Creativity for the week!

Creativity for the week!

by astegemi

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September 29, 2012

The first Daily create that I par took in was of gathering the noise that surrounded me. At the time both my sister and I were studying so I pulled up soundcloud.com and pressed upload which allowed me to … Continue reading →
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Personalizing/organizing my Flickr

by astegemi

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September 29, 2012

To organize my flickr a little better I created a set specialized for my family pets. This set was created because I realized how many pictures I posted that retained just to my pets….and more specifically nike. The set is … Continue reading →
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Wedding Adventures caught mid action. Visual Assignment

by astegemi

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September 29, 2012

This picture was taken at my friends wedding over the summer. Sense I didn’t have a date for the wedding at the time, I naturally chose to bring my best friend/ catcher. Like most best friends we don’t dance naturally … Continue reading →
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Unicorn exploded on my keyboard…Visual Assignment

by astegemi

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September 29, 2012

This picture shows the new keyboard cover I got for my laptop. It is soo colorful and I really enjoy having it. It can be sometimes distracting but I am glad I got it. There isn’t much to write about … Continue reading →
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Camp..Visual Assignment

by astegemi

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September 29, 2012

I merged these two images together to represent camp. The past three summers I have worked at a summer camp where I have been able to see some of my campers grow through the years. I love the bonds that … Continue reading →
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Picture into a drawing… Visual Assignment

by astegemi

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September 29, 2012

To turn this picture into a drawing I asked google to show me a website that would convert a picture to a drawing. I used a website called dumpr.net and sent the image to my iphoto application after it was … Continue reading →
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Dreams that are coming true very soon…Visual Assignment

by astegemi

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September 29, 2012

The collage shows the dreams that I am striving for that will come true very soon. The first one is an image of a diploma. In too soon of a time I will be graduating from Mary Washington with a … Continue reading →
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Prepare for impact…..Visual Assignment

by astegemi

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September 29, 2012

This picture always brings a smile to my face….even if it shows my friend and I colliding into each other. In softball it is important to always call the ball…if you dont many times players collide and often one of … Continue reading →
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week four recap

by astegemi

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September 23, 2012

This week we were introduced to using audio media to tell a story. At the beginning we were instructed to watch videos about storytelling through the radio and then write a blog about it. Both Ira Glass and Radiolab‘s Jad Abumrad brought … Continue reading →
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Bumper buddies

by astegemi

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September 23, 2012

One of the audio assignments we had this week was to create a bumper for ds106radio. I chose to add some background noise because I thought it would add a nice effect to the bumper. The bumper is short and … Continue reading →
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The beach……..sound effect story

by astegemi

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September 22, 2012

My friend Alex wanted to go to the beach this weekend but couldn’t so I made this for her to listen to so she could feel as if she was at the beach even though she was not. To create … Continue reading →
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ds106 Radio for the first time

by astegemi

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September 22, 2012

Listening the ds106radio for the first time was interesting. No one was audio-casting at the time so it was pretty much music the whole time i listened. Some of the music was interesting while other songs were to say the … Continue reading →
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Cake nomz….review of the story of Eat Cake

by astegemi

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September 22, 2012

I liked how the teller conveyed the story. Using background noises made it seem as if the listener was actual present and could relate to the situation. I thought it was cool how they varied the level of each characters … Continue reading →
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Radio shows

by astegemi

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September 21, 2012

I am always interested on hearing others opinions and I enjoyed both Ira Glass and Radiolab‘s Jad Abumrad thoughts on storytelling through the radio. Ira Glass brought up a great point that you have to be able to captivate people. Talking … Continue reading →
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Week 3=Completed

by astegemi

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September 16, 2012

At the beginning of the week we had to describe what storytelling meant to us and how the word digital being added to the beginning of storytelling can change the meaning. Below is a link to the blog. http://ashstegemiller.com/wordpress/2012/09/13/storytelling/ Once … Continue reading →
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Inspire DS106

by astegemi

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September 16, 2012

For the inspire assignment I chose the one of the couple’s picture infront of willard at mary washington. I like it because i was able to instantly recognize where the picture was taken and I think it is clever taking … Continue reading →
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Storytelling in 5 frames

by astegemi

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September 16, 2012

These were the photos added to the group Tell a Story in 5 Frames on flickr. The pictures display the bond I have with the dog i rescued from the pound during my first year at mary washington. These … Continue reading →
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The shape of Flintstones

by astegemi

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September 14, 2012

I personally enjoyed Kurt Vonnegut’s outlook on the shape of movies. I feel as if he couldn’t be more correct and he portrays his outlook in a comical manor. My attempt at his outlook involved the movie The Flintstones.
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Storytelling

by astegemi

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September 13, 2012

When the word storytelling comes to mind, it instantly brings back memories of my elementary school years. Storytelling to me is a way in which people can share their imagination. Some storytelling can be based on real life experiences while … Continue reading →
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Week 2 Recap!

by astegemi

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September 8, 2012

The three dailycreates that I did for this week included one in which I had to upload an image of a wide open space. I chose to use a picture I took while on a cruise because it brought back … Continue reading →
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Welcome to my blog turts…

by astegemi

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September 8, 2012

The last daily create I did this week was one which involved finding something that typically does not belong on your head and using it for a hat. I used my pillow pet…..turts the turtle….as my hat. I took a … Continue reading →
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How dizzy can you get?

by astegemi

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September 8, 2012

Wednesday’s daily create was to take a picture of an object spinning. For this I took my pencil pouch which has wayyyy too many colors on it for me to be using and spun it in the air while taking … Continue reading →
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The great outdoors

by astegemi

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September 8, 2012

For mondays daily create we had to post a photo to flickr that displayed the wide open space and the great outdoors. The image i chose to use was from the balcony we had in our room on a cruise … Continue reading →
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Sharing is caring…. CC-BY license

by astegemi

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September 8, 2012

One of the assignments this week for DS106 was to research what creative commons is and how it applies to the class and our personal blogs. I googled what creative commons was, expecting it to be the rules we have … Continue reading →
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First digital story: Simply “Spell-tacular”

by astegemi

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September 8, 2012

For my first Digital story I used various images from a Harry Potter movie. It was difficult at first to find similar images with slight differences, but once I found images I used www.makeagif.com to create my digital story. Below … Continue reading →
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Weekly Summary….I survived the first week of boot camp

by astegemi

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August 29, 2012

The first week of boot camp has been a struggle for myself…..as I am computer challenged, anything that can go wrong pretty much has gone wrong…..slight over exaggeration….but I am sure people understand what I mean. I started off with … Continue reading →
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About me

by astegemi

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August 29, 2012

I always find it weird to talk about myself to others, so writing an about me blog is a new thing for myself. I am a senior at the UMW and I am majoring in Chemistry with a minor in … Continue reading →
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First Daily Create: Keychain description

by astegemi

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August 28, 2012

Above is a link to the youtube video created about my keychain. I thought this daily create was rather clever. I typically carry on my day to day life not even taking note of my keychain and often times … Continue reading →
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