I did the ds106 radio “tweet- along” on Monday. I was curious about the radio show and wanted to start on Monday. The show was very eventful. I started off not really invested in the story. The story was called the Butterfly. It was about a girl named Katie coming to meet her “father” Jess....

Here is the radio bumper assignment that is 2 1/2 points. I have a very soft voice and can usually make it sound creepy when I want to so I wanted to do that for the ds106 radio bumper. I started saying “ds106 radio” but I felt that I needed to add more to what...

We were asked to make up some radio show ideas this week. I have a few that I thought would be fun to do in a group. Since we have characters that we have created and the concept of noir as a element of our class, I wanted to create ideas that could use those...

A cute pup with captions.

This a picture of my pug, Otis. At some point either last winter break or last summer, Otis got into mine or my mother’s chocolate and proceeded to throw it up all over our white carpet. Someone had chocolate in a high place but it ended up falling from that place. Needless to say, we...

This week I felt that I did better at keeping up with the work I had to do. I didn’t start most of my work at the end of the week like I did last week. First, I read through the different photography readings and the video. I really enjoyed Jason Eskenazi’s video. Here is...

For the movie assignment, I choose to watch Chinatown in addition to the Killer’s Kiss even thought I hadn’t read the script last week. First, I would like to discuss the noir in Killer’s Kiss. This picture is a good example of the street and darkness elements of noir. It shows the grittiness of cities...

Here is the what’s in your bag? assignment for three points. This assignment we were supposed to image what are characters would carry in their bags on a daily basis. In this, he carries eight items. The list includes a cellphone, an iPod with headphones, a Swiss army knife, a notebook with a pen attached,...

Here is the digital storytelling collage assignment that is three points. I wanted to do a story assignment with pictures for my character Lukas Jones. I went through the character travel to the past and the characters he meets.

So, I didn’t really know how to do this at the beginning of the week, but I pitched the idea to my friends and they were excited to help me take photos. I took the photos Friday night and almost none were done outside because of how cold it was. I found different places around...

Here is the warning sign assignment that is three points. I wanted to do something funny and literal so I took and interesting warning image and explained it literally.

Here is the post-it note visual assignments that’s two points. For this assignment, I wanted to use the characters I created for the noir world I’m doing. In this world, it is around the time when the group are starting to get to know each other and it shows how they work together. This is...

Here are some easy steps to washing your hands. 1.) Walk to sink from wherever you are. 2.) Stand in front of sink 3.) Turn on faucet 4.) Pump soap into hands 5.) Extend hands underneath faucet 6.) Lather soap into hands with water for about 10-30 seconds 7.) Rinse soap off of hands 8.)...

Here is the unsuspecting Friends assignment that is 2 points. Me and my friends have taken photos of each other multiple times without them knowing so here are some of the photos that have been taken.

For this daily create we were asked to create a sculpture out of paper. I decided that I would make two people together underneath a passageway, but in the middle of the video it turned into a swing set. I used blue paper from one of my notebooks and lots of tape. At the end,...

I’m not a person to photograph a lot of things. I usually take photos of random and interesting things I see when I’m walking around. I rarely take photos of myself. I’ve probably taken four selfies in my lifetime. When I take photos, I usually like to focus on one particular things like something I...

Here is the Shiny Like Silk visual assignment that is 2 1/2 points. I like the Weave Silk website a lot because making the art is fun and therapeutic. The picture I did is posted on my Flickr account and can also be found below.

I created a 2048 using pugs because I looked at the website and there wasn’t one. I thought there should be

This week I learned that I should probably make some sort of schedule for this class. I had a lot of work in my other classes so the mix of that and general tiredness meant that I ended up procrastinating on some of the work. I was able to finish some of the daily creates...

This is the Seven-Character Story Treatment that is three points. It took me awhile to find a prompt I could use for writing about the character I created so I thought that it would be fun to include other characters that he interacts with. They have never met until now. One night when a young...

Here is the Alternative Ending prompt that is three points. I was reading through The Shadow and I kept thinking that the Shadow character would reveal himself to be Corvet.So, here is the story if The Shadow was revealed to be Corvet. Evans: You mean you won’t use your powers to save us from him?...

This is the “What’s in a Name?” writing assignment that is two points. My given name is a part of the url for this blog. My name is Kassia Rivera. My last name is sort of self explanatory. I’m half-Hispanic (specifically Puerto Rican) on my dad’s side so, I have a Hispanic last name. My...

This is the “Once Upon a Time…..The End” prompt. The words I got were liquid, sadness, autopsy, hoofs, federation, finger, forest, hospital, crossfire and periodic. One night, a fawn pug had gotten out of the his master’s house and my now roaming the dark forest. He was sniffing a large tree when suddenly a federation...

Character Introduction: Lukas Jones was born on January 7th, 1990 in the city of Manhattan, New York. Lukas Jones was orphaned at no more than 3 weeks old. He was left on the door step of the local foster home and has been alone ever since. Lukas is a very cynical person. He hates almost...

This is the Beyond the Headlines prompt. The prompt was to copy and paste some newspaper headlines and try to make a story. This might not seem very coherent, but it was very fun to make. Abandoning the Lollipop Ship, Food Detectives on a Tough Case —- Why does mint make your mouth feel cold?...

Here’s my eye selfie for today’s dailycreate. I usually wear glasses and my eyes are really small so in order to see my eyes, I had to take off my glasses and make my eyes as wide as I could. It was fun though.

This took me awhile to edit the photo and there are a few white spots that I couldn’t fix, but I’m proud of the picture.

I started off this week slightly overwhelmed with everything I would have to do. I had previously taken the Digital Studies 101 course and I am very grateful of this. Having made a domain, I was able to navigate my way to a subdomain. I was easier to do a lot of things because of...

In Digital Storytelling, we were asked to look at examples of film noir and suggest our own. Noir is a style of media that normally has dark themes and lighting. It usually has concepts of cynicism and dark humor. It was first brought up in three separate times. 1941-46, during the war, the post-war realist...

Here is Carlton. He was made using my roommates clock, duck tape, a tribble, sharpies, and halls.