It was amazing watching the first video representing the visual of words. It moved from one word to other with the video flowing within the words. It was really nice how the words and video had no pauses; it just went straight to the power of the word into the small vision of each video […]

First I just have to say how much I already love this course. The community surrounding it seems endless and it never surprises me to hear from a complete stranger talking about each others work. That being said I can’t … Continue reading →

douglasradoye.me This talk by Gardner Campbell really spoke to me.  I  began by watching the video and taking notes.  At first I was kind of disinterested.  I just wanted to get…

My Visual Art represents me exploring and becoming a better creator in this class. I wanted to show how in time you can get better with whatever you do. It may take you longer to get it, but in time you will get the hang of it. The clock represents that time is on my […]

I at first could not find the blog post, but of course, it was because  I just overlooked the intro page after my initial read last weekend. I got onto…

first thing’s first; ScottLo has a really deep, after-hours-deejay-voice. it’s actually pretty soothing to listen to him. i am looking forward to his plan, which is no plan. this will be my first time utilizing podcasts. i haven’t found them too enticing, unless it involves my favorite music artists. even then, i prefer to watch something with a visual. overall, podcasts…

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Connecting in our own personal cyberinfrastructure seems almost asy when Gardner explains it. I agree that to progress in this world that you have to keep with the skill set

  Listening to the podcast sparked my interest to see what is coming up in the following week. It is a great opportunity to learn new things that, I’m sure, will be useful at one point in life. I’m excited to be a part of this class where we have so many talented people who […]

I created this birthday poster for Dr. Garcia using a pre-loaded template from Microsoft Publisher 2013.  I kept the normal layout and typed in my personalized message. Enjoy!

One of my favorite movies is Honey, I Shrunk the Kids… When I saw this assignment it didn’t take me too long to stop my search. I always liked that movie and thought to myself what would it be like if he made them huge?! So I decided to enlarge this cute furry puppy to see […]

  I’m a visual person and I decided to do my first visual assignment about the beauty of this colorful world. I like tall kinds of colors; pictures and colors are what helping me to learn about life. The reason I chose this assignment is that when I think about flowers the whole world changes into […]

Definitely the first thing that caught my attention about this was that he plans on keeping the podcasts short – around 5-7 minutes.  I think that is awesome! I once had a professor who kept all his lectures around 24 minutes because that’s when the human mind starts to stop retaining any information.  A lot […]

“Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world.” - Nelson Mandela The beginning of this year I went on my third trip to El Progreso, Honduras.  If you don’t know already, Honduras for the third year in a row has been on the list of most dangerous places in the […]

Today was a good day! I decided to choose this assignment as it represents the mood I am in. Today, I found out that I am officially employed. This moment is very important for me, as I have been working towards it since the first day at UMW. My family is very proud of me. I begin two separate endeavors […]

During this presentation, Michael Wesch brings up many points that resonates well with me. Today, we are living in a digital world. We have smartphones that are more capable then our computers. We have smart-watches that are becoming more capable then our previous generations of phones. We have the capability to print  3-D objects with little […]

For my second Visual Assignment I decided to do 107 “Common Everyday Object” where you change the color of an ordinary object everyone uses. I was randomly taking pictures around my apartment the other day and noticed that when I … Continue reading →

  currently juggling working, summer school and my internship. i am using Chik-fil-A as my temporary office location because my internship’s office is lonely. i need other human beings around me for comfort. i’m not going to say i’m overwhelmed because that may seem negative. besides, i have been given a lot of freedom in how i work as long…

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I took this picture with my regular Canon camera and used GIMP 2 to edit it and have only the dandelion’s colors showing. I think that by doing this, it

    64 years later    This couple started out meeting in their favorite stop on the way home from day care: the millkshake shop called Marko’s. As soon as

This is my first audio creation and just wanted to see how I would sound. :), Not fond of my singing or voice. Maybe if I practice it will get better.

Campbell’s presentation was a very eye opening first assignment. It made me realize how close minded that I was coming into this class. The student that Campbell was talking about, the student who simply wants to sit and learn and turn in assignments for a grade and call that an education, definitely describes how I […]

This visual Assignment is an image of me. Since I have been talking about how stressed I was and how I need to relax. I have three photos, one represents me when I am relaxed, calm, and overload stressed. I took two pictures of some tulips that I had on my desk at work and […]

At first I had no idea what to do for this assignment, so I looked around for what the heck I could tell a story about, with just the change…

So for my first attempt at a visual assignment I decided to do the “Splash the Color” assignment. I couldn’t decide on what I wanted to splash so I looked around my apartment to find some colorful objects. I also … Continue reading →

  My inspiration behind choosing this photo was simply picking a cute photo of my baby brother. I took this photo about three years ago and I wanted to see what I could do with it. When I chose this assignment I thought that it would be simple. It was not! I started out with a very complicated photo of… Read more →

Art has always been one of my first true loves.  So I thought it was only right that my first visual assignment was the Art Comes to Life category.  With this, I had to recreate a popular piece of art and make it my own in a modern way.  It took me quite some time […]

Wishing a very very happy birthday to Dr. Garcia!!! Party it up!! Check out my birthday shoutout on soundcloud! https://soundcloud.com/randi-crabbe/birthday-shoutout

Wesch brought up numerous things that I relate to during his presentation. I have always complained about the learning technique used in school systems from elementary schools to higher education. Some teach for the goal of getting an A on a test or just to hear someone regurgitate information. But can we blame teachers for this? There are so many rules… Read more →

Daily Create 2, week 1. Sid is a sweet dog that likes cuddling and exploring the nearby woods and the lake with the whole family. If Sid had another sunny summer day to live he would definitely spend it surrounded by three loud children, their Mom and Dad. They would all go to the lake […]

I made a clip wishing Dr. Garcia a Happy Birthday! It was a small poem I made, I hope she likes it. She seems like an awesome person.  Please enjoy!