Weekly Update #6:

Weekly Update #6:

by @carly g

| Syndicated
October 4, 2019

For this week’s assignments, it was focused on design. Unfortunately for my assignments 2 weeks ago, I had accidently done design assignments, so I wanted to start from scratch and do whole new assignments with this to make up for the other week. This week was challenging, but the most enjoyable for me. I’m someone … Continue reading "Weekly Update #6:"
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Design Blitz!

by @carly g

| designblitz, ds106, Syndicated
October 4, 2019

For this assignment, I didn’t have any other emails to use for another Instagram, nor did I feel comfortable posting a class assignment on my Instagram, so I chose to post the pictures on Twitter. For my design blitz, I got photos of minimalism, saturation, rhythm, and dominance. This was a very fun assignment and … Continue reading "Design Blitz!"
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Canine Crunch Cereal

by @carly g

| Syndicated
October 4, 2019

For this assignment, for 3.5 stars, I wanted to do an assignment based on my favorite thing; dogs! We were supposed to create a poster showcasing a cereal that we designed. For mine, I decided to use Canva as they have a lot of easy templates to choose from. Then, I created a cereal called … Continue reading "Canine Crunch Cereal"
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Tattoo that describes ME:

by @carly g

| designassignments, DesignAssignments2099, Syndicated
October 4, 2019

For this assignment, for 2.5 stars, I did the “Tattoos that Describes Me” project. I went on the site “Tattoofontmaker.com” and used their tools to create a similar representation of the tattoo that would describe me. This assignment was very easy for me because there is already a tattoo that I have been really wanting … Continue reading "Tattoo that describes ME:"
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My name in cool letters!

by @carly g

| designassignments, DesignAssignments2101, Syndicated
October 4, 2019

For the assignment “Generate cool letters”, I thought that it would be fun to stick along with the 80’s theme. This project was for 3 stars. I went on coolletters.net, typed my name in, then scrolled until I found a font and theme that I thought would be cool to use. I settled upon this … Continue reading "My name in cool letters!"
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Design to Impress

by @carly g

| designassignments2217, DesignAssiments, Syndicated
October 4, 2019

For this assignment, for 3 stars, I did an 80’s themed outfit for a popular character. An easy program that I created this on was Canva, and I used a template to get photos that I found on Google using search. The outfit is very easy to guess, but I still think it’s fun that … Continue reading "Design to Impress"
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My Thoughts on Design

by @carly g

| designthoughts, ds106, Syndicated
October 4, 2019

I decided for this post to focus on what I learned from “The Vignelli Cannon”, as that’s the article I learned the most from. Semantics was firstly very interesting to read about. Implementing semantics into your design elements helps more clearly form your ideas, you know what you want to accomplish so therefore it will … Continue reading "My Thoughts on Design"
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4 images, 1 story

by @carly g

| designassignments, DesignAssignments358, Syndicated
October 3, 2019

For this assignment, for 3 stars, I did the “One story/Four Icons” design project. I will not say what the movie is, but I wanted to make this assignment 80’s themed. My point was to pick out the main concepts in the movie, or what icons people will most widely associate with this popular film. … Continue reading "4 images, 1 story"
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Weekly Summary #5

by @carly g

| Syndicated
September 27, 2019

This week with audio storytelling was for sure the hardest week yet for me. I had previously had ZERO experience with creating any audio content on Audacity, or even Soundcloud for that matter. I took a tutorial and asked a lot of my friends who had experience to help me navigate the audio assignments. Although … Continue reading "Weekly Summary #5"
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DS106 Radio Experience

by @carly g

| ds106radio, Syndicated
September 27, 2019

I tuned into the DS106 radio on Thursday night at 8:30 pm to listen! I participated with the live tweet-along to the Ds106 account and responded twice. I thought it was really interesting listening to the mystery/suspense audio story. It was also interesting learning that it was a popular story among female travelers because that … Continue reading "DS106 Radio Experience"
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Practicing my Pronunciation!

by @carly g

| #AudioAssignments, AudioAssignments2211, Syndicated
September 25, 2019

For this assignment, we had to practice saying the first 2 paragraphs of the Ted Talk “Try Something New for 30 Days”. I chose this assignment for 3 stars because I have always had trouble speaking while presenting. Whether it is the usual case of I talk at rapid speeds because I’m nervous, or stuttering … Continue reading "Practicing my Pronunciation!"
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Sounds of the 80s

by @carly g

| #AudioAssignments, #AudioAssignments70, Syndicated
September 25, 2019

I did the assignment “Sound Effects Story”, for 3.5 stars and decided to revolve mine around sounds from the 80s. In this scenario, a boy wakes up to his alarm clock, yawns, goes to school, skateboards, and hears music from the 80s throughout the day. This is supposed to be a representation of a high … Continue reading "Sounds of the 80s"
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Radio Bumper

by @carly g

| #AudioAssignments, AudioAssignments36, radiobumper, Syndicated
September 25, 2019

Here is my 12 second Radio Bump that I used with Audacity and Free Sounds to introduce my “radio station”
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D.C. Sounds

by @carly g

| #AudioAssignments, AudioAssignments2118, ds106, Syndicated
September 24, 2019

For this assignment, for 4 stars, I did the “Create a Place” audio assignment. We had to mashup a bunch of sounds in order to create a place. For mine, I wanted to choose D.C. because that’s where I spend a lot of time. For the audio, I included a lot of metro door closing … Continue reading "D.C. Sounds"
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Played from Another Room

by @carly g

| #AudioAssignments, AudioAssignments2227, Syndicated
September 24, 2019

For my first audio assignment, for 3 stars, I did one that I’ve always been drawn to on social media; the “playing in the other room audio”. I’ve always found it soothing and cool to listen to. Following along with our 80’s theme, I chose my favorite song from Pretty in Pink, “If you leave”. … Continue reading "Played from Another Room"
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Radio Show Ideas:

by @carly g

| #radioshowideas, ds106, Syndicated
September 23, 2019

20-30 minute radio show: -Podcast format -Discuss and play top songs from the 80s and talk about them after -Discuss Favorite movies from the 80s and things that culturally came out of it -Talk about Stranger Things and how it shows us culture from the 80s -We could read our parent’s interpretations of the 80s … Continue reading "Radio Show Ideas:"
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The Effects of Audio Storytelling

by @carly g

| #audioreflection, ds106, Syndicated
September 23, 2019

Moon Graffiti was a perfect example of audio storytelling. It pulls the listener along to the narrative and helps them create the story in their head. Something that was really interesting that Jad Abumrad said in “How Radio Creates Empathy”, is that what is so great about radio is that since there is the absence … Continue reading "The Effects of Audio Storytelling"
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Weekly Summary #4: Rediscovering Photography!

by @carly g

| Syndicated
September 20, 2019

For this week, it was largely based on photography. I really loved this because I have found myself not being able to be as interested in photography lately because of focuses in other areas. I hadn’t taken photography since Freshman year of High School, so it was definitely fun to delve back into the swing … Continue reading "Weekly Summary #4: Rediscovering Photography!"
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A Dog’s Favorite Part of the Day

by @carly g

| Syndicated, visualassignments, VisualAssignments2167
September 20, 2019

For this visual assignment, for 3.5 stars, we had to create a story using 5 frames. For my post, I decided to do an 80’s story based on the classic simple story of a dog’s favorite part of the day being when their owner comes back home from work and they get to play. I … Continue reading "A Dog’s Favorite Part of the Day"
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Wegmans: Family Friendly

by @carly g

| Syndicated, visualassignments, VisualAssignments1973
September 20, 2019

For this assignment, for 3 stars, I had to remix a billboard with my family on it. For this specifically, I had to go into my phone and find photos with similar lightings to put together of my family. After that, I took to PicsArt on my phone to remix the photo. Since we had … Continue reading "Wegmans: Family Friendly"
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Shadow of a Doubt

by @carly g

| ds106, Syndicated, visualassignments, VisualAssignments2072
September 20, 2019

For this assignment, for 2.5 stars, I had to take a picture with shadows adding to the picture. I decided to take to my backyard, and found a lot of interesting shadows made by leaves. For my picture, I chose a singular branch because it had the most light shining through it. The shadows in … Continue reading "Shadow of a Doubt"
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Photoblitz Challenge!

by @carly g

| #photoblitz, Syndicated
September 20, 2019

This challenge was definitely fun but hard. I took the first photo for my challenge at 11:40, and finished at 11:56; right on time. Luckily, I was at home so I had a lot of resources I could take pictures of. Overall, this was a really fun way to get creative. It would be cool … Continue reading "Photoblitz Challenge!"
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80s Photography Styles

by @carly g

| ds106, ds106photography, Syndicated
September 17, 2019

For this post, I wanted to use the article “These photographers captured the Rebellious Youth of the 80’s” to study their photography styles and techniques. After looking at the various photos that each photographer shoots, it seems that there are so many present techniques in 80’s photography. Selection is seen by many of the photographers … Continue reading "80s Photography Styles"
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Ferris Bueller’s Day of Slacking

by @carly g

| Syndicated
September 16, 2019

For one of my visual assignments, for 3.5 stars, I remade the 80’s movie Ferris Bueller’s movie poster. We were supposed to make it silly, so I wanted to incorporate all of Ferris’s personality traits and key elements of the movie. I made all of this on my phone through PicsArt, and used stickers to … Continue reading "Ferris Bueller’s Day of Slacking"
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Visuals of Storytelling

by @carly g

| ds106, photoreflection, Syndicated
September 16, 2019

I am particularly excited about this week because it has to do with photography; something I’ve definitely had experience with but by am no means a pro. I don’t take photos with a professional camera, but now it’s so easy with technology for “anyone” to take high quality photos with their phones. Personally, I take … Continue reading "Visuals of Storytelling"
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Weekly Summary #3:

by @carly g

| Syndicated
September 13, 2019

This week was a lot of using reading materials and doing research to strengthen our blog posts. I had a lot of fun doing mostly Design assignments as thats what I find most fun to do. First, I did 3 daily creates. Then, I did 3 assignments that equaled 12 stars Next, I created my … Continue reading "Weekly Summary #3:"
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Create a logo that is simple but detailed

by @carly g

| designassignments, DesignAssignments2002, ds106, Syndicated
September 13, 2019

For my assignment, for 4 stars, I created a logo for the Ice Cream shop that is primarily a big part of Season 3 of Stranger Things. I used to shop “Scoops Ahoy” and created a logo that I thought would represent their brand and what color scheme would be most appropriate given the show. … Continue reading "Create a logo that is simple but detailed"
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Assignment #2: Charity Ad

by @carly g

| #designassignments2022, designassignments, ds106, Syndicated
September 13, 2019

For this assignment, for 3.5 stars we had to create a charity ad displaying what the cause was and what its for. I created an infographic poster through the site Canva, and decided to use my favorite charity, Wands for Wildlife by Appalachian Wildlife Refuge. They take care of injured animals in the wild and … Continue reading "Assignment #2: Charity Ad"
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Daily Create 9/13

by @carly g

| Syndicated
September 13, 2019

It was ugly out today so I really wanted to get creative with patterns and colors. This is what I ended up with since some of the boundaries weren't registering! #ds106 pic.twitter.com/rVFiJQp6co— carly g (@carlytotheg) September 13, 2019
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What makes a good story? #storyanalysis

by @carly g

| storyanalysis, Syndicated
September 13, 2019

For my analyzation of a story, I chose the Netflix series: Stranger Things, to take a deeper look at their representation of 80s culture. In reference to the article The New Digital Storytelling, this show does a great job of developing a thorough world through their use of fashion, pop culture, articles, clothing, and music … Continue reading "What makes a good story? #storyanalysis"
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