Google Map Trip
One web assignment I did was called Google Map Trip (2 stars). The first thing that came to my mind was the trip I am on know. I was volunteered to go to a basketball tournament down at Duke the...
View ArticleMake a Story Out of Search
This was an assignment that I would never in a million years thought of myself it was quit interesting and full of tips and tricks that I can use in the future. I had a hard time deciding what to do...
View ArticleGoogle Maps Historical Life- Thomas Edison ***
View Larger Map This is the life of Thomas Edison from 1847-1931. A. Born in Milan, Ohio. In 1923, he become the owner of this town because “he was reportedly shocked to find his old home still lit by...
View ArticleWeb Assignment #1
I’m a history major—so I did a fakebook and a twister for Thomas Jefferson (@TJeff). I really like to think of historical figures in our terms, and that they maybe spoke a little similar to us today....
View ArticleUMW Watch
This assignment was difficult. It took me several tries and lots of time messing with the website to get it to come out even close to readable. I used Hack Saurauses x-ray goggles on the Market Watch...
View ArticleStorytelling in Storify: Can you guess before the end?
The storify project was a lot of fun. I went with a simple concept using the basics outlined by COGDOGs example. However, I had issues embedding it into the site so here is the link. See if you can...
View ArticleFakebook and Twister: FDR
This project was not my strong suit as I am not that great with history, however i sought suggestions from my girlfriend who is. And it turns out Franklin D. Roosevelt is her favorite president. For...
View ArticleWeb Assignment #2
For assignment number 2, I did this one. The Way Back Time Machine is absolutely fascinating. I looked at history.com, because it was the first thing that came to my mind. This is the first image, from...
View ArticleWeb Storytellling
To view the actually remixed website please click here. The other day I found the Harry Potter Original Sorting Hat! I suppose Wizarding World forgot to spell protect this item from muggles. Now, for...
View ArticleGoogle Search Story **
” Hello, my name is Greg. I am forty three years old. Single. Maybe not the most attractive, but I love to have a good time. I have a stable career as an engineer. I really want kids of my own. I’m...
View ArticleEarly War France
Early War France Here is the page for the assignment story telling within the web. I like the concept of this assignment much more than the practical. While I see the potential to make humorous pages,...
View ArticleSummarization #9
The evaluations of The Despicables and Road Trip Radio were actually kind of interesting to do. The criteria really made me focus on how the actual show was put together rather than just the story. I...
View ArticleTheodore Roosevelt Esquire
What They Might Have Done in Social Media Check out Teddy’s Facebook, he created it shortly before the assassination attempt on his life (a late bloomer technologically). I feel like Theodore Roosevelt...
View ArticleForward to the Past
For my Storify assignment I decided to create a tribute to one of my favorite movies (the sequels haven’t aged as well), Back to the Future. I found Storify really intuitive and easy to use. [View the...
View ArticleSomeday
For the Storify It assignment I chose to retell Snow White in my own way. Skin as white as snow, hair as dark as night, and lips as red as rose and so forth and so on. Storify made it very convenient...
View ArticleCool Story, 6′er
I don’t know if its a thing or not but I have been referring to other DS106′ers as simply 6′ers for a few weeks. Yea I’ll take credit if it does become a thing. Anyways, this week I had to remix a...
View ArticleWhat every entomologist needs…
… an awkward ladybug costume. An assignment to create another Three Wolf Moon shirt? Really? I’m getting GRADED for this? My life could only get better if I’d started my work on Monday like a sane,...
View ArticleHurricane Sandy Bypasses East Coast, Baffles Meteorologists
Storytelling within the web! This assignment would have been really fun if I didn’t have a massive case of writer’s block when I decided to get down to it. I decided to remix a cnn webpage as if the...
View ArticleHurricane DS106 Update
HURRICANE DS106 Here is the webpage for Hurricane DS106! Original webpage! On the internet I was on the website weather.com and I decided to change some things on the webpage using Hackasaurus. I...
View ArticleGoogle History Maps Story: The Oregon Trail
For the Google History Maps Story assignment I chose to depict the Oregon Trail. I’m a history major focusing on US History and to me for this assignment it was obvious to portray the Oregon Trail, one...
View ArticleDS106 Posters
ds106 Posters I went onto Groupon and found an item I thought UMW could sell for this class. I took Vintage posters and set them up to be a remembrance of the class and they became vintage DS106...
View ArticleThe Power of Diamond: 4 Stars Web Assignment
I decided to be the first to try the “Three Moon Wolf Stories” assignment from the ds106 assignment database. I remember when the three moon wolf shirt became a little meme on the internet and decided...
View ArticleWhere Am I?
This was so much harder to do even though I had a Video Creator to use. The Make A Story Out of Search two-star assignment (Use Google Search Stories Video creator to create a narrative out of a...
View ArticleWebby-Telling
A 3-Star Google History Maps Story: Use Google Maps to tell a story of historical or literary figure! The only rules are that you have to use Google Maps proper in order to tell your story, and post it...
View Articlebaby hacks
hackey baby steps baby steps I need to play around with a more text-heavy site so I can play with all the colors and fonts, etc.! I’ve used a lot of HTML before but since I was on a time crunch I just...
View ArticleFakebook and Tweeting
This 3 star assignment was to create a fake Facebook and Tweet for a historical person. I chose to make a profile for Sigmund Freud. He had so many achievements and accomplishments that Facebook and...
View ArticlefaKebooking and Twisting
In this assignment we were asked to make a fakebook and twist of a historical figure. I chose John F. Kennedy. He was the 35th president of the USA and he is my favorite president. He was a good...
View ArticleGoogle Translatin’! 1 Star
For my final star, I chose to do the “Google Translate Fail” assignment. I speak a little bit of French (yay foreign language requirements) and decided to go to french wikipedia and translate that...
View ArticleMy Family Trip To Austria
For this 2 star assignment we had to create a map in GoogleMaps of a story. I created a map of my trip to Austria this past Summer 2012. My family and I took a trip to Austria for two weeks to explore....
View ArticleSpring Break trip to Huntsville, Alabama
I created my trip in Google Maps to Huntsville, Alabama. My friend I wanted to go there for our spring break so we drove from Fredericksburg, Virginia to Huntsville, Alabama. It was an 11 hour drive...
View ArticleHey You! Here is how you tell a Story Within the Web
For this Web Assignment we were asked to take any web page of our choice and alter the content of that web page (content, images) to make it tell a new story. Here is the screen shot of the page web...
View Article“LOL You’re such a scene”
In an effort to further my understanding of the folks who create some of my favorite anime, I thought I’d attempt the Google Translate assignment on the Studio Gainax website. … it went about as well...
View ArticleTaking everything into my Hands and Creating my own Web Assignment!
I honestly didn’t like any of the other assignments on the Web Assignment Respiratory…. I also noticed that we didn’t really have a lot of choice with the Web Assignment Respiratory so….I decided to...
View ArticleTHAT RABBIT’S DYNAMITE!!
I’m going to publish my weird borked edited web page for the evil awful horrid honestly quite educational Storytelling Within the Web assignment right now so that the code is at the very least out...
View ArticleTwitter Has Been Hacked By Pirates!
Using Google X-Ray Goggles from Hackersaurus, I “hacked” Twitter to show what it would look like if pirates were to take over Twitter. Here is a screen shot of the finished project. I used the Twitter...
View ArticleRule Number 2
I have finally, fully embraced the First Rule of ds106: break the rules of ds106. It’s that pesky second rule, what I like to call the Miss Frizzle Mantra, that caught up with me this past week. Ugh....
View ArticleImag[in]ing the Streets in Google Street View
In this web assignment I must use images from Google Street View to make a story. Frank’s Salt Water Taffy is the best in all of Virginia. He makes taffy at Forbes’ Salt Water Taffy in Virginia Beach,...
View ArticleHow has YouTube changed?
In the Assignment Way Back Time Machine, I used the Internet Archive’s Way Back Time Machine to analyze how YouTube has changed through the years. Originally, YouTube was very basic. Not too much main...
View ArticleFinal Project Proposal
Step One: I would like to tell the story of President Barack Obama. One, I feel as though I could use a lot of the assignments for him and be creative with it. Two, I just like him. He’s a cool...
View ArticleFinal Project Proposal
So I read over the entire assignment for the final project and I really liked the idea of combining all of the different elements we’ve been working on this semester to create this piece. I really...
View ArticleZzoommbbiieess
The final project for ds106 is by far, the most exciting and creative final project I’ve ever had to do. For once I get to have fun with something, instead of bubbling in multiple choice answers or...
View ArticleFinal Summary Post – Goodbye DS106
Well, here is my LAST and FINAL blog post for the course (I think). I’m going to jump right into the links for the week. Final Project - Giant Jackson! What an awesome assignment this was. I really...
View ArticleYoutube It Your Way! Assignment Idea # 2
Here is the link to the assignment: YoutubeItYourWay (Details about he assignment are on this page) Inspiration: For this assignment I was just simply inspired by the week when we learned how to use...
View ArticlePinterest Peaks Interest
Storytelling within the Web “the idea of changing up an existing web page to tell a new story ” you will be intervening in the code and design of a website of your choice to tell a story. You are not...
View ArticleGoogle Map History of The Best Day Ever
To help summarize Spongebob’s Best Day Ever, we’re using the all-powerful magic of Google through the Google History Maps Story Web Assignment. I simply went to the site and followed the tutorial, and...
View ArticleYoutube it Your Way! Tutorial
To begin this assignment first go on Youtube and choose the video page that you want to alter. Next go to this webpage and follow the directions on how to add and use X-ray Goggles on your computer....
View ArticleThe Best Day Ever on Facebook
What if Spongebob and Patrick could use Facebook? To document the Best Day Ever, I’m using the What They Might Have Done In Social Media Web Assignment. I followed the instructions on the Fakebook...
View ArticleCreative Commons Creating A New Community
What is Creative Commons? Basically Creative Commons was an organization developed in 2001 filling the void in copyright between full copyrights and none. Through their movement, the internet is being...
View ArticlePlanned Video Assignments
One assignment that really caught my eye was The Vintage Educational Video. I think these things always have a lot of potential and I love their corny voices. I’m going to use the current controversy...
View ArticleWeekly Summary 1/2
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