Bumper for DS106 News

Bumper for DS106 News

by @KaraDS106

| #AudioAssignments, AudioAssignments36, Syndicated
October 10, 2018

My group will be reporting news stories that are relevant to our characters’ lives. I used this Create a DS106 Radio For my bumper I specified that this was the news segment and told our listeners to stay tuned for current events & the weather. I layered a bit of background music so that it …
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Wrist Wrangler Commercial

by @KaraDS106

| #AudioAssignments, audioassignments1118, Syndicated
October 10, 2018

I used the DS106 Radio Commercial Assignment (worth 3.5 stars) to work on our broadcast. Since my character is Manny (The Super Nanny) I made something that he could use. I recorded my own voice in audacity and used freesound.org to find the background...
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Weekly Summary

by @KaraDS106

| Syndicated, WeeklySummary
October 4, 2018

This week was design week, & I had been looking forward to it. We started off by reading The Vignelli Canon & Brain Pickings article about Kidd and his book, and then wrote a reflective piece about the readings & what we had learned. Next I started working on my 12 stars worth of assignments. I decided to …
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Design Blitz

by @KaraDS106

| designblitz, Syndicated
October 4, 2018

I had fun with the Design Blitz assignment this week. Instructions for this assignment and more information on it can be found here. It was harder than I thought, since I kept overanalyzing everything. And I kept forgetting to pay attention for designs around me throughout the week. These are the four designs I chose to …
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Traveling to Disney

by @KaraDS106

| designassignments, DesignAssignments1704, Syndicated
October 3, 2018

My last assignment was Travel Far, Far Away for 4.5 stars. I only needed 4.5 more stars soI scrolled until I found this assignment. For this assignment I used my previous trip to Disney as my inspiration. I didn’t plan an itinerary for our trip, but looking back it would’ve helped SO much to have …
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Designing Manny

by @KaraDS106

| #DesignAssignments2115, designassignments, Syndicated
October 3, 2018

Design Your Super Hero was much harder than I thought it would be. I used the first link in the assignment (http://www.heromachine.com/heromachine-3-lab/ ) to design Manny. I started off with their basic man model & went from there. It had tons of weapons and weird clothes on so I had to take a lot of stuff off …
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Mom on a Mac 2018-10-03 10:16:44

by @KaraDS106

| designassignments, DesignAssignments358, Syndicated
October 3, 2018

I chose to incorporate my character into the One Story/Four Icons assignment. It was worth 3 stars. Although no one would be able to “guess” the movie or story, I thought it would be a fun way to tell a bit more about him. I summed him up with four images: a stroller, a …
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Background Info Reflection

by @KaraDS106

| Syndicated
October 3, 2018

I always thought that people who were artistic were just naturally born with an artistic ability. Reading these sources made me realize that there is a ton of learning that goes into being artistic. While some people have a natural eye for beauty, creating it is much more difficult. These sources showed me little bits …
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Week 5 Weekly Summary

by @KaraDS106

| Syndicated, WeeklySummary
September 26, 2018

These weeks just keep getting more and more challenging! I was scared for audio week because I figured there would be a ton of music involved and I know nothing about music tempo or beats or whatever they call it! Luckily, I was able to mostly use freesounds.org to pull audio clips for my assignments. We …
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My DS106 Radio Bumper

by @KaraDS106

| #AudioAssignments, AudioAssignments36, Syndicated
September 26, 2018

This is my Create a DS106 Radio Bumper assignment. I wasn’t quite sure what to say other than “You are listening to DS106 radio,” so I just made up that a new series would be starting with a live tweet-along. I added some rock music to the background & turned it down a bit so …
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Roller Coaster Ride with a Nervous Newbie

by @KaraDS106

| #AudioAssignments, AudioAssignments1677, Syndicated
September 26, 2018

For my last assignment from the audio assignment bank, I chose Roller Coaster Freaks for 2.5 stars. I got really into this one!! I layered 6 different audio clips until I was happy. I used freesounds.org for my audio and audacity to edit the clips. I used a clip of someone’s roller coaster ride throughout the …
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These Are a Few of My Favorite Things…

by @KaraDS106

| #AudioAssignments, AudioAssignments2146, Syndicated
September 26, 2018

I chose to complete the “A Collection of Your Favorite Sounds” assignment. Although it is only 2 stars, it looked fun so I went for it! My top 4 favorite sounds (in order) are: a sleeping baby, a laughing baby, the ocean waves, and food frying! I used freesound.org for all of my sounds. I …
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From Laughing to Crying

by @KaraDS106

| #AudioAssignments, AudioAssignments2298, Syndicated
September 26, 2018

As one of my assignments I completed the Make Noise From a Normal Sample assignment (4 stars). I was nervous for this one because I wasn’t sure how to turn the noise into something meaningful rather than just static. After further thought, I decided to play with the audio of children laughing. I used audacity …
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Live “Tweet-Along”

by @KaraDS106

| ds106radio, Syndicated
September 25, 2018

Wow!! What an incredible example of audio editing and storytelling. Since I had a meeting last night I was very lost as far as the plot line goes, but tried to catch up… from what I can gather the spiders and birds hate each other. Rosey is engaged to “Fat Charlie” but his brother, spider, …
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Manny’s Trip to the Park

by @KaraDS106

| #AudioAssignments, #AudioAssignments70, Syndicated
September 25, 2018

I started out audio week by trying the sound effects story assignment since we had to do it. I decided to incorporate my character into this by making it sound like Manny was taking a trip to the park. As you all probably know by now, I’m not tech savvy. This was incredibly hard for me and …
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Thinking about Talking

by @KaraDS106

| #radioshowideas, Syndicated
September 24, 2018

I’m not sure where I’d want to go with a radio show. I think this is something that will develop more as I brainstorm with my group members. I think we could do some sort of “common archetypes” or “common themes” thing with fairytales. Or we could talk about who we would be if we …
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Kicking Off Audio Week

by @KaraDS106

| #audioreflection, Syndicated
September 24, 2018

Sound is one of those things that you don’t realize you need until it’s gone. Between sound effects, laughter, and song, stories cannot be effectively told without sound. While pictures can tell a story, you cannot fully immerse yourself into it without sound. Think about how different it is to watch a silent video than …
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Week 4 Summary

by @KaraDS106

| Syndicated, WeeklySummary
September 21, 2018

How are we already on week 4?! Time flies when you’re drowning in homework and severely sleep deprived. I was really excited for this week since I have ZERO photo editing experience. I realized that it is definitely not as easy as it looks and I am once again not good at it. We started off our …
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Photoblitz!!

by @KaraDS106

| #photoblitz, Syndicated
September 21, 2018

I just realized I never posted this last night (whoops.) Here’s my photoblitz! I started at 9:34 with a picture of the clock on my laptop. I had to stay inside my house to do this Blitz since my son was already asleep, so I was limited. These were …
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What’s in Manny’s Bag

by @KaraDS106

| Syndicated, visualassignments, visualassignments1556
September 20, 2018

Every good Nanny (or Manny) has a well-equipped bag with them at all times. If you haven’t met Manny yet, meet him here! Manny’s bag keeps him prepared for all of the regular things children throw at you. He has the “Bag of Fun” that saves the day almost daily. This bag (seen to the …
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My Bucket List Collage

by @KaraDS106

| Syndicated, visualassignments, VisualAssignments1759
September 20, 2018

I decided to do the Bucket List assignment for my last 2 stars. This got me thinking about what I really wanted to happen while I’m on earth. Take a look at it to the right! I really want to (eventually) get married. No rush, but it’s definitely something that I hope will happen at …
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Me & MLK Jr

by @KaraDS106

| #VisualAssignments1817, Syndicated, Visual Assignments
September 20, 2018

I decided to do the Forrest Gump Project because my son says “Barley” (the dog’s name) like “Bar-lay” and it always makes me think of Forrest Gump saying “Jenny.” It kills me every time. This project was a bit tricky for me because I couldn’t get the software to cooperate for a while. It kept making …
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Baby on a Billboard

by @KaraDS106

| Syndicated, visualassignments, VisualAssignments1973
September 20, 2018

I chose to do the Family Friendly Billboard assignment this week. This 4 star assignment was challenging, but definitely fun. The perfectionist in me is dying a bit at the rough edges, but overall I thought it ended up cute! I stuck with my Tangled theme and put my son and I in place of Rapunzel …
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Breaking Down “Tangled”

by @KaraDS106

| ds106photography, Syndicated
September 17, 2018

Selection- Tangled is extremely picky. Every frame has a purpose. When combined with the audio, the images are always working towards further telling the story. It’s hard to show an example for this- go watch the movie and see how each image plays a part! Contrast- Contrast is used many ways throughout the movie, but my …
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Previous Photography Experience

by @KaraDS106

| photoreflection, Syndicated
September 17, 2018

I don’t have much previous photography experience unless you count constant pictures of my son with my iPhone. I’ve never even held a “real” camera. I wouldn’t even be able to tell you which picture was the “better” one out of a group. I’m excited to learn more about photography and hopefully develop an eye …
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Weekly Summary: Week 3

by @KaraDS106

| Syndicated, WeeklySummary
September 17, 2018

I loved this week. I’m much more of a writer than someone who can edit pictures or write software (not even sure that’s the write lingo), so I was grateful for a manageable week. Our story analysis was tricky for me. I couldn’t really connect with any of the examples we were given, so I …
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Dear Mom,

by @KaraDS106

| Syndicated, writingassignments, WritingAssignments1903
September 17, 2018

Dear Mom, I don’t even know where to start. They say you never truly appreciate your mom until you become a mom yourself… man is that true. This mom gig is hard. I feel like I never know what I’m doing or what’s coming. When I was younger I thought you knew everything. Then I …
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Hello, Me.

by @KaraDS106

| Syndicated, writingassignments, WritingAssignments1910
September 17, 2018

Hi Kara! It’s Kara. 10 years ago you sat down and wrote this letter to yourself. You’re going to talk about all of your hopes and dreams, but my true goal is that when you read this you’ll be happy. That could mean being happily married with 4 kids, or it could mean being single …
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Eliciting emotions

by @KaraDS106

| Syndicated, writingassignments, writingassignments2043
September 17, 2018

This assignment caught my eye because songs almost always elicit some sort of emotional response from me. I went with the easiest emotion (sadness) be use there are so many songs that make you feel sad. I pulled the tip three that came to mind and are the most recent. If you haven’t heard them …
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Rapunzel’s Haiku

by @KaraDS106

| Syndicated, writingassignments, WritingAssignments2303
September 15, 2018

Her long blonde hair has powers Everybody is jealous Evil will steal it
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