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Category Archives: digital storytelling
The ds106 99: #5 Bryan Alexander on ds106tv
Last week it just so happened that Bryan Alexander was on UMW’s campus for the blink of an eye, and in that time we were able to lure him to the DTLT offices for a quick 20 minute ds106tv interview … Continue reading
The ds106 99: #4 Interstitial Spaces and the mapping of ds106
Zach Dowell (a.k.a Noise Professor) recently posted “The Spaces In Between or Anatomy of DS106” (as well as an updated version here) that frames the various technologies that frame the distributed architecture of ds106. I love the way he framed … Continue reading
The ds106 99: #3 Innovation in elearning interview
Sharon Gardner, a student at the Open University in the UK, is currently undertaking a Masters in Online and Distance Education. She has been tasked with interviewing an innovator in education as part of the H807 Innovations in elearning module. … Continue reading
The ds106 99: #2 ds106 Minecraft
ds106 has a Minecraft server, how sick is that? If you don’t know what Minecraft is—like I didn’t two months ago, read more about it here. I just spent my first hour in Minecraft getting a tour from the great Noise … Continue reading
The ds106 99: #1 Rapid Prototyping the Mashup
I have to be honest, I have generally been exhausted by ds106. It is the best thing I have ever been part of professionally, but it has been kicking my ass pretty regularly for the last four months, so I … Continue reading
ds106.tv
Thanks to the great Tim Owens we are up and running with ds106.tv, and after last Friday night’s epic Karaoke cum all night conversation on ds106.tv I couldn’t wait to test it out this week (I was dreaming about it … Continue reading
Week 12-13 Assignment: El Mashup
Over the next two weeks you will be asked to do a mashup. See the guidelines below and keep in mind you are by no means limited to video for this assignment. Also, last semester the ds106 students went to … Continue reading
Jesus Eyes
I procrastinated tonight with an animated GIF, and you know what….it felt good! Now, the bigger question—does anyone have any idea what film this is from?
Tom Woodward on Video in #ds106
Tonight the face-to-face ds106 class, as well as anyone on ds106radio, had the pleasure of hearing Tom Woodward take us on a tour of some fascinating videos that really set the stage for what’s emergent right now in this most … Continue reading
A Sordid tale of #ds106
David Noel just added a new assignment in the Webstories section (the first one!) and it is a blast. The general idea is make a quick story in Google’s My Maps using the directions line and some pop-up text bubbles, … Continue reading