Pre-Production

Pre-Production

by Kaitlyn

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March 30, 2013

This week we are setting up everything we need to do to create two Video Assignments. We were given free reign on all video assignments, we just had to choose something that we were interested in. For my first assignment … Continue reading →
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You put the You in Youtube

by Kaitlyn

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March 29, 2013

Every minute, 72 hours of video are uploaded to Youtube!! WOWZERs! One can go to Youtube and look up just about any sort of video they would like. All videos on the site can be categorized into different Genres. For … Continue reading →
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Further Analysis

by Kaitlyn

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March 29, 2013

Upon further analysis of The Pursuit of Happyness, I found: When the movie came out in theaters, the mayor of Chattanooga, Tennessee held a showing for all the homeless people in the area to help inspire and encourage them (Wikipedia). … Continue reading →
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Pursuit of Happyness

by Kaitlyn

| Syndicated
March 29, 2013

Side Note: Depending on when you looked at my blog, you might have seen that I analyzed a different movie. I’ve since then removed the post from my blog because as I did further research into the movie, I found … Continue reading →
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My Best Friend’s Girl

by Kaitlyn

| Syndicated
March 28, 2013

One of the first assignments of video week is to analyze a video clip in 3 different ways: no volume, listening to audio only, and looking at the video and listening to the audio combined. In reviewing the video this … Continue reading →
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Weekly What?

by Kaitlyn

| Syndicated
March 24, 2013

We are down to the wire!! I normally don’t post this late in the week, but here we are! Radio Show Evaluation I reviewed my group’s radio show~ Fab 5′s Serial Dater segment and the Dot Commer’s ~ The Science … Continue reading →
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Radio Show Evaluation

by Kaitlyn

| Syndicated
March 24, 2013

Oh I feel so famous! My radio show group (Fab 5) premiered on DS106 radio last week!! It was really awesome and a bit nerve racking to hear our own voices on the radio. Brittany and Kelsie did a great … Continue reading →
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TDCs and a story

by Kaitlyn

| Syndicated
March 24, 2013

This week we had to complete three daily creates, but there was a catch- we had to create a story to connect them all. First off, here the daily creates I participated in. March 17th- Write a story about someone … Continue reading →
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Wanted: Traveling Partner

by Kaitlyn

| Syndicated
March 24, 2013

For the main project of the week, we were to take an existing webpage and create some changes to it. This is actually a ds106 web assignment- Storytelling within the Web and it’s worth 5 stars. The hardest part about this … Continue reading →
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Fake it, til you make it

by Kaitlyn

| Syndicated
March 23, 2013

This 3 star “What they might have done in Social Media” assignment was really interesting. The purpose was to take a historical figure and create a “Fakebook” and use “Twister” to show what sort of tweets the person might have … Continue reading →
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Wally World over time

by Kaitlyn

| Syndicated
March 23, 2013

The first web assignment I completed was the 2-star Way Back Time Machine and it was really interesting. For this assignment we used the WayBack Machine to search for a particular website and see how it’s changed over the years. In … Continue reading →
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Double Weekly Review

by Kaitlyn

| Syndicated
March 15, 2013

It’s strange to do a weekly review for 2 weeks, and it’s very bizarre to think that we’ve been in DS106 for 8 weeks now! The radio show was the BIG project over the last 3 weeks, but we still … Continue reading →
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The Circus

by Kaitlyn

| Syndicated
March 15, 2013

Whew. This was a tough challenge. And maybe one of the toughest of the semester. We had to create foley sounds for a clip of the silent movie, The Circus. Not sure what Foley sounds are? While I didn’t know … Continue reading →
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XOXO

by Kaitlyn

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March 14, 2013

I have rekindled my love for Gossip Girl. (Thank God for Netflix!!) I came across this 3-star assignment for “Movie Voice Machines” where you pick a movie/tv character and create their voicemail message. Since I may or may not have watched … Continue reading →
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Take that Spam

by Kaitlyn

| Syndicated
March 14, 2013

Spam is the worst, is it not? Thanks to my “Akismet” plugin, I don’t see spam comments on the blog unless I click on the “Spam” tab. I have to admit that reading through the Spam comments makes me laugh … Continue reading →
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Radio Show Commercial

by Kaitlyn

| Syndicated
March 14, 2013

To go along with our radio show topic “Serial Dater” this commercial focuses on people who have trouble settling down in a relationship. Brittany and I developed the script for this commercial together and recorded it in Audacity. Here is … Continue reading →
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Radio Show Bumper

by Kaitlyn

| Syndicated
March 14, 2013

If you didn’t already know, the name of our radio show is “Fab 5.” Our group is made up of 5 girls and so we played off the idea of the “Fab 5″ 2012 U.S. Olympian female Gymnasts. If you … Continue reading →
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May I take your order?

by Kaitlyn

| Syndicated
March 14, 2013

To start of the 5 stars of audio we must complete, I chose the 2 star assignment “May I take your order?” For this assignment, All you need to do is record yourself (better if you use an accent of … Continue reading →
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Daily Creates weeks 7 & 8

by Kaitlyn

| Syndicated
March 14, 2013

WOW! It’s been such a long time since I last posted, but I’m back to the DS106 grind! Because we had three weeks of time, there were 6 day creates to do. Here are my six: February 25th: Fold a … Continue reading →
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Weekly, Weekly: Read all about it

by Kaitlyn

| Syndicated
February 24, 2013

This week was all about design. The assignments were fun, the design safari was a bit of a challenge for me, but I learned a lot along the way and my radio show group and I began working on … Continue reading →
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Design Safari

by Kaitlyn

| Syndicated
February 24, 2013

Unlike the photoblitz assignment, I really disliked this assignment. I’m not sure why, but I just felt like I could find what I needed too. But that’s okay, it can’t all be fun and games. So what did I find … Continue reading →
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1 movie/4 icons: round 2

by Kaitlyn

| Syndicated
February 23, 2013

So I’ve done this assignment once already. But I failed to fully read the assignment and see that the icons had to be from The Noun Project, not pictures. So I’m back to redeem myself and you get to have … Continue reading →
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Design Dailies

by Kaitlyn

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February 23, 2013

This week we had to complete three more daily creates. Monday: Take a photo of someone nice and cozy in a blanket. Maggie looks so cute, warm and snuggly in this picture! It’s adorable! In analyzing this picture, I say … Continue reading →
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Caption that

by Kaitlyn

| Syndicated
February 21, 2013

For my last star design assignment of the week I chose “The Big Caption,” mainly because it was one star and that’s all I needed. For this 1-star assignment all you have to do is pick a picture off of … Continue reading →
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I’m leaving on a jet plane

by Kaitlyn

| Syndicated
February 20, 2013

Well not just yet… For my next 2-star assignment I chose “A place I’ve Never Been before.” I saw this over on Brittany’s blog (her’s is amazing) and new I wanted to do it too. The premise behind this assignments … Continue reading →
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New and Improved Bumper Sticker

by Kaitlyn

| Syndicated
February 20, 2013

I’ve got another 2-star assignment for you all! I’ve recreated a classic Virginia bumper sticker to incorporate some ds106 love in it. For this assignment I used Picmonkey. I grabbed “black wallpaper” from google images and added in text and … Continue reading →
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On December 24th…

by Kaitlyn

| Syndicated
February 20, 2013

I was born. Yes, I’m a Christmas Eve Baby. But something else really cool happened that day, in 1970 that is. Hold on to that thought though, I want to explain this assignment first. This has been my favorite one … Continue reading →
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Greetings Loved Ones

by Kaitlyn

| Syndicated
February 20, 2013

Brownie Points (sorry I don’t have the power to give out extra star points) for whoever can name that song I’m pulling that line from in the title!! Since I have an impending trip coming up in a week and … Continue reading →
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Let’s All take a moment to pause

by Kaitlyn

| Syndicated
February 20, 2013

Here’s a quick 1-start assignment that was fun, easy and quick to do. Pause [Four] A Moment requires you to take your favorite photo of yourself, keep one as the original and edit the other 3 photos in different ways … Continue reading →
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