ds106 Salad Days

ds106 Salad Days

by Reverend

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September 29, 2014

I’ve been admiring assignments like the Shakespearean LOLcat for a while now, and this time I decided to stop analyzing and start paralyzing with my awesome art! I knew the quote I wanted to do right away. It’s a line I’ve repeated regularly … Continue reading →
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Wire 106: Week 6 – The Design of Things

by Reverend

| Fall 2014 Wire106 Assignments, Syndicated
September 29, 2014

Wire episodes: Season 2, Episodes 9, 10, and 11. DailyCreates: 3 Video Discussions: If the following times don;t work for you, let us know times that do for future weeks. Also, you have to be part of at least three video discussions by … Continue reading →
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Red Moon

by Reverend

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September 28, 2014

I went through the assignment bank to see what hadn’t been done yet, and I was surprised to see the “Image Manipulation and Historical Narrative” hadn’t been done, so I decided to fix that. I figured I would take one … Continue reading →
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From Radio to Television to Wire 106 or, Why I teach

by Reverend

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September 26, 2014

I already blogged a bit about the Wire 106 listen along last week, and this week’s watch along, but I want to take a moment to reflect on these particular course activities. The shared object of attention for this course … Continue reading →
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The 411 Photoblitz

by Reverend

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September 24, 2014

I’ve been doing a lot of office nesting over the last six weeks or so. Why? Well, because we moved into a brand new building (which rules), and it just so happens the director of DTLT (that’s me) got an … Continue reading →
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Atari 2600 Joystick

by Reverend

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September 24, 2014

Another awesome Daily Create today (thanks Mariana!), this one was imagined by Tom Woodward and has you picking a patent image and cleaning it up to make it look cool. I couldn’t find a patent image I was in love with, so … Continue reading →
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Wire 106 Twitter Watch Along

by Reverend

| Syndicated
September 24, 2014

Last week was focused on introducing audio so we did three Wire 106 Listen Alongs via ds106radio that focused specifically on audio. This week we’re introducing visual/photography, so we wanted to switch it up and have folks watch and not … Continue reading →
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Cropped Road Signs: Fallout Fan

by Reverend

| Syndicated
September 23, 2014

I love today’s Daily Create, namely taking a cropped road sign and provide a different context. My idea of turning a nuclear fallout sign into a fan was quick and easy, although not nearly as creative as some of the others. … Continue reading →
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Wire 106: Week 5 – Taking a Closer Look

by Reverend

| Fall 2014 Wire106 Assignments, Syndicated
September 22, 2014

This week we will be exploring visual elements of storytelling. And below is a quick list of things to do, followed by some more extensive resources: The Wire Episodes: We will be watching episodes 6, 7, and 8 of Season 2 … Continue reading →
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Wire 106 Listen Along on ds106radio (#4life)

by Reverend

| Syndicated
September 22, 2014

Its so different to just listen to an episode…#wire106 — John Meadows (@Physx28) September 17, 2014 Week four of Wire 106 was dedicated to listening to audio. Given that, Paul Bond suggested we load three episodes of season 2 of The Wire that we assigned this week (i.e., 3, … Continue reading →
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Wire 106 Week 4: Listening to Audio

by Reverend

| Fall 2014 Wire106 Assignments, Syndicated
September 15, 2014

This week’s assignment and directions were broadcast via #ds106radio earlier this afternoon, and you can listen to that 20 minute discussion for an overview of this week below. Be sure to listen, all the details in that discussion will not … Continue reading →
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Baltimore’s Rainbow Port

by Reverend

| Syndicated
September 15, 2014

I really liked Ien Harris’s “Rainbow Showcase” assignment, as well as the post he did to demonstrate how it works. That’s some awesome assignment work right there, and I love how it’s abstracted out to any movie or TV show … Continue reading →
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The Wire Everywhere: What is that thing?

by Reverend

| Syndicated
September 14, 2014

I was at Westmoreland State Park with my family today and I saw a payphone by the visitor’s center and immediately thought of The Wire Everywhere assignment for ds106. It’s interesting how the payphone is becoming a vestigial technology in … Continue reading →
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Wire106 Double Feature: S02E01/S02E02 “Ebb Tide” and “Collateral Damage”

by Reverend

| Syndicated
September 14, 2014

For this discussion of the first two episodes of Season 2 Paul and I were joined by wire106ers Kris Hooks and Maggie Stough. We discussed the first two episodes of Season 2 of theThe Wire, “Edd Tide” and “Collateral Damage.” … Continue reading →
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Judge Rawls on Justice

by Reverend

| Syndicated
September 12, 2014

I wanted to start warming up with a nice “Troll Quotes”assignments, one of my all time favorites. This troll quote is actually inspired by the theory that the hard-ass character Major Bill Rawls in The Wire is ironically named after the political philosopher … Continue reading →
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Wire 106: S01E13 “Sentencing”

by Reverend

| Syndicated
September 11, 2014

This is the last episode of season 1, “The Sentencing.” Paul and I were joined by UMW internaut Amy Wallace, who has been doing a great job thus far this semester. Paul blogged about color in this episode, and I just finished an … Continue reading →
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Wiring Mirror Scenes

by Reverend

| Syndicated
September 11, 2014

It’s time to do some assignments for #wire106, so I dreamed up a new one called “Wiring Mirror Scenes.” One of the things that came up again and again during our discussions of The Wire over the last month is … Continue reading →
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The Game Supercut

by Reverend

| Syndicated
September 8, 2014

John Johnston, hearing my call, created an automated supercut video of all the mentions of “the game” in Season 1 of The Wire. The VideoGrep script provides a quick, easy, and exacting way to analyze a show like The Wire around … Continue reading →
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Wiring Supercuts

by Reverend

| Syndicated
September 8, 2014

John Johnston’s post yesterday about Videogrep really piqued my imagination. Videogrep is a python script that searches through dialog in videos and then cuts together a new video based on what it finds. Basically, it’s a command-line “supercut” generator. In other words, if … Continue reading →
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Week 3: Putting the Digital in Storytelling

by Reverend

| Fall 2014 Wire106 Assignments, Syndicated
September 8, 2014

Important: If you haven’t gotten and verified an email from ICANN confirming your domain, login into umw.domains and there should be a message asking you to resend the email for confirmation—if there isn;t you did it already. Do that ASAP or else your domain … Continue reading →
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Wire106 Week 2: My Kingdom for a Comment

by Reverend

| Syndicated
September 7, 2014

Getting locked into the warp speed that is ds106 quickly reminded me why this the best class in the world. Ever We are starting to ramp up the course by getting more familiar with we post and connect across various social media … Continue reading →
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Pager Paranoia on the GIF Wire

by Reverend

| Syndicated
September 7, 2014

This is my attempt at the “Summarize A Wire Episode In GIFs.” I chose to pull six (actually seven) animated GIFs from episode 5 of Season 1 of The Wire: “The Pager.” It’s one of my favorite episodes because the theme … Continue reading →
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Wire 106: S01E12 “Cleaning Up”

by Reverend

| Syndicated
September 6, 2014

For this video discussion of Season 1 Episode 12 of The Wire, “Cleaning Up,” Paul Bond and I were joined by UMW #wire106 internauts Maggie Stough and Imran Ahmed. This discussion was generative because I realized it might be useful … Continue reading →
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Scenes from the Wire

by Reverend

| Syndicated
September 5, 2014

Last week Zach Whalen reminded me of a tumblr site Ryan Brazell turned me onto last year: “Scenes from the Wire”. The tumblr is run by a bot—an art form Zach turned me onto yesterday—that automatically creates GIFs with subtitles numerous … Continue reading →
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First Wire 106 Lunch

by Reverend

| Syndicated
September 5, 2014

After returning to teach ds106 as an online course at UMW for the first time in over a year, I decided to experiment with an idea Mike Wesch mentioned while in Irvine this summer preparing for Connected Courses. He noted that he … Continue reading →
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Creating GIFs with Text in GIMP

by Reverend

| Syndicated
September 4, 2014

Here is a quick screencast showing you how to add text to GIFs in GIMP. And keep in mind, GIFs don’t necessarily need text for the summary assignment. And here’s a GIF
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Wire 106: S01EP11 “The Hunt”

by Reverend

| Syndicated
September 4, 2014

Meredith Fierro, Jessica Reingold, Paul Bond and I discussed Episode 11 of Season 1 of The Wire: “The Hunt.” This was special for me because it’s the first time we had UMW students enrolled in ds106 join the discussions about the … Continue reading →
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Wire 106: S01E10 “The Cost”

by Reverend

| Syndicated
September 3, 2014

Paul Bond and I discuss Episode 10 of Season 1 of The Wire: “The Cost.” And as you may have quessed, this season is all about, well, the costs of it all. Also, Wire 106 internaut Maggie Stough provides and … Continue reading →
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Wire 106: Week 2 “Building the Community”

by Reverend

| Fall 2014 Wire106 Assignments, Syndicated
September 1, 2014

OK, week 1 is done, and Paul Bond and I have been extremely impressed with what we have seen thus far. The wire106 crew is going to be a crack team of digital storytellers. Paul apologizes in advance for not … Continue reading →
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Wire 106: S01E09 “Game Day”

by Reverend

| Syndicated
August 31, 2014

This is our discussion about the 9th episode of Season 1 of The Wire: “Game Day.” And that’s nine episodes of The Wire by the first week of class—that’s pretty awesome. And if you have kept up with them so … Continue reading →
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