Final Project Write-Up

Final Project Write-Up

by @KaraDS106

| Syndicated
December 5, 2018

WE DID IT! We survived a crazy DS106 crash course! This semester has been absolutely insane for me and this class was nothing like I expected, but I’ve learned a lot! I decided to have a bit of fun with my final project instead of just replicating multiple assignments from different medias & involving my …
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Who is “Manny?”

by @KaraDS106

| ds106, finalproject, Syndicated
December 5, 2018

Moms from Grace Preparatory School have been talking about “Manny” for the past week. Who is this “Manny?” The viral video linked below, uploaded by Jennifer Fields to her twitter account (@Jennife87541307), shows a local nanny loading his 5 kids into the car. The local moms have dubbed him “Manny,” calling him the incredible man …
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Final Project Plan

by @KaraDS106

| Syndicated
November 27, 2018

I have been struggling to figure out what I will do with my final project. I finally realized that this is because I did not have a solid understanding of my character and where I wanted to go with him; therefore, I decided to sit down and put Manny into one concrete description. I’ve been …
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Weekly Summary: Week 12

by @KaraDS106

| Syndicated, Week12, WeeklySummary
November 14, 2018

I totaled 13 stars after my four assignments for the week: I used one of my assignments this week to create a tutorial: And I did two remixes: And did my two daily creates:
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Remix #2

by @KaraDS106

| remix, RemixAssignments, Syndicated
November 13, 2018

For my second remix I went back to an assignment we did in the beginning in the writing assignments: A Snapshot of a Story. When remixed, this was the new assignment: I created a new Haiku about how useless & meaningless Haiku’s are and made it way over the top in design, using papyrus font …
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Remix #1

by @KaraDS106

| #Remix8, RemixAssignments, RemixedAssignments2945, Syndicated
November 13, 2018

I remixed the Logo Switch Up assignment first, since I did this assignment this week. See my remix assignment here: I used the link to go see Pollock’s paintings & decided to use this one as a background for my already created logo switch up: After using canva to put my logo in, my final …
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SoundBook

by @KaraDS106

| #MashupAssignments, MashupAssignments1044, Syndicated
November 13, 2018

I wrapped up my assignments with the Twittr assignment for 2.5 stars. I tried to think of an unusual mix, and came up with SoundBook. This is a mix of Soundcloud and Facebook. It is essentially soundcloud with more of a social spin. Users can create statuses and upload pictures/videos in addition to uploading their …
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Mashing Manny & Emojis

by @KaraDS106

| #MashupAssignments, MashupAssignments1506, Syndicated
November 13, 2018

I twisted the Mashing Friends and Emojis assignment for 4 stars to incorporate my character. I used the image of him that I had created back during design week & found two emojis that I thought looked like the face he was making. I used canva for this assignment & screenshotted the emojis off of my …
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Have a Merry Spooky Valentine’s Day!

by @KaraDS106

| #MashupAssignments, MashUpAssignments1872, Syndicated
November 13, 2018

I had way too much fun with this one. I chose the Holiday Mashup assignment for 4.5 stars and LOVED it! Christmas is by far my favorite, followed by Halloween and then Valentine’s Day. I made Christmas the main theme and Halloween & Valentine’s Day smaller. Canva makes everything easier. I first found a snow …
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Logo Switch Up Tutorial

by @KaraDS106

| #MashupAssignments, MashupTutorials2379, Syndicated
November 13, 2018

I figured since there was no tutorial here & I just completed this assignment I’d show everyone how I did it. First, I brainstormed ideas. I searched “current ads” and scrolled threw a few. I decided that I’d do spotify and nike since I only use spotify when I’m working out; I thought a bit …
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Logo Switch Up

by @KaraDS106

| MashupAssignments2379, MassupAssignments, Syndicated
November 13, 2018

My first assignment this week was one of the recommended ones: Logo Switch Up for 2 stars. It was a nice way to ease into this week’s work. I used google to find a spotify ad and a nike ad, and then put them into Canva to overlap them. The NIKE background was a little bit …
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Weekly Summary 11

by @KaraDS106

| Syndicated, WeeklySummary
November 9, 2018

Slowly but surely we’re getting through this semester! One week at a time! I’ve bundled my stars & daily creates into blog posts so I’ll just post them below so that you can see explanations & all that good stuff. Be sure to read all the way to the bottom of my week 11 stars …
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Daily Creates

by @KaraDS106

| Syndicated
November 9, 2018

All my my daily creates for week 11 in one place…
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Week 11 Stars

by @KaraDS106

| Stars, Syndicated, VideoAssignments, VideoAssignments1536, VideoAssignments2388, VideoAssignments450
November 9, 2018

This week my huge capstone paper was due Thursday so I put all of this off until Friday.. 0/10 do not recommend. I’m exhausted. Anyways, I chose 3 really cool assignments and kind of ran with them! I chose to incorporate my capstone into these stars by creating the Tell Me Something I Don’t Know …
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Weekly Summary

by @KaraDS106

| Syndicated, Week10, WeeklySummary
November 2, 2018

What a week. I need a breather! Read about my experience with the video essay & view it here: See my video assignments with commentary here: And check out my daily creates here:
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Stars

by @KaraDS106

| Syndicated, VideoAssignments, VideoAssignments2230, VideoAssignments2290, VideoAssignments2301, VideoAssignments2304
November 2, 2018

I decided to put all of my stars into one post because they’re all hyperlinked to other videos/uploads! This week was INCREDIBLY hard. I spent about 12 hours on assignments this week and thought about withdrawing about 4 times. It sucked. But I prevailed and am now terrified of the rest of the semester. All …
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Video Essay

by @KaraDS106

| Syndicated, videoessay
November 2, 2018

What a hot mess. This took me about 4 hours and it’s terrible. I struggled to download from youtube, then struggled to work iMovie, then struggled to record audio in iMovie and ended up using audacity & importing my audio. WHAT A MESS. I’m still not sure that I even did this right. But it …
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Weekly Summary (Week 9)

by @KaraDS106

| Syndicated
October 25, 2018

This week was a bit overwhelming. There was a lot to do & a lot going on. I started off with my 10 stars worth of work. Guess the Story was recommended, so I did that one first. My story was Rapunzel! I just googled different things that reminded me of Rapunzel and added “gif” …
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Tying Together Daily Creates

by @KaraDS106

| dailycreates, Syndicated
October 24, 2018

The Daily Creates this week were all Halloween themed, so it was kind of easy to tie them together. This is Starla, a funky monster: She was excited for Halloween and carved an albino pumpkin: Suddenly, she started feeling EXTRA spooky. It turns out she had contracted the Spooky Fever while carving her pumpkin. She …
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Radio Show!

by @KaraDS106

| Syndicated
October 24, 2018

This week I worked Monday and Wednesday, so I did not get a chance to listen to the other groups’ radio shows. Since my group’s segment broadcasted on Tuesday that is all that I got to listen to. However, since we all worked separately & then Zae pieced our segment together, it was my first …
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Web Storytelling

by @KaraDS106

| Syndicated, webstorytelling
October 23, 2018

While extremely time consuming, my sarcastic (and slightly rude) self loved this assignment. I took my canvas dashboard and changed a ton of stuff. Since you guys can’t see my canvas page without my login (which there’s no way I’m giving a whole class) I took screenshots so you can see the original: And my …
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Create Your Own Room

by @KaraDS106

| #WebAssignments, Syndicated, WebAssignments1877
October 23, 2018

I LOVED this assignment. It’s been years since I really got into pinterest, but this was so much fun! I’ve always envisioned a huge, open master suite with lots of white and light grey… Light & airy. Tons of windows with natural light & a bay window. I also wanted a balcony off of my …
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Google Draw Something

by @KaraDS106

| #WebAssignments, Syndicated, WebAssignment2073
October 23, 2018

I completed the Google Draw Something assignment & got really frustrated with the computer and television ones… I felt like I did a decent job but it couldn’t guess them! See mine below:
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Guess the Story

by @KaraDS106

| #WebAssignments, Syndicated, WebAssignments2300
October 23, 2018

This is my Guess the Story assignment… you know what to do!
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Weekly Summary

by @KaraDS106

| Syndicated, WeeklySummary
October 18, 2018

See our progress and our final radio segment here: And my two daily creates here: Can’t wait to see everyone else’s radio segments!!
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Radio Show: Week 2

by @KaraDS106

| radioshowweek2, Syndicated
October 17, 2018

This week we had to complete our radio show segment that we started last week. I started the week by planning what I wanted to do. I brainstormed different examples of “current events” and thought about how I could tie my character into them. I ended up coming up with my own current event- a …
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Weekly Summary Week 7

by @KaraDS106

| Syndicated, WeeklySummary
October 11, 2018

We started out brainstorming ideas for our radio show this week & ended up coming to a conclusion pretty quickly! Then I created my own radio show sticker! I used my first two assignments to work towards completing our segment: And my last one was just for fun! Lastly, I completed three daily creates: And …
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Radio Show Bumper Sticker

by @KaraDS106

| radioshowpromo, Syndicated
October 11, 2018

I went pretty basic with this promo. I wanted something that looked classic & timeless, so I went with basic word art. I’m sure someone else in my group will be better with design, but here is my attempt!! I changed the color, outline, and ad...
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Radio Show Check-In

by @KaraDS106

| radioshowweek1, Syndicated
October 10, 2018

Week 1!! Thank God Zae pulled me into his group because I didn’t check social media all weekend (sometimes you just need to disconnect, you know?) and I came back to three emails telling me to get in a group. Yikes!! Anyways, we’ve came up with some cool ideas and settled on doing a news …
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Rain or Popcorn?

by @KaraDS106

| #AudioAssignments, AudioAssignments406, Syndicated
October 10, 2018

Hint: It’s popcorn. I did the Imitate Some Weather Assignment for fun (2.5 stars) and was eating a bag of popcorn, so I ran with it! There was no editing or layering of noises. I just recorded it in audacity.
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