Do not let that title deceive you or maybe let it. Either way, bang is not a good thing in this case. Where do I start? No worries, I will skip the life drama and get straight to the ds106 drama. Technology has always disliked me, but this week it has come after me with … Continue reading Going Out With A Bang! →

The three types of media I chose to do were audio, video, and visual/design. The two posters, which were the horse for sale ad and horse show program, I used Pages to create. Once everything was typed up, I used one of my own pictures in the horse for sale ad and downloaded a horse … Continue reading The How To Part of the Final Project →

A young girl, named Riley, grew up in New York City. She was accustomed to the tall buildings, constant sound of horns and people’s voices. However, as a teenager her parents passed away in a car accident and Riley was left all alone. She was devastated and lost beyond comprehension just like any individual would … Continue reading Final Project →

The thing I like most about these assignments is that it gives you insight on another person even though you have never met them and probably have never seen them. With that being said, I wanted to create an assignment that would allow us to get to know the person on the other side of … Continue reading My Own Digital Assignment 2 →

I really enjoyed this weeks work! I honestly thought video was going to be the most dreaded week. I learned that the emotion evoked from watching something comes from a combination of minuscule details involving camera angles and audio. My favorite part of this week was creating a digital assignment. The most disliked portion was … Continue reading Week Four Summary →

Have you ever wanted to travel, but do not have the time and money? Or maybe you are a world traveler and think you have seen it all. Spend some time and find at least four places to visit that are near you. It is amazing all the things that we miss and take for … Continue reading My Own Digital Creation →

For the “Look, Listen, Analyze” part of this week, I chose Rocky Balboa – The Final Word. The reason I chose this movie was because I figured it would be easier and more fun to break down since I enjoyed watching this movie a while ago. The way I picked apart this video clip was first … Continue reading Rocky Balboa-The Final Word Scene Breakdown →

“How To Read A Movie” by Roger Ebert is an article that explains the various camera angles that appear on screen. Since I knew absolutely nothing about the meaning behind camera angles, I was not one-hundred percent sure what exactly I was reading. Finally, it began to sink in and then it was like a … Continue reading Movie Scene Breakdown →

I chose to complete the 30 Second Documentary video assignment worth 4.5 stars. This assignment is exactly what the title says. This thirty second documentary is of something I believe I am good at. When trying to come up with something to demonstrate, braiding a horse’s mane was the first thing that came to mind. This is … Continue reading Half A Minute of My Day →

I am still laughing at today’s daily create! It’s not very often I am unsure about what to say, but “Cats Throwing Brides” has left me speechless. My dark side enjoyed creating the picture for this assignment. Especially when it came to searching for pictures on the internet of brides and cats. It took me a … Continue reading →

This video assignment, worth 4.5 stars, wanted us to show off a talent or something we are passionate about. I have spent the weekend horse showing and decided to post a video of one of my rides. In my eyes, riding is more of a passion than a talent. The reason I say this is … Continue reading Talent Takes Practice →

Step 1: Take Video using camcorder, phone, or some other device capable of recording. Step 2: Upload video to computer. Step 3: Open up iMovie or Windows Movie Maker and upload video Step 4: Edit video as necessary.  

Today’s daily create wants to send some flowers to all the ds106 people. As usual, I was taking a horse out on a walk when I came across this plant. Pretty sure it is more than likely a weed, but I have not been able to correctly identify it. Not only do I think this flower is … Continue reading A Weed For You →

In to week three now and I think I might possibly be getting the hang of all this. Week one and two were rough trying to figure out all of this new technology and having some unfortunate personal issues to deal with, but things are looking up now! With that being said, I feel like … Continue reading Week 3 Summary →

“Keep Calm and Make More Lines” was The Daily Create assignment today. Was trying to come up with an idea when I looked down and realized the jump course I was designing to set up tomorrow was nothing but lines!

I jumped all over the place attempting to pick one of the many show episodes to do this reflection on. I do believe I listened to the first few minutes of all of them simply out of curiosity. However, I ended up sticking with a “This American Life” episode called “How I got Into College“. The … Continue reading How’d I get In Anyway?! →

This week I listened to Ira Glass and Jad Abumrad give their perspectives on the art of audio storytelling. Ira Glass pointed out that audio storytelling is not just a topic sentence followed by a series of facts, like we learn in high school. Instead, broadcasting has two main building blocks. The first building block … Continue reading The Craft of Audio Storytelling →

I decided to do the Make Your Own Ringtone assignment worth 1.5 stars. For this assignment I used an app called Logic Pro X on a friends computer. Logic Pro X is an expensive, but really cool program that has several sounds already available to mix. Since the assignment asked that I use Audacity, I dragged the various … Continue reading Ring, Ring →