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Category Archives: digital storytelling
Let’s Talk ds106 #4life: An Interview with Howard Rheingold
DS106: An Open, Participatory, Student-centric, Community-focused Course on Digital Storytelling from DML Research Hub on Vimeo. I didn’t realize it at the time, but this interview with Howard Rheingold for the DML Central blog would be the beginning of—as well … Continue reading
Reclaim Open Learning: ds106 is winning!
I’m happy to report that ds106Â has been selected as one of five winners of the Reclaim Open Learning Innovation Contest sponsored by the Digital Media and Learning Hub at UC Irvine and the MIT Media Lab. Alan Levine, Martha Burtis, … Continue reading
Help me Obi Wan Gifobi
You can’t keep a good GIF assignment down 🙂 This rendition of the “Dancing Jim All Over the World” was inspired by Michael Branson Smith’s “Molly Rocks the Force” (which is pure magic!). And, given my last post, I imagine it’s another … Continue reading
Around the Galaxy
I felt that Dancing Jim Around the World was way too limiting. So I, like my Vader father before me, am reaching for the entire galaxy!. Also, this GIF is my first entry into the GIF Fight tumblr, I hope … Continue reading
ds106tv: Where are they now? The International Adventures of Sarah Kountz
This video gave me an idea for a larger series. Here’s the elevator pitch: A ds106tv show in which we reach out to for-credit students who took ds106 at UMW (or any other college for credit) and find out what … Continue reading
Around the World, Around the World
Having the above video playing as background music while browsing the following GIFs is highly recommended by the editorial board here at bavatuesdays. We appreciate your ongoing patronage. It all started with John Johnston’s simple assignment “Jim dances around the … Continue reading
ds106: Will Work for Feed Syndication Framework
Note: I spent a bit of time this morning editing and cleaning up this post because upon re-reading it—which as usual was well after I published it—I thought there were a few things I could clean-up and clarify. That said, … Continue reading
Reclaim Open, as in Open Experience
Along with Martha Burtis and Alan Levine as co-conspirators, I just submitted ds106 as a contestant in the Reclaim Open Learning Innovation contest. I think there’s a lot that is compelling about ds106, particularly if the folks at the Digital … Continue reading
ds106 acephalous: a headless online community that is #4life
I love Alan Levine’s idea about running a headless version of ds106 this Fall 2013. Â I would relish the possibility of taking the course alongside a community of folks this time around rather than trying to teach it as well. … Continue reading
ds106zone Week 5: My Only Friend the End
Well, as you might have guessed from the last week ds106zone comes in like a lion and goes out like a lamb. The course officially ends this Friday so we’ll be having a somewhat abbreviated week in terms of both … Continue reading