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Beamish Intentions

Reasoning Behind My Logic

I am in digital storytelling to help me grow knowledge in computer editing software and blog creating spaces. Knowing how digital media influences writers, readers, and everyone in between like animation and Artificial intelligence. The digital world is huge, and it is only going to get bigger with more technology coming out in the years to come. I hope to stay on top of the new items coming to the market and/or audience.

One thing I would love to pay attention while watching movies or shows is knowing what digital software, they used to make it look so realistic. Over the past years, different type of technology has been used to give off unique theme to movies; an example would be Avatar: The Way of Water vs. Spider-Man Homecoming. I know after this class I will not only watch the movies and enjoy it but, I will notice how much effect the creators put into their work.

Course Goals

I would mainly like to grow in my knowledge of WordPress development. In my current internship I am adding content to the business’ WordPress website and it would be nice to play around and be more creative here so I know what does and what doesn’t work professionally. It would be nice to play around with all of the different themes and customization tools offered by WordPress.

Digital Storytelling Goals

Digital media has never been a strength for me, but I hope to improve that skill throughout the duration of this course. I enrolled in this course to fulfill a general education requirement, but I want to make an effort to get more out of the course than simply the credit requirements.

Most of the courses I’ve taken so far at Mary Washington have been pretty structured and detailed in terms of assignment expectations, so I have struggled a bit with less rigid expectations. This course, from my limited experience so far, will definitely challenge me and push me out of my comfort zone in that regard. Although it can be frustrating and intimidating at times, I think the best way to improve in any area of life is to get out of your comfort zone.

My focus so far has been on political science and I have recently added business administration as a second major. I am excited to see what connections I can draw between this class and my majors and how I can apply the knowledge gained from this class in my political and business studies.

Weekly Summary: Week One (DS106)

Although I joined this class a few days late I really enjoyed what I have done so far. When I was younger I enjoyed using Shopify and Printify to drop ship a clothing brand I created. The website making from those projects I had as a child really has helped me so far. I have always liked writing down and sharing my thoughts and ideas and this is a great opportunity for that. Since I joined this class late I have crammed in the work for this week as we are quickly approaching the deadline. Something that bothered me about making the websites were the nonstop verification emails sent to me. I know verifying people are real is very important but it prolongs the process by a long shot.

Goals!!

I registered for this class because as a psychology major, there are no digital intensive classes within the major, so I had to find something outside of the major. In high school, I worked closely on our school’s yearbook along with the editors, so storytelling is very important to me.

I really like this idea that everyone has a story to tell. Our world is too diverse for us to all have the same story. Maybe stories can be the similar, but never the same.

I also like the idea that this world is so digital that anyone can hear your story, no matter where you are. Which is, ultimately, why I’m here.

As for goals, I want to learn more about the different ways to tell those stories digitally, figure out what options could be better for this type of story, or this other story, and so on. I’d also like to keep myself in check and actually reflect on my work instead of doing it and forgetting about it. I just really want to learn.

One final thing, I’m a little uncomfortable with AI, it makes me feel uneasy, so my final goal is to become at least a little more comfortable with AI. It’s getting to a point where there really is no hiding from it, so I think I had better start getting over my discomfort with it.

Last First Week of Classes!

Hello Everyone! My name is Reese Kubricki and I am a senior majoring in Communication and Digital Studies at the University of Mary Washington! I am so excited to be taking Digital Storytelling this semester and it ends up being my last semester at UMW. With that being said, this blog will be dedicated to what I learn in my class!

Week one:

for one of my AI films I had watched for week one of my class was “Fall Guy”. I had always gotten told I would love that movie because of my interest in AI and one of my favorite actors is in it, Joe Keery! I think it was such a great film and they added just the right amount of humor of AI as well as the dark side of it. I also loved Ryan Reynolds and how he captured the non emotional AI game into having feeings and wanting to explore more to help his friend. I think it is a lighthearted way to show that AI can develop feelings and maybe some could be nice and be helpful but you never know what could happen.

With all that being said, I want to explore more into the world of Digital Storytelling. I really want to work hard in this class. I have been dying to take this class since freshman yeah but I just had been holding off and I thought now is my time to shine! I also will be persuing a masters degree and one of my courses is Digital Storytelling! why not get ahead while I can! My goal is to really take time and care into my work, review it, edit it, and work with other peer in order for me to grow. I feel like this is a very important class to me because I would love to do anything involving digital storytelling as a career.

So far it has been a rough start for the week! I was having a lot of technical difficulties trying to create this domain and using WordPress. I will have to say I have tried to avoid using WordPress my entire college courses because I personally think there is no room for creativity, it just makes me feel trapped and lost in a way. I thought it would be a little easier navigating through everything but my boyfriend took this class and he was a huge help so I am really grateful he was the 4th and final help to get me started! Now that he has helped me understand and navigate where everything is, I feel a lot better but still may hit a few bumps along this ride.

Anyways, I hope this is a great last semester! -Reese K

DS Goals🧠

This semester in ds106, my goals are to learn how to create digital art in various ways and to be more open to self-expression, without fear of rejection. I would also like to become faster in the sequence of completing assignments and in my writing. I am a fast typist and gaining understanding of the background of technology will help me immensely. It is my hope to create unique work here and to use links to various projects on my website to land better employment in the near future. The tools and skills here should be useful in networking. I will not worry about my limited time but will do my best and focus during the time slots available for learning. I am thankful for this opportunity to expand my knowledge of evolving technology.

Goals for the Course

To start, I think that this course will be very interesting in terms of the information we gain and the assignments that we do. For example, with the first assignment being to watch a movie and write a review on it and its relation to the field of AI shows that the class is very hands-on which is something that I enjoy but also makes the class more engaging. Over the course of the semester, I look forward to creating various pieces of work that convey the creativeness of the students along with being able to describe what went into the creation of the work of art or completion of an assignment. It will also be interesting because I would like to be able to take the time to think about how to complete assignments and how to make it creative and engaging. I am also looking forward to creating various digital works to show off my skills as well as showing others the creative side of me. Overall, I am looking forward to having that freedom to design because it allows people to come up with their best work because there is no longer a restriction on what can be done and what cannot which is better for everyone. I am looking forward to going through with this class and am excited to see where it goes. My main goal is create multiple works of digital art that are creative and intriguing while also explaining my thought process along the way so that others can understand the story behind the works of art.

Weekly Summary ds106

– Andrew J. Johnson

As we kick off the start of ds106, I am excited and eager to learn the aspects of digital media. Bitwarden is a perfect example, a tool that has brightened my use for security among various platforms. The free password extension allows for numerous options that bring security and safety together. The vault is easy and accessible for me to use and helps me come up with different passwords and usernames for my accounts across all platforms in which I use. Bitwarden also brings me a list of special characters, numbers, and ambiguous letters that help me create strong passwords so that no hacker can bypass them. I did not have any trouble with logging in and maneuvering through Bitwarden, although the Youtube Video did provide a lot of helpful instructions.

I have also learned how to navigate through Mastodon as I have never used the website before, introducing a new field for me to post blogs. Mastodon is a platform that has introduced me to new horizons and brought me to the thought of Discord and Twitter (X) combined into one platform. There are different options to explore such as Live Feeds and Trends within the Mastodon environment, which are interesting. The platform also gives you the latest trends which allows me to explore new posts and comments by those who use it. However, one problem that I did encounter was the the email confirming my verification for Mastodon, as it took a few attempts for the approval to come through.

Throughout this course, I tend to achieve goals and accomplishments that will help me in the future with the use of digital media. I want to learn how to use AI for knowledge outside of my profession and future employment opportunities. As our world becomes more complex, the understanding of digital media and AI generation will be conclusive, allowing for innovations to emerge. Incorporating digital media will co-exist with my major of Philosophy: Pre-Law so that I can come up with more advanced and complex arguments in which I can challenge AI with these theories and perhaps come up with my own conclusions. Lastly, I would like to receive a high grade in this course so that I can raise my gpa and represent UMW is a respectable manner.

Weekly Summary

By Andrew Poon

Week one

As the first week of DS106 begins, I am introduced to many things I’m unfamiliar with. For starters the use of Bitwareden, I have never heard of this platform before and after setting up my account I’ve learned this platform can be used to store all your passwords. It’s almost like a safe but for my storing passwords for anything. Not only does it serve the purpose of storing your passwords, but it can also generate random and complex safe passwords for your use. I find Bitwarden very useful when it comes to keeping passwords safe and generating passwords. I highly recommend others to sign up for Bitwarden. It’s free to sign up and if you would like you can upgrade to a premium version for a low cost of 10 dollars a year.

Next, I learned how to create my own domain. This was my first time creating my own domain. After creating my own domain, I was amazed how easy it was to set up and how it can be used in diverse ways. I found this super useful as it can be used in different ways such as promoting yourself, a business, or writing blogs like I am right now. I’m excited to see what is in store for using my domain in the future in this class and beyond this class.

Discord is also fairly new to me. I have heard of it but never used it. After joining the class server, I began to familiarize myself with the application and how to use all of its features. I am amazed how much you can do with it. You can have discussion with classmates and other friends, have calls with friends, and even create your own personal server for others to join. I look forward to using discord this semester and potential for other activities outside of the class.

DS106 Goals

As far as goals for this class I want to gain more knowledge about digital storytelling itself as well as the background behind it. I’m curious as to how digital stories came to be and how it is used in our everyday lives. I want to learn how digital storytelling can be applied to my major and other aspects outside of the class. I also want to learn more about the usage of AIs. AIs are being utilized more and more in today’s society. I also would like to get an A in this class. I know this seems like a generic goal but a 4.0 GPA is a goal of mine for the semester. I believe as the class progress there will be more goals that arise.