What do Escape from New York, John Carpenter, and ds106 have in common?

What do Escape from New York, John Carpenter, and ds106 have in common?

by Reverend

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August 25, 2012

This made my day—hell, it made my year. Andrew Forgrave asked the great John Carpenter to dedicate an Escape from New York poster to me (with some #ds106 love no less). Amazing, what an awesome confluence of culture: Carpenter, Snake Plisken, ds106, and movie … Continue reading →
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The Credit She Never Gets

by Reverend

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July 30, 2012

Earlier today I posted a quick video about using the ds106 assignments repository to create engagement in an online learning experience. To be clear there are many things that go into such an experience, but I’ve found the ds106 assignment … Continue reading →
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ds106 Assignments: Designing for Engagement in Online Learning

by Reverend

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July 30, 2012

ds106 Assignments: Effective Engagement in Online Classes from Jim Groom on Vimeo. Alexandra Pickett, who’s having students create an engaging online course space, asked if I would share some quick advice for thinking about how one might approach designing engagement into … Continue reading →
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Integrating FeedWordPress with BuddyPress

by Reverend

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July 24, 2012

I am writing a larger post about open architectures and the implications of what appears to be a more general move away from a focus on open as in sharing, collaboratively building, and collectively designing a space for teaching and … Continue reading →
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Metal Mushrooms in Stereo

by Reverend

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July 23, 2012

I have been dying to do the Wiggly Stereoscopy assignment by Bill Genereux—it basically uses the animated GIF method to create a 3D effect with just two images. It sounds easier than it really is—nailing it is all in the … Continue reading →
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ds106 Breakfast Club Edition Post-Mortem

by Reverend

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July 21, 2012

And now for something totally tiny, as opposed to massive. Yesterday I finished up a two-week whirlwind class of ds106 (which I fondly refer to as the Breakfast Club edition) with five local high schoolers. To be more specific they consisted … Continue reading →
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Greetings from the Overlook Hotel

by Reverend

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July 13, 2012

Inspired by the work of the Breakfast Club edition of ds106 on their design assignments today (more on that anon), I took a shot at the Postcards from Magical Places assignment—3 stars! I spent the afternoon showing them how to … Continue reading →
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Jaws Alternative Book Cover

by Reverend

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July 12, 2012

I have a ton of awesome design work to show off from the Breakfast Club edition of ds106 (a.k.a the K12 edition ), but I want to take a quick moment and feature two alternative book cover assignments … Continue reading →
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Not so 80s

by Reverend

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July 12, 2012

The Noun Project credits: Community by Mike Endale Beach Ball by Tim Piper Cap by Oliver Guin Bicycle by Ugur Akdemir
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Name that 80s movie #5

by Reverend

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July 12, 2012

The Noun Project Credits: Football designed by Saman Bemel-Benrud Rocket designed by John O’Shea Tree designed by Saman Bemel-Benrud Palace designed by Okan Benn
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Name that 80s movie #4

by Reverend

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July 12, 2012

Experimenting a bit with The Noun Project and Illustrator before today’s Breakfast Club edition of ds106, and figured I would throw out another 80s movie 4 icon challenge because I can! The Noun Project Credits: Television by The Noun Project VHS Tape by … Continue reading →
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First Time Teaching Animated GIFs

by Reverend

| Syndicated
July 11, 2012

I just blogged about the animated GIF I made while showing the Breakfast Club edition of ds106 how to make animated GIFs. What struck me after writing that post was that it’s the first since teaching this class that I … Continue reading →
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400 Blows

by Reverend

| Syndicated
July 11, 2012

I did the above GIF on the fly while showing the Breakfast Club edition of ds106 how to make animated GIFs using MPEG Streamclip and Photoshop. Today was a thoroughly enjoyable class—and the students seemed to have a blast and … Continue reading →
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ds106: The Breakfast Club Edition

by Reverend

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July 10, 2012

On Monday I started teaching five students as part of the Summer Enhancement Program for high school age students. I proposed a Digital Storytelling class—surprise, surprise—that spans two weeks and what I figured I would do is have them do … Continue reading →
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TerrorVision Animated

by Reverend

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June 25, 2012

One of the craziest and most memorable films of the 80s is the ultra-camp, TV alien invasion film TerrorVision (1986). I kind of think of it as the b-film alter ego of Videodrome. I wrote about TerrorVision back in 2008 when … Continue reading →
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Aftershocks: MOOCs Arrive at UMW 18 Months Late(r)

by Reverend

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June 22, 2012

I think you know MOOCs have arrived when the aftershocks of the University of Virginia fiasco (an excellent article summing it up thus far in the New Republic by Kevin Carey here) reverberate on your home campus so quickly. UMW’s … Continue reading →
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John Cage’s 10 Rules for Students and Teachers

by Reverend

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June 16, 2012

Martha Burtis tweeted this bag of gold a day or two ago from the great John Cage. I am posting it here for posterity, it very much describes the way in which we have tried to approach ds106, and I … Continue reading →
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Name that 80s Movie #3

by Reverend

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June 15, 2012

Bear with us, we will be moving to the next level of difficulty shortly. Hopefully you are feeling appropriately confident, but keep in mind the next three will separate the parachute pants wearers from the stonewashed jeans junkies. Icon Credits (all … Continue reading →
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Name that 80s movie #2

by Reverend

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June 15, 2012

Here is #2 of the Name that 80s movie, and don’t get cocky people, we are just warming up. Take the lay-ups while you have the chance Update (forgot the attribution): The keys are from here, the guitar from here, … Continue reading →
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Name that 80s movie #1

by Reverend

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June 15, 2012

I’ll start this series easy, and make it harder as we go. These icons are all from The Noun Project, and the 4 Icon Challenge assignment has been neglected thus far this Summer, so I figured this might inspire folks … Continue reading →
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GQ’s Newest Man of the Year Abides

by Reverend

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June 15, 2012

It’s bad form, I know, but I can’t stop doing my own awesome assignment for Animating Magazine Covers. Although I blame this one on Paul Bond, whose animated cover of Parenting featuring a heart-to-heart between Jack and Danny Torrance inspired … Continue reading →
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The Social Downes

by Reverend

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June 13, 2012

I started remaking this poster as bava art, but then I realized that nobody fits this poster better than the great Stephen Downes. Nobody more prolific, nobody more willing to speak his mind, and nobody less afraid to piss other … Continue reading →
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Animated Magazine Cover Tutorial for Photoshop

by Reverend

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June 13, 2012

Below is a 10 minute screencast outlining how to create an animated magazine cover using Photoshop. Thanks go to Ben Rimes for the inspiration as well as to Melanie for the perceived need. I’ll be doing another one for GIMP … Continue reading →
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Famous Monsters of Filmland Cyclops Animation

by Reverend

| Syndicated
June 12, 2012

I bring you this so I can share the tutorial for creating an animated magazine (or movie poster) that is to soon follow. This is a brand new ds106 design assignment, and you can find it here. Now back to … Continue reading →
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Slide Guy Safe at Third

by Reverend

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June 11, 2012

Original image taken from this blog post.
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Slide Guy spotted going over Niagara Falls

by Reverend

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June 11, 2012

You owe it to yourself to do the Slide Guy assignment.
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Creeping on Alien

by Reverend

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June 10, 2012

I figured I would do one more visual assignment before we move into my favorite part of ds106 bar none, DESIGN!! I chose the “Creep on a movie scene” by the great Jack Mulrey because it is very much inline with my … Continue reading →
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If we don’t, remember me

by Reverend

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June 10, 2012

I was watching the noir cult classic Kiss Me Deadly for the first time in many years last night. It’s an amazing film, and I highly recommend it to anyone who hasn’t seen it. And when you consider both Kiss … Continue reading →
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Kill all the golphers!

by Reverend

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June 10, 2012

I love Ben Rimes’s ds106 technical difficulties assignment, and his take on it came out beautifully. I knew I couldn’t compete with his inspired art on this one, so I went below the belt. I found this image of the Gopher … Continue reading →
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Triple Troll Quote: Harrison Ford vs. John Cazale

by Reverend

| Syndicated
June 9, 2012

Just so that people don’t think I am relying entirely on animated GIFs for this week’s visual assignments, here are a couple of Triple Troll Quotes. What’s more, they are themed—both of thee triple troll quotes are centered around an … Continue reading →
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