not actually been there. Many of the students confessions I have done here at Mary […]

After watching Michael Wesch’s lecture, I can say that I really enjoyed it, despite it’s length. I can relate to the part where he explained how students are not usually interested in lectures or just seem to not care, admittedly, because sometimes a professor can make a class not enjoyable just the way he or she […]

Two weeks in and my blog is starting to look like an “actual” blog. I played around with the themes some more and downloaded/activated the appropriate plugins. The workload increased just a bit, but that’s expected. It’s all about managing … Continue reading →

This article was very thought provoking for me. Until this class I had used the internet for pleasure mostly. Most of my assignments and  tasks involved with school never had anything  to do with technology. This is my favorite class I am taking this semester. I look forward to the assignments. I like LOVE how I get […]

I was so accustomed in using my iPhone, that once I got on a computer, I kept pressing the spacebar twice in hoping a period would appear after my sentences.

I used to use Internet Explorer as my default web browser #ds106 #dailycreate #tdc973 — Ryan Lacey (@Zestygreninja) September 7, 2014 Yes its true but didn’t we all at some point :'(

Michael Wesch drops a  bulk of knowledge in his presentation about New Media. He understands that students are un-interested in lectures and the same watered down assignments. I can relate to that because I was always a more hands-on type … Continue reading →

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Gardner Campbell’s article and video relating to Personal CyberInfrastructure is jam-packed with useful info, not only for students, but for faculty as well. People still fail to acknowledge the powerful capabilities of an online presence and how it can benefit them. … Continue reading →