Tag Archives: fun

GIFiculum: GIFs as Curriculum

Posted on August 7, 2013 by Reverend

Last semester I worked with UMW Chinese History professor Sue Fernsebner (this was PTF or, pre-Tumblr fame 🙂 ) on her Chinese History through Film course. It was an amazing course that I attended on-and-off throughout the semester. I blogged … Continue reading →

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Monster Bash 2014 starring Barbara Steele

Posted on July 25, 2013 by Reverend

I already posted about how awesome the recent issue of Filmfax is, but I also wanted to share an advertisement from the recent issue extolling the virtues of the 2014 Monster Bash that will be held outside Pittsburgh, PA  next … Continue reading →

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Stupid stuff is what engages us

Posted on March 27, 2013 by Reverend

I just got back from Ohio State University’s innovateOSU conference (which was inspiring and I’ll be writing more about that shortly), and one of the comments that I made during my talk that seemed to resonate with a lot of … Continue reading →

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All Moocs and No Play

Posted on March 22, 2013 by Reverend

I couldn’t help but post this GIF, it is the single best commentary on MOOCs I have seen yet! Michael Branson Smith is a GIF master!

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Belated ds106 Valentine

Posted on February 23, 2013 by Reverend

I’ve been crushed lately, so my ds106 assignments have fallen to the wayside, but as I begin to emerge from the crazy—which is all good—I find I am just in time for the design assignments (my personal favorite). What’s more, … Continue reading →

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Rambo Kills

Posted on February 14, 2013 by Reverend

The other day in our Domain of One’s Own faculty initaitive cohort we were talking about embedding media in a blog, and one of the faculty pointed us to the site infogr.am, and while looking for an example to embed … Continue reading →

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Unclogging the bava

Posted on February 11, 2013 by Reverend

There have been some plumbing issues on the bava as of late 🙂 Thanks to Tom Woodward for these GIF infomericals which builds on Michael Branson Smith’s homegrown collection and reminds me of what Brian Lamb said in our GIF … Continue reading →

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Random Movie Quote T-shirt #1

Posted on September 6, 2012 by Reverend

This is pretty easy, right?

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A bava blog trailer

Posted on December 16, 2011 by Reverend

It has been a long time coming, but bavatuesdays finally has its own trailer/disclaimer thanks to the great Michael Branson Smith. I will include it here, but it will also remain in my sidebar as a warning to all who … Continue reading →

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Lest they forget you, Dr. O’Blivion

Posted on July 1, 2011 by Reverend

Andy Rush, who rules, proved here why nobody makes art like the @rushaw. NOBODY!!! This is magic. What’s more, it ups the ante. An animated GIF-like film, which reminds me a lot of this awesome site called 2manydjs that David … Continue reading →

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