This is so bittersweet! My last post for wire106 and ds106 (hopefully not ds106)! This semester was so much fun and its all thanks to this class! Ds106 was my favorite class I’ve taken so far here at UMW and I’m really glad I decided to take it. I was on the fence over the summer and whether or not I should take it but I don’t regret that decision at all. I learned so much from this class and its helped me learn about what I potentially want to work with as a career. I can’t recommend this class enough!
This class was particularly special because it was an online class. Normally you would think an online class would just be you yourself and you. I think of an online class as sitting down in front of the computer for hours trying to understand the topic. That normally doesn’t work for me, I need hands on experience to learn a topic. I quickly found out that this class was anything but that! Between the weekly lunches, video discussions, and the group projects I quickly learned that this class was something special. I still had the face to face interaction that a traditional lecture class would have, but with no lecture! It was a great mix!
I think the assignments were the best part to the entire class, besides having to watch TV for homework. Although my stomach would drop at the beginning of the week when we all got the weekly emails with our quota for the week and I would be so overwhelmed at the beginning of the week, I really enjoyed them! I would always dread sitting down to plan them, but once I did I knocked them out all in one go. The beginning of the semester was a little rocky but once the semester was in full swing I got the hang of things and now I don’t think I’ll ever forget the skills I learned in ds106.
So as I’m writing this I feel like this:
The semester is almost over! That’s so exciting! But I also feel like this:
I don’t want this class to end! I just want to keep creating things and watching TV for homework! But I do realize that all great things must come to an end. Ds106 was a great chapter in my great novel of my life! So with that being said I don’t think this would be a weekly summary without showing you what I did this week! Take a look! And if you want to see what else I’ve done this semester check out my past weekly summaries at the end of this post.
Posts:
Beadie’s To-do List (4 Stars)
Move Away From the Cookie Jar (4 Stars)
Evolution of Beadie (4 1/2 Stars)
Assignment Cards:
Keeping Up With the Cast of the Wire
Tutorials:
Daily Creates:
Comments:
Lauren’s post Water+Rice
Carmela’s post The End Is Near; 15
Kisha’s post DS106 Wrap Up
Imran’s post 10 Seconds of Thanks
Travis’s post Annnnndddd Cut — Great Work Guys
Past Weekly Summaries:
Week 1: I was getting everything set up so there wasn’t a weekly summary!
Week 3: Getting The Hang of Things
Week 4: A Crazy Week with Sound
Week 5: A Cool Week with Visuals
Week 6: An Interesting Week with Design
I know exactly how you feel. You have done awesome work this semester. Thank you also so much for your help in video. 🙂 See you round on DS106. It’s for life. 🙂