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  1. carlie712

    Fairness and Fair Use/Copyright Infringement

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    According to the Merriam Webster Dictionary, copyright is the exclusive legal right, given to an originator or an assignee to print, publish, perform, film, or record literary, artistic, or musical material and to authorize others to do the same. Fair use allows an individual to use copyrighted material without permission under certain conditions. The law …

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  2. carlie712

    Final Project Thoughts

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    Now that CT101 is coming to an end (so sad), I’ve been thinking about quite a few ideas for my project. At first I wasn’t certain or sure of what to do, but then I realized that I loved working on mash up video’s for the visual assignment. I came to the conclusion that maybe …

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  3. carlie712

    Final Project Thoughts

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    Now that CT101 is coming to an end (so sad), I’ve been thinking about quite a few ideas for my project. At first I wasn’t certain or sure of what to do, but then I realized that I loved working on mash up video’s for the visual assignment. I came to the conclusion that maybe …

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  4. carlie712

    Mockumentary project- Where Are They Now?

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    In our CT101 class, we learned about “Mockumentary” videos in which a fictional event is presented in documentary style to create a parody about issues or current events in society. For our assignment, my group (Brittney, Jayson, Frank, and Omar) decided to do a mockumentary about the viral video of a bus driver uppercutting (hitting) …

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  5. carlie712

    The Notebook Music Video

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    For my second Music video assignment worth four stars, I used my favorite movie “The Notebook” with selected scenes using the song “Truly, Madly, Deeply” by Savage Garden. The first time I saw The Notebook, I fell in love with the movie. The characters Noah and Ally fell in love at a young age but …

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  6. carlie712

    Archetype Disney Villains

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    For my first video assignment worth three stars, I did an Archetype of five villains from Disney movies. As a lover of Disney princess movies, I choose Sleeping Beauty, The Little Mermaid, Beauty & the Beast, Aladdin, and Snow White. I uploaded the videos from YouTube and used iMovie to cut and edit parts of …

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  7. carlie712

    Music Mash up- Usher & Avicii

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    For my second Ds106 audio assignment worth three and a half stars. I created a music mash up using Audacity. I downloaded an acapella version of Usher’s song “The DJ Got us Falling in Love” and mixed it with an instrumental using the remixed Avicii’s song called “Levels.” I found both songs on a website …

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  8. carlie712

    A Dark Moment in My Life

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    For my first DS106 audio assignment, that is worth a total of four stars A life in Two Minutes, I decided to share a personal story about a moment in my life where I felt alone and pressured to help take care of my baby sister, starting my freshman year in college, and juggling a …

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  9. carlie712

    Week 4 Summary

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    This week we learned a lot about creative commons (CC) on the internet that allows others to use creative works legally to upload and share, and to also complete two more assignments (either from the visual or design bank) for a total of 10 stars. For both visual and design assignments, I used Pixlr because …

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  10. carlie712

    Creating a Graphic Gift

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    My first visual assignment was to create a Graphic Gift. I decided to use a vintage ad of beauty Marilyn Monroe, and a photo of Samuel Adams beer. I used Pixlr to create this gift and had fun manipulating the image. I changed the background from the original photo of Marilyn with a different shade …

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  11. carlie712

    Week 3 Summary

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    This week we focused on learning and creating our own Gif’s. It was very much so a challenge to learn and grasp the concepts of this assignment. But out of all Gif’s I’ve seen so far, I really liked FluxandFrame Gif because I love the Cosby Show. I remembered watching this episode on Nick at …

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  12. carlie712

    The Fresh Prince_Drum Dance!

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    Well I finally did it after sitting for approximately 9 hours reading and watching tutorials about making a Gif image. I am just so happy and relieved I finished the assignment, which took up a lot of time after messing around with certain websites and uploads. For the assignment, Say It Like The Peanut Butter, …

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  13. carlie712

    Week 2 Summary

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    During the second week of class, we continued to work on our websites and installing quite a few things (such as subscribing to DS106 and adding widgets and plugins). In addition, there was also a reading by Gardner Campbell, “A Personal Cyber Infrastructure” and YouTube video with Gardner and Jim Groom entitled, “No Digital Facelifts: …

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  14. carlie712

    Week 1 Summary

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    Apparently, I am super late doing the Week 1 summary because I was simply lost and confused working on this site. There was so much to do and I am definitely not a tech savy person. It took some time for me to adjust getting familiar with DS106, learning how to add widgets, Plugins, and …

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  15. carlie712

    Hudson River Terrace View

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    I took this amazing photo last month, after an interview at the Financial World District building in Downtown Manhattan. I love how the boardwalk appeared dark, the color of the gray and white clouds, and the brightest object in the photo which is the sunset. It evoked the feeling of calmness and peacefulness. I actually …

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