I wrote a story on how COVID-19 has impacted animal rescue efforts in Virginia. The issues that have come with stay-at-home orders, and social distancing has not only affected Virginia, but the country as a whole. As a volunteer with a local foster-based animal rescue organization in Fredericksburg, I knew there was a story to…
Category: Digital Studies 101
Methodology Module pt.1
I am choosing to work on the Digital Journalism project for the methodology module. I chose this project because I have had a bit of journalism experience this semester as a staff photographer for the Blue and Gray Press. I also took New Journalism with Professor Blair Miller this semester. I’m also attracted to this…
Digital Archaeology Reflection
This assignment took way too long to complete, and for that I do apologize. This entire pandemic has thrown me off not only in this course but others. I appreciate the flexibility from my professors during this time. However, with that being said, I cannot wait for all of this to be over. This assignment…
Digital Archaeology
Take a look at this timeline detailing my search to find a responsible way to recycle my iPhone 4S.
March almost over?
Where has the time gone? Is this ever going to be over. I’m behind on my Digital Archaeology project, but I have advanced from last week especially after all we discussed this week about post life of a product. The subject of how electronics are “recycled: is really intereseting, and one I think we could…
Weekly Reflection
Culture Module: Reflection
For this project I set out a goal to accomplish at least one subtask for each task in the Culture Module: Blogging assignment. You can find my full list on my first post for this project. In this post I will reflect on each of the tasks I accomplished. Experimenting with platforms This took some…
Researching ‘History of Blogging’ sorta
One of tasks for the Culture Module: Blogging is to learn about blogging. I began my research by looking into the history of blogging. I google searched “history of blogging” and what mostly came up were blogs about blogging. I was actually surprised by that for some reason. Because most of the answers came in…
Tips for navigating life as a full-time student after the longest break ever
If you’re reading this post it means you’re either heading back to school or planning to after a period away. In any case, I want to commend you. If you read my post about going back to school as a 30 year old, you know it wasn’t easy for me initially. Fear not, you smart…
Going back to school in your 30s. Piece of cake, right?
What happens when a 30-something year old decides to go back to school? A lot of things, but mostly anxiety, fear, and even a little bit of regret. You find yourself wondering where it all went wrong. You wonder why you ever criticized online courses. You hear yourself say things like, “mistakes were made.” See,…
