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6/20/11: ds106 Introduction Video and Assignments
As some of you may have already witnessed, Dr. Oblivion offered the introduction to ds106 via a live video (http://ds106.tv/live). If you didn’t get a chance to watch it yet, it is now available on YouTube or at the main … Continue reading
Bodega Bay
This is a work in progress, but I almost have it where I can mask everything out but the car moving. This animated GIf—even in its ghost-like state—reinforces for me what a master Hitchcock was. This scene from The Birds … Continue reading
bava inc
Image credit: (Not)Trivial’s “BAVA INC” Cogdog and I were joking around about our blogs, and just how much we put into them, and just how many of you suckers don’t. So here’s to you, 1500+ posts, and the bava is … Continue reading
The Grand Canyon
Cogdog and I discovered the Chuckle Patch at the Grand Canyon today. It was amazing!
The ds106 99: #47 d&ds106 Monster Manual—Cogdog
This is an assignment I have been thinking about doing for a while, but once again never found the time. Well, now that I am a bit freer, I’ve decided to turn a series of people in my network into … Continue reading
The ds106 99: #26 Preach it son!
Miles preaches the good word about the baddest ass class in the land. Real life, real school! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Djt0B_SGM-Q
The ds106 99: #6 Jessica Masulli on ds106tv
Last week I interviewed ds106 student, and soon-to-be UMW graduate, Jessica Masulli about the journalism job she recently got, the test on twitter she had to take for that job, and a more general discussion about digital identity, journalism, and … Continue reading
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: #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
Virtual Language Studies: A Brief Technical Overview (pt 2)
This post is a continuation of part 1, and it will aim to take a closer look at some of the details driving the syndication and general re-publishing logic that is happening on the Virtual Language Studies site. As I … Continue reading → Continue reading