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  1. How we stopped worrying and learned to love the GIF

    How we stopped worrying and learned to love the GIF (#etmooc) from umwnewmedia on Vimeo.

    This is a session that aired live on Tuesday, February 5th, 2013 for Alec Couros's #etmooc. The session is a discussion of how the animated GIF came to define an online digital storytelling class back in the Winter of 2010, and eventually take the internet by storm. The question asked an analyzed in this 1 hour and 10 minute session are why the GIF? Whence it came? How is it storytelling? Why the cultural fascination? And where to next. Variety shows participants include Tom Woodward, Michael Branson Smith, Brian Lamb, and Zack Dowell.

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Assignment Bank

Explore more than 400 800 media assignments created for and by members of ds106. Try one at random or add your own.

The Daily Create

Each day you get a new creative challenge in photo, drawing, audio, video, or writing form, that you can do in 20 minutes or less. Every day since January 8, 2012. Want a taste? Try one at random.

ds106 Radio

Our own open free form internet-based radio station, broadcasting shared music, recordings, cross casts from other stations, as well as live broadcasts from community members. Learn how to tune in and how to grab the mic.

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inSPIRE

The best of ds106! A site designed by ds106 students to showcase the works of others. Nominate anyone’s creations in ds106 that inspires you or explore it to become inspired.

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ds106 poster by Jim Groom http://bavatuesdays.com/theyre-here-2/

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  1. Week 5 Summary

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    --Originally published at I Confront Technology (and conquer it)
    Another week in DS106 is coming to an end! This week was definitely one of the more challenging and time-consuming weeks. I got a late start to it and was a little stressed looking at all the requirements, but I learn a lot. I have never used any sort...

  3. Chapter 7: Social Learning

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    --Originally published at Kelly Reseigh
    Social learning, ‘push’ and ‘pull’, and building platforms for collaborative learning “They suggested that by separating learning from ‘authentic’ activity grounded in physical and social contexts and situations, formal education largely defeats its goal of promoting ‘useable, robust knowledge’.” Authentic learning is critical in education today. Our students need to feel connected and inspired by […]
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