It is now time to introduce one of the Fandom Princess’ legendary adversaries. This person was considered to all sweet (and annoying), smart (yet frustrating), and charming(fake as hell). She went by the name of Sophia and the Fandom Princess disliked her for many reasons, one of which was her … Continue reading →

Hello! So this week was the first week of ds106, AKA “Boot Camp”, and I’ve gotta say…it was a lot.  You know that nervous feeling you have when you first enter a new class? You keep double checking it’s the ...

We did it! We all survived the first week of bootcamp and ds106! YAY. So far I am really enjoying the class and I am excited to see what we will be doing in the coming weeks. Let me just say that some of you have some crazy awesome video making skills (shoutout to Amber ...

My class of ds106 UMW students are off and running. If anyone sees them, tell them to keep going. The semester start pulls at both ends for me. It’s exciting to ...

Ah…that dreadful time of year where you have to buy all of your expensive textbooks for classes. At the end of the year, you end up either stuck with them or selling them for prices that are much less than … Continue reading →

There came a day in the land where the Fandom Princess reigned  that her parents, the King and Queen, wrote her a letter while she was studying at her scholarly castle. Because they were a whole three hour horseback ride away, they could not visit her as frequently as they would … Continue reading →

The assignment: Do the Daily Create for 15 January 2013…  “Find nearest over-looked everyday object. Fabricate a story about it being a key part of your childhood.” I wasn’t really interested in plastering my face across the screen…not just yet at least, I am sure that day will come!  This is my first attempt at ...

(a copy of this just sent to my UMW students) cc licensed ( BY NC ) flickr photo shared by David Reeves Attention ds106 Bootcampers! At ease. Despite how overwhelmed you might ...

(lazily copy/pasted/cross-posted drom ds106) cc licensed ( BY NC ND ) flickr photo shared by mbecher As another open resource for my UMW ds106 students, but open to anyone who is ...

Howdy all! I hope everyone is staying dry and had a great first week of classes! I think it is safe to say that we survived week 1 of DS 106 boot camp! {wahooo!!} I watched the videos that were posted on the class blog. My favorite video was from Steven Johnson called “Where Good Ideas Come ...

Now a few clicks over a year old, the ds106 Daily Create is a core part of our digital storytelling class at UMW. Almost a year ago, we discovered an ...

So good news, I’ve (and the rest of you all) made it through the first week of ds106.  Bad news, I’m not really sure I could do it all again if I tried.  This week was a lot of playing around and clicking in hopes to find the right thing.  Luckily I think I found ...

And here we go! Our first Daily Create of the semester was to make a video. The assignment was: Find nearest over-looked everyday object. Fabricate a story about it being a key part of your childhood. I was way nervous about making this video and was not sure how it was going to come out. I had ...

Well on this adventure far away from my comfort zone I seemed to have found myself signing up for all sorts of social media, as well as enchanting my skills on ones that I feel more comfortable with. So like most things dealing with bootcamp, I am going to address this weekly summary with order, (continue reading...)

Two years ago. One tweet. Thinking abt starting #ds106 radio station that class runs. 15 week experiment. Start it with a show @brlamb and I should’ve done years ago — Jim Groom (@jimgroom) ...

Hi new DS106 friends!  My name is Brittany and I am currently playing around and experimenting with my new blog!  Feel free to click on the about me section above, but I’m still working on editing it so it’s totally not that informative. I am taking this class to finish up my LAST gen-ed here ...

Welcome to my new blog, ds106.missambermay.com! Incase you didn’t know, my name is Amber May (I also go by my alias “Foxy Lee”.) I came into this course thinking it was going to be totally rad, and, after a week … Continue reading →

cc licensed ( BY NC SD ) flickr photo shared by B_Zedan Ripping the page out of the Jim Groom playbook (again), and as I did when I taught ds106 ...

Have a creepy daily create! For this project, I very simply used my iPhone’s video-taking capability to capture my voice and the pennies. I made the story up on the spot, and did a few takes with slight variation until I got one I liked. The iPhone allowed me to upload straight to YouTube, which ...

Hi everyone! I’m Brooke. I’m a senior history major here at UMW, and I’m also working towards a teaching license for secondary education. I’m a Resident Assistant, as you will find out in the video below, and I love my job. Just like teaching, it’s rewarding despite the hard work. I also have a summer ...

Hello All! My name is Kaitlyn and this is my ds106 blog! You can find out more about me by clicking on the “About me” tab at the top. But I’ll share a little bit about myself here. I am taking this class just for fun. I am a Senior International Affairs major and only ...

Hello World!!! My name is Kelsie and I am a SENIOR at UMW I chose ‘Miss Runner Bug’ as my blog name because I am addicted love to run! Also, my boyfriend calls me a ‘bug’ after everything. If I … Continue reading →

Greetings to everyone in ds106 land! I’m bellekid and contrary to what my avatar looks like, I am not in fact a duck. The duck you see is Cohen, named after Andy Cohen of Bravo’s Watch What Happens Live! one of my four amazing Peking ducks. Cohen along with Katniss Everduck, Gus, and RuPaul Charles aka Rue. I ...