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The Numbers

The ds106 flow includes syndicated 92758 distributed blog posts created by our participants since December 2010 when Jim Groom blogged the idea of ds106 as an open and online experiment.

Stuff to Try

Assignment Bank

Explore more than 400 800 media assignments created for and by members of ds106. Try one at random or add your own.

The Daily Create

Each day you get a new creative challenge in photo, drawing, audio, video, or writing form, that you can do in 20 minutes or less. Every day since January 8, 2012. Want a taste? Try one at random.

ds106 Radio

Our own open free form internet-based radio station, broadcasting shared music, recordings, cross casts from other stations, as well as live broadcasts from community members. Learn how to tune in and how to grab the mic.

Remix Machine

And now for something completely different! Interpret a random remix of the ds106 assignments. Make a new twist on an existing ds106 assignment.

inSPIRE

The best of ds106! A site designed by ds106 students to showcase the works of others. Nominate anyone’s creations in ds106 that inspires you or explore it to become inspired.

DS106 Never Parked

DS106 just keeps going and going… See where it’s been before.

They’re Here… The Open ds106 Course

ds106 poster by Jim Groom http://bavatuesdays.com/theyre-here-2/

ds106 poster by Jim Groom http://bavatuesdays.com/theyre-here-2/

Random Sampling the Past ds106 Flow

  1. Advice from former students

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    As part of their semester wrap-up, University of Mary Washington students in ds106 (the open digital storytelling course) were asked to “pay it forward” by giving advice to future students.
  2. Color Changer

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    This visual assignment is the “Color Changer” assignment. It consists of changing the hue of a photo in order to change its appearance. I decided to use a photo I took of my house at my university with an incredible double rainbow in the background. I chose this photo because I had never seen such … Continue reading Color Changer
  3. Critique Week 2-2

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    Critique: Extra Credits- How Games Can Improve Our Schools   In this week’s critique I will be using three assessment/evaluation traits from Jason Ohler’s assessment traits. The three traits I have chosen for this digital story are as listed: Story Originality, Voice, and Creativity Sense of Audience   Story: 10/10 As some of you know I am a huge fan of Extra Credit and their vlogs, personally I think their story was great. I enjoyed their statement of how it is not enough to incorporate games
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