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.