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Have you seen this man?

A day for the history books, as Dr. O’Blivion goes missing.

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Early Indoctrination

Madigan’s summer break started this week. For the last two days, she’s discovered a new favorite TV show.  

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The Childrens’ Season: DONE

Last night I finished up my segment for the Ds106 radio show “Dog Days of Summer” that my class will be broadcasting on Monday. The Childrens’ Season by mburtis Overall, I’m really happy with how it turned out. I used … Continue reading

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The Childrens’ Season (In which I beg for your help)

This week in Digital Storytelling, the class is working on a radio show in which each student is responsible for contributing 5 minutes of audio. The theme of the show is “Dog Days of Summer” (chosen by the class). We’ll … Continue reading

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Making Sound Mean

We’re moving into the audio portion of Ds106 this week (and I still need to do a look-back on all the great design/visual work that the students have done!). Last night’s assignment was to create a sound effect story, and … Continue reading

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Burning Up

I came across this site today, and am oddly furious about it. The premise is that it asks people to consider what they would take from their house if it was on fire. And then said people are to elegantly … Continue reading

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All things seem possible in May

“The world’s favorite season is the spring. All things seem possible in May.” Edwin Way Teale This time last spring, I was feeling guilty and conflicted about our plans to cut down two huge oaks in our backyard. We needed … Continue reading

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Give it away, give it away, give it away now

I’m not entirely sure where this idea came from, but it’s been floating around in my head for a few days. I’m wondering if anyone else would like to participate in it. Basically, I’m thinking about on a fairly regular … Continue reading

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In Search of a Landing Pad

The other day, I wrote a post about a day in the life of my division at UMW, DTLT. It documents what was a fairly cool, remarkable day because of the number of students who wandered into our offices wanting … Continue reading

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Daily Shoot #445: Make a photograph that emphasizes the sky.

I took a break this afternoon to walk over to the UMW Bookstore and buy Radio: An Illustrated Guide (which my students are going to be reading as we enter into the audio portion of the class). Afterwards, I decided … Continue reading

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