The ds106 99: #20 #jimgroomstudentproblems

The ds106 99: #20 #jimgroomstudentproblems

by Reverend

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April 21, 2011

The third iteration of ds106 is coming to an end in the next week or so, and there is no question in my mind that this last semester with its open, online component really elevated this course to the next … Continue reading →
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The ds106 99: #19 Bava Late Night Radio

by Reverend

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April 20, 2011

I finally got back into ds106radio after a bit of time off from live shows so that I could finish up a bunch of work that was due. Feeling a bit relieved, and being goaded by Dr. Garcia, I jumped … Continue reading →
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The ds106 99: #18 ds106radio T-shirt

by Reverend

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April 20, 2011

Taking a page out of Todd Conaway’s book I got my ds106radio t-shirts a couple of weeks ago and I ma finally sporting it around campus. Special thanks to Andrew Allingham for the design, and I hope to get more … Continue reading →
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The ds106 99: #17 Annihilating my network

by Reverend

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April 19, 2011

You might be wondering why this bava post has all these images of various people from my network just sitting there in neat rows like a traditional classroom. Well, you’ll just have to watch the video below to find out. [kml_flashembed … Continue reading →
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Weeks 14-15: Fandom, Archiving, and Wrap-Up

by Reverend

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April 19, 2011

It has been a long, inspiring semester—but now it is coming to an end and this post will take you through the last of it. Please read it all, and please read it carefully. Also, important note for UMW students, tomorrow … Continue reading →
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Moving and/or Archiving your ds106 Work

by Reverend

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April 18, 2011

Before you go any further—backup everything!!! Here is how. Option 1) Moving your blog to a freely hosted solution: Did I mention backup everything? In your WordPress Blog export all your work by going to…. Tools–>Export After that, Setup new blog on wordpress.com, blogger, umwblogs, etc. Once you have created...
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The ds106 99: #16 The Bitch Session

by Reverend

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April 18, 2011

cc licensed ( BY ) flickr photo shared by cogdogblog One more from the Nicecast Archive before I move on to another topic. I don’t think I actually posted the audio to the ds106 radio bitch session Martha Burtis, Alan Levine, … Continue reading →
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The ds106 99: #15 Suburbia

by Reverend

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April 18, 2011

This is the last episode (thus far) of the Radio Free Ferris soundtrack shows on ds106radio (you can find episodes 1 and 2 here and here). My memory of this one was tainted by the fact that I thought it … Continue reading →
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The ds106 99: #13 Valley Girl

by Reverend

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April 18, 2011

Taking a page from Guilia Forsythe’s blog, I figured I’d use the ds106 99 to start archiving a number of radio shows I did over the last couple of months. I literally have gigs and gigs of broadcasts in my … Continue reading →
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The ds106 99: #12 Vidding

by Reverend

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April 17, 2011

I’m currently preparing the next and final creative assignment on fan labor for the penultimate week of ds106 (there will still be an archiving and reflection assignment for the final week). One of the fan labor communities that I think … Continue reading →
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The ds106 99: #12 Vidding

by Reverend

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April 17, 2011

I’m currently preparing the next and final creative assignment on fan labor for the penultimate week of ds106 (there will still be an archiving and reflection assignment for the final week). One of the fan labor communities that I think … Continue reading →
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The ds106 99: #11 Managing Media in AutoDJ

by Reverend

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April 17, 2011

This weekend I did something I should have figured out long ago, I actually took the time to understand how you update the Media Folder and how to both create and add various mp3 files to a specific playlist in … Continue reading →
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The ds106 99: #10 bavatuesdays…the movie

by Reverend

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April 17, 2011

ds106 internaut Elizabeth Castillo recently came up with a Design Assignment I just couldn’t resist: “Create a movie poster for your website.” I kind of think of my blog as inspired by movies, so this assignment immediately appealed to me, … Continue reading →
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The ds106 99: #9 A new ds106radio show?

by Reverend

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April 17, 2011

While looking for ripped vinyl to upload to ds106radio this weekend as Jason Toal and Grant Potter broadcasted there awesome adventures around Vancouver on Record Store Day 2011 I was trying to refresh ds106radio’s AutoDJ with some vinyl rips. I’m … Continue reading →
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The ds106 99: #8 Mayday, mayday. Can anyone hear me?

by Reverend

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April 15, 2011

I am currently working on printing out a poster version of D’Arcy Norman’s minimalist travel poster for John Carpenter’s The Thing featuring Station 31 (see the assignment here). It’s just that good, one of my favorite movies of all time and … Continue reading →
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The ds106 99: #7 This is your brain on ds106

by Reverend

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April 15, 2011

Inspired by Andrew Allingham’s rather bizzarre “Eggsistential Drug PSA”…. I was inspired to play off his idea for my own mashup/remix/fanfiction/ds106commerical. So, thank you Andrew, and I hope you all enjoy “This is your brain on ds106″ —please don’t try this … Continue reading →
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The ds106 99: #6 Jessica Masulli on ds106tv

by Reverend

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April 14, 2011

Last week I interviewed ds106 student, and soon-to-be UMW graduate, Jessica Masulli about the journalism job she recently got, the test on twitter she had to take for that job, and a more general discussion about digital identity, journalism, and … Continue reading →
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The ds106 99: #5 Bryan Alexander on ds106tv

by Reverend

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April 14, 2011

Last week it just so happened that Bryan Alexander was on UMW’s campus for the blink of an eye, and in that time we were able to lure him to the DTLT offices for a quick 20 minute ds106tv interview … Continue reading →
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The ds106 99: #4 Interstitial Spaces and the mapping of ds106

by Reverend

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April 14, 2011

Zach Dowell (a.k.a Noise Professor) recently posted “The Spaces In Between or Anatomy of DS106″ (as well as an updated version here) that frames the various technologies that frame the distributed architecture of ds106. I love the way he framed … Continue reading →
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The ds106 99: #3 Innovation in elearning interview

by Reverend

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April 14, 2011

Sharon Gardner, a student at the Open University in the UK, is currently undertaking a Masters in Online and Distance Education. She has been tasked with interviewing an innovator in education as part of the H807 Innovations in elearning module. … Continue reading →
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The ds106 99: #2 ds106 Minecraft

by Reverend

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April 13, 2011

ds106 has a Minecraft server, how sick is that? If you don’t know what Minecraft is—like I didn’t two months ago, read more about it here. I just spent my first hour in Minecraft getting a tour from the great Noise … Continue reading →
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The ds106 99: #1 Rapid Prototyping the Mashup

by Reverend

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April 13, 2011

I have to be honest, I have generally been exhausted by ds106. It is the best thing I have ever been part of professionally, but it has been kicking my ass pretty regularly for the last four months, so I … Continue reading →
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I got 99 #ds106 posts and this ain’t one

by Reverend

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April 13, 2011

So, today marks the beginning of a project I have come up with to push myself to document all the genius happening around ds106. It’s simple in theory: three posts everyday until Northern Voice (which is exactly 30 days away … Continue reading →
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ds106.tv

by Reverend

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April 6, 2011

Thanks to the great Tim Owens we are up and running with ds106.tv, and after last Friday night’s epic Karaoke cum all night conversation on ds106.tv I couldn’t wait to test it out this week (I was dreaming about it … Continue reading →
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Week 12-13 Assignment: El Mashup

by Reverend

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April 4, 2011

Over the next two weeks you will be asked to do a mashup. See the guidelines below and keep in mind you are by no means limited to video for this assignment. Also, last semester the ds106 students went to … Continue reading →
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Jesus Eyes

by Reverend

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March 31, 2011

I procrastinated tonight with an animated GIF, and you know what….it felt good! Now, the bigger question—does anyone have any idea what film this is from?
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Tom Woodward on Video in #ds106

by Reverend

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March 29, 2011

Tonight the face-to-face ds106 class, as well as anyone on ds106radio, had the pleasure of hearing Tom Woodward take us on a tour of some fascinating videos that really set the stage for what’s emergent right now in this most … Continue reading →
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A Sordid tale of #ds106

by Reverend

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March 29, 2011

David Noel just added a new assignment in the Webstories section (the first one!) and it is a blast. The general idea is make a quick story in Google’s My Maps using the directions line and some pop-up text bubbles, … Continue reading →
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Video Essay Tutorial

by Reverend

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March 29, 2011

I started a page on the ds106 wiki that takes you throw the possibilities for getting the Video Essay done. It takes you through ripping DVDs (for Mac and PC), some quick trimming and compression tools, and how to do … Continue reading →
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A Gilliam-Inspired Animated GIF

by Reverend

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March 29, 2011

Emily Roberts, a ds106 alum from Spring 2010, tweeted an awesome animated GIF she did today that draws its inspiration from Terry Gilliam’s Monty Python animations. isn’t that brilliant? I love it!
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