The Daily Create Assignment for Saturday 2-28-2015 was to take a photo of a unique #Heelconcept  by elevating your foot on an everyday object as a heel. I used the slate in front of the fireplace at the condo at Wintergreen to elevate my heel!

The Daily Create Assignment for Wednesday 2-25-2015 was to Select 5 emojis and use them as a prompt for a unique story. Screenshot your emojis and add link to your story below. If you are on Twitter then you can emojinate in one click! I used the emojinate website to create an emoji story. The website randomly selected emojis […]

Woo! With midterms coming up and spring break just around the corner my mind has been all over the place! Radio Show Progress: Thank goodness we had a bit of snow this week so I had some extra time on my hands to be able to get a quicker start than usual on my digital […]

For one of my assignments this week, I decided to do the assignment, Favorite Song that was submitted by Alicia Almberg. The assignment is to,” Take your favorite song. Remove the lyrics. Play only up to thirty seconds of the song. Listener must be able to guess. ” The assignment is worth 1.5 points. I recorded […]

For one of my assignments this week, I decided to do the assignment, Based On 1-Quote-A-Day Project that was submitted by Rimi Morita. The assignment is to, “Read your quote for a day out loud, and record it! Do not forget to give an appropriate feeling to it. Tone of voice could be a helpful […]

We are going to have a segment in our radio show Get A Clue! called War of the Roses. I don’t want to give anything away just yet, but it will be awesome! I created a poster for this segment. I put the image that I found on PowerPoint and I added word art. I […]

I am super excited for this radio show! After listening to ds106 radio a couple of times I can’t wait for our show to air and our fellow ds106ers to tell us what they think! I was able to form an amazing radio show group thanks to twitter and communication! We have a group of […]

Wooh! What a week! This week has been incredibly busy! I guess that’s just how my semester is going to be considering I am taking 6 classes and I have a job. I guess I’ll accept the fact that this is how it is going to be. I really enjoyed this week being a design […]

This week, we had to review and reflect on several resources relating to copyright and the creative commons initiative that has sprung up as a response to copyright law. We were assigned to do the following things: Read “A Brief History of Copyright” Watch Larry Lessig’s TED talk, “Laws that Choke Creativity” Watch “A Fair(y) Use Tale” […]

For one of my week five assignments, I chose to do the assignment, Word that was submitted by Rabia Aman. The assignment is to, “Pick one word. Select one single typeface, and communicate your word. Do not use colors or any other graphical elements. The goal is to select a type face that represents the […]

For one of my week five assignments, I chose to do the assignment, Create Your Own Business Card that was submitted by Lauren Brumfield. The assignment is to,” create your own business card to advertise who you are.” The assignment is worth 2 points. I picked this assignment because I thought it would be fun to […]

For my DesignBlitz, I decided to take a trip to Downtown Fredericksburg because I knew that I would find TONS of elements of design down there. Even though it is absolutely freezing (I hate the cold), it was worth it! I really enjoyed going downtown and looking around. Now I can’t wait for warmer weather! […]

For one of my week five assignments, I chose to do the assignment, Apps Galore that was submitted by Nicky Memita. The assignment is to, “Think of a character–fictional or even historical. What kinds of apps would this character have on their smartphone? Use a design program to create a “fake” smartphone screen for this […]

Today’s daily create assignment was to make jewelry with real food. I love pretzels, so I decided to make a pretzel necklace. My lovely roommate modeled it for me!

For one of my week five assignments, I chose to do the assignment, Laptop Lingo that was submitted by Lauren Brumfield. The assignment is to,” Make your own collage or create your unique laptop skin on My Custom Skin, and then share your work flickr. When you blog about it, explain why you chose each image! Use […]

This week, we could pick between three films to watch. I chose to watch the Coen Brother’s The Big Lebowski (1997). I decided to watch The Big Lebowski because I have heard about it being good, but I have never watched it. To be completely honest, I really did not like the movie. The plot line to […]

For one of my week five assignments, I chose to do the assignment, Website Banner that was submitted by Meredith Fierro. The assignment is to, “create your own website banner! This will go on your website like your featured image. Have fun with this and be creative!” This assignment is worth 4 points. I picked […]

The daily create assignment for 2-12-15 was to make your own family tree. I decided to draw mine out! Here is my family tree!

The daily create assignment for 2-11-15 was to show your super power in a photo. I would definitely be super girl and I would have my sidekick wonder woman by my side!

This week, we were assigned to read The Vignelli Canon by Massimo Vignelli. It is a design resource that was created by a graphic designer, Massimo Vignelli. I really like how Vignelli encompasses the elements of design and points out important facets of design and how things are portrayed or perceived by a viewer. Anyone can […]

This week has been a pretty horrible week for me. I was extremely sick (and I am never sick, so I was not a happy camper) which made it very hard for me to get any of my work done this week, especially my ds106 work. Luckily, I was able to tune into ds106 radio […]

For one of my week four assignments, I chose to complete the Over-Dramtic Reading assignment that was submitted by Chris Randles. The assignment is to, “Choose any written material (a song, poem, short book, excerpt from a novel, scene from a television show, news article, etc.) and record a dramatic reading. Read your selection in […]

This week, we were assigned to brainstorm ideas for group radio shows happening in the future. Well I hate to say it, but my brain is pretty much drained this week. I have been super sick and I am just now starting to be able to function a bit. 1) I think that it would […]

I think that it’s all about the audio when it comes to storytelling. The way a story is told is super important. If no emotions are conveyed then a story is just a story. If effects and change in sounds and voices are made then your story comes to life. I think that storytelling is […]

The daily create assignment for 2-4-2015 was to caption what the puppy was thinking. This is the puppy Well this puppy is cute, but I think that my puppy is the cutest, so I broke the rules and decided to caption my cute puppy because I think that looking at my puppy screams “cute puppy […]

The daily create assignment for 2-3-2015 was to make a picture with the words “I’m sorry” on it. I was feeling super sassy, so I chose to say “sorry not sorry”.

This week has been EXTREMELY busy! I am so glad that I was able to get all of my work done. It was a struggle, but #ds106 is #4life, right? After watching the weekly video, I decided to start organizing my blog website. I created categories for each of the assignments. I also created some […]

I have to admit, I could have put a lot more effort in this photo safari, but to be honest I didn’t even know where to start. I haven’t had an assigned subject for photography since high school, so I have lost a bit of my imagination spark. I was not ecstatic about the results […]

This week we had to watch two movies and reflect on the noir and visual storytelling elements. I watched Killer’s Kiss (1955) and Chinatown (1974) which is on Netflix. Both of the movies had very long introductions. My computer was having some technical difficulties while I was watching Killer’s Kiss (1955), but I was able to watch the whole movie! Killer’s Kiss was […]

The daily create assignment for today was to make your own drawing without lifting your pencil. It could be anything. I got out a blank piece of paper and a pencil and here is my finished product… I didn’t realize how hard this would actually be! It was so difficult! I am not very good […]