February 13 At first I had know clue on what to expect with the radio. I thought we were just going to be listening to a secret agent but as soon as I tuned in I realized I was totally wrong. I was taking aback on how real it was. I will be honest and […]

When life gives you lemons, you try to make a song 800% slower. Make it 800% Slower instructed me to choose a song and try to make that song 800% slower. The assignment was rated 4 stars which I think was pretty accurate.  First I went to YouTube and choose the song ” Touch” by […]

For the second assignment I choose to do ” favorite song” which was rated 3 1/2 stars. This brings my required 12 stars of audio assignments to 6 1/2 stars. This assignment was to pick a song but also taking the lyrics out and record 30 seconds of the revised song. Then people had to […]

My first assignment of audio week, I decided to do the first thing that popped up which was the assignment called ” Make Your Own Mixtape”. The assignment was rated three stars and it instructed to make my own mixtape out of anything I wanted. I am going to be honest and say that I […]

Week 4 has come to an end! Just like last week, this week was totally different meaning that is was all about Photography. I come to like this week because it was faster than the writing week and the assignment were fun to do. I am surprised that I came to like this week so […]

After reading the article: Photography and narrative: What is involved in telling a story? , the assignment was to look for examples stated in the article ( selection, contrast, perspective, depth,balance, moment, lighting , foreground/background) through still photography so decided to watch the movie Kingsman: Secret Service. I found some pictures that I hope will define […]

Start time for the 2o minute Photoblitz challenge:   Make a photograph that illustrates the weather where you are: I decided to do the weather on my weather app Take a photo using a camera setting that you are unfamiliar with. I usually just take a picture either normal or black and white so I […]

Daily Create # 9 – Feb. 9     My dog as the girl with a pearl earring by Johannes Vermeer @ds106dc #tdc1859 pic.twitter.com/vQFdqCIJ91 — Amari Byrd (@A_marillo) February 9, 2017

Daily Create # 8 – Feb. 8 @ds106dc #tdc1858 half dog, cheetah, and zebra. Do not know what to call it though?.. pic.twitter.com/hZfI3EDaW6 — Amari Byrd (@A_marillo) February 9, 2017

Daily Create #7- Feb. 7 @ds106dc Making the internet lovely again by having hugs! #tdc1857 pic.twitter.com/eDpU6yBBUu — Amari Byrd (@A_marillo) February 7, 2017

While reading ” Becoming a better photographer”, I found myself reflecting on a lot of things. As a kid to now, a college student, I always hated to be in pictures. Every time I even think or see a camera I cringe of the thought of being in the picture. Even now I am not […]

I decided to pick the assignment ‘ That’s not what I expected” for the first required visual task.  The assignment was to take a close up a picture and have people guess what it is. The assignment was rated 3 stars which was accurate. This assignment seemed easy at first because I thought all you […]

I decided to pick the assignment ” Who said what” because out of the other two it seemed the easiest to do. The assignment was to find a picture of a well-known secret agent and pick a quote but from another secret agent but change the person who said the quote. I choose the picture […]

Continuing on to the second assignment for the Visual Week and I have a total of 6 and 1/2 stars out of the required 6 stars of the visual category assignment bank. I choose to do the visual assignment called ” Can You see what I see” . “Can You see what I see” was rated […]

The love at first shot assignment instructed me to find or take a pic of a couple in love and use the picture to tell a story. While I was looking for a picture, it is crazy how many of couples in love showed up so I picked a random picture of a couple in […]

Week three is done! I feel like these few weeks are going pretty fast. However this week was different meaning it was all about writing! When I found out it was writing week I was excited and not at the same time, excited because I had input in this week for assignments by suggesting the […]

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Jan 27- Daily Create #4 The new scooby-doo and crew is here. What's in the back? probably some cool detector to find various mysteries @ds106dc #tdc1846 pic.twitter.com/kPj2xq7ipb — Amari Byrd (@A_marillo) January 28, 2017  

I remember when I was a kid I used to watch spy kids all the time. Spy kids is where two kids, brother and sister, learn that their parents were spies after the parents were kidnapped. The story follows Carmen and Juni who decide to become spies themselves to rescue their family from the evil […]

Agent Zero or The Marksmen Date of Birth: June 14 1990 Place of Birth: U.S.A Marital Status : Married ( Unknown to the world ) Occupation: Teacher Physical Appearance: Black hair, dark eyes ( dark brown ) Personal motto: “Waiting. Like it or not, it’s a skill all spies have to master eventually.” Alex Burns […]

For this week, I had to watch Vonnegut on the shape of stories and apply one of his methods on one the writing stories in the writing assignment bank. Vonnegut basically explains that stories have shapes which can be drawn. Meaning that a story’s main character has ups and downs that can be graphed to […]

For my third and last assignment for the Writing Week I choose to do ” A Haiku Poem about a Haiku poem”  with a total of three points which satisfies my requirement for 8 stars of writing category assignment bank! ” A Haiku Poem about a Haiku Poem” tasks you to write a haiku poem […]

Continuing on to the second assignment for the Writing Week and I have a total of 5 stars out of the required 8 stars of writing category assignment bank. I choose to do the writing assignment called “I’m a real boy”. “I am a real boy” tasked you to write about your life if you […]

I decided to pick the assignment “How does a song make you feel?” for the first required writing task. The assignment was to pick a song from either YouTube or soundcloud that elicits emotion and post it on Twitter. So I decided to pick ” Last Dance” by big bang and copied the URL and […]

Th second week is almost over which is crazy since it still feels like I was just starting to create my blog and had no clue what to do. Now the second week I have a better understanding on how Digital Storytelling works and I am begging to begin my brand to be “discovered”. The […]

While looking through the required to do for the week,  I came upon the last task which was ” Building Your Participation ” or specifically spending on my blog. I find this interesting that this would be a more advanced form of participation because I never even thought of doing it this way. Responding on […]

Jan 25- Third Daily Create "The One Untamed Rules" – Are you ready to join a world where there are no rules or are there? @ds106dc #tdc1844 pic.twitter.com/w0AyafnfMM — Amari Byrd (@A_marillo) January 26, 2017  

Tuesday Jan 24- Second Daily Create One of my top favorite songs "Blackpink Playing with Fire" 🎶 @ds106dc #tdc1843 pic.twitter.com/wcS6i6I0Le — Amari Byrd (@A_marillo) January 25, 2017