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Turn up the Audio: Assignments for Week 6

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February 22, 2012

Image credit: “On Air” by OCV Photo Here’s what is expected of students in UMW section 1 for our next class and the rest of the week. The deadline for all work is midnight on Sunday, February 26th. Come to class with … Continue reading →
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Guilia Forsythe talks Sketchnoting

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February 21, 2012

Last Thursday we had the great pleasure of having Giulia Forsythe discuss the art of sketchnoting (a.k.a. visual note-taking) during class. She didn’t come in live, rather she made a video wherein she shared an overview of what visual sketchnoting … Continue reading →
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Weeks 6 & 7: Sound off for Audio

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February 20, 2012

For the next two weeks (three if you count Spring Break), you will be working in small groups to produce a 30 minute radio show to be broadcast on ds106 radio. Open, online students should feel free to share their names and emails/twitter here (see full list here) so you all...
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They’re Here!

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February 19, 2012

I loved Linda McKenna’s assignment to make a ds106-themed movie poster, so I started searching through some of the classic horror movie posters over the years. I didn’t have much time because I still have an Animated Comic Book Cover … Continue reading →
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Just for fun: A coupe of 4 Icon Challenges

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February 19, 2012

I was looking through the icons in The Noun Project, and while others might have already used these icons for similar reason, I couldn’t help but reproduce a couple of classics for The Four Icon Challenge assignment (one of the … Continue reading →
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Spreadsheet Invasion: Animating Pong

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February 18, 2012

After seeing the inspiring work so many ds106 folks had done with the Spreadsheet Invasion assignment, I knew I eventually had to try it myself. I’ve been on an Atari 2600 kick for some reason lately, so I was originally … Continue reading →
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Isolating Animation with Masked Layers in GIMP

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February 18, 2012

Last May or June I went on a sick tear animating GIFs, and even isolating pieces of those GIFs so that only certain parts of an image would animate. However, turns out I forgot everything I figured out less than … Continue reading →
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Screencast tutorials for Alternative Book Cover assignment

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February 17, 2012

As promised yesterday, I did two screencasts for the Alternative Book Cover assignment, one for photoshop users and one for GIMP users. What you will get from these tutorials is that 1) I, too, am a novice at these applications, … Continue reading →
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Remixed game Covers: The Big Lebowski

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February 17, 2012

I added another new design assignment for ds106 called Remixed Game Covers inspired by this awesome remixing of a series of Atari game covers that Mikhail Gershovich turned me on to a few months back. The assignment is pretty straightforward, … Continue reading →
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Alternative Book Covers: Naked Lunch

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February 16, 2012

I just submitted this as an assignment, and I will be doing a quick tutorial for this one in Photoshop and GIMP shortly. It is either a two or three star assignment in my mind, and the inspiration comes from … Continue reading →
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This Week in ds106: Valentine’s Day, Design, and Jamming (5.2)

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February 16, 2012

On Tuesday, February 14, 2012 (Week 5) I introduced the Design portion of class. This is a particularly fun part of class for me, and in this video we discuss the art of jamming in ds106 (thanks to inspiration from … Continue reading →
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Happy Valentine’s ds106

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February 14, 2012

Happy Alternative Valentine’s Day ds106!
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This Week in ds106: Week 5 Preview and a Special Edition

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February 14, 2012

This week introduces the Design section of ds106, which is a personal favorite. Alan and I preview what’s to come in week 5 which wiull be all design all the time. Special guests that will appear at some point this … Continue reading →
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Week 5: It’s Time to Design

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February 13, 2012

This week we will be moving into the Design portion of the course. For-credit students will be expected to do a Daily Create each and every day and at least 15 stars worth of assignments from the Design assignment repository here. All assignments are due no later than midnight on Sunday...
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A Predator’s View of Monticello

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February 13, 2012

I started playing with Annie Belle‘s “Switch Up the Mood” assignment on this image of Thomas Jefferson’s Monticello I took this past Summer which, unfortunately, is rather predictable and unremarkable unlike the house. So I wanted to play with some … Continue reading →
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This Week in ds106: Week 4 Recap (4.4)

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February 12, 2012

Alan Levine, ds106 alum Andrew Allingham, and myself talk with Ben Rimes, Giulia Forsythe, and Zack Dowell (aka Noise Professor) about the Daily Creates and Visual Assignments featured thus far. Below are links to featured visual assignments: http:del...
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This Week in ds106: Google Reader, The Daily Create, and Visual Assignments (4.3)

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February 12, 2012

This is the video of my course section on Thursday, February 9th. We discussed Google Reader, The Daily Create, and Visual Assignments at some length.
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Hey ds106, I just thought I’d riff off you

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February 12, 2012

It is starting to happen, ds106 is taking hold and folks are letting go and having fun an creating wildly. I’ve seen a ton of awesome work this week, an Alan and I are collecting as much of it as … Continue reading →
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Dog Man

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February 12, 2012

All the Cat Breading and Dog Swapping shenanigans that have been going on around ds106 reminded me of that crazy scene in the 1978 version of Invasion of the Body Snatchers when the dog man comes running up to Donald … Continue reading →
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ds106 come out and play!

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February 10, 2012

It was only a matter of time before I did an animated GIF assignment from the 1979 classic The Warriors, a film that seems to be an integral part of the ds106 fabric. This one was actually pretty easy to … Continue reading →
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This Week in ds106: Alan Levine on Photography (4.1)

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February 9, 2012

In Tuesday’s face-to-face class at UMW I had the good fortune of Alan Levine presenting to my students in the flesh. I have to take a moment here to recognize how much better ds106 has gotten since I started constantly … Continue reading →
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The Fat Fog Warning (1885)

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February 8, 2012

As soon as I saw Annie’s visual assignment for ds106 postulating that “Fat Cats make Better Art” I wanted to do it. And when Nick Antonini actually did his own version, I knew I had to do it now. So … Continue reading →
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Colorized Snakeboy

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February 7, 2012

I revisited an earlier image I had taken of Miles to experiment with Alan Levine’s “Splash the Color” visual assignment. I always wanted to learn how to experiment with color masking in Photoshop (I used PS for this one, not … Continue reading →
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The shelves in the Man Den

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February 7, 2012

TDC030: The shelves in the Manden, a photo by snakepliskens on Flickr. Today’s assignment: “Share an image of a place that you lose things in your house.” tdc.ds106.us/tdc030/ I spend a lot of time sorting through the bookshelves in the Man Den of … Continue reading →
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This week in ds106: Week 4 Preview

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February 7, 2012

Alan Levine and I preview what’s to come in week three. Alan is bringing in both Kris Krug and D’Arcy Norman to talk to his class on Wednesday at 6 PM EST, and I am excited to drop the hammer … Continue reading →
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Bagman for President

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February 7, 2012

I’m pretty swallowed up by ds106 right now, I have been pulling in what seems like an endless stream of feeds. My hosting account is about to fall over cause I am pushing it so hard, and ds106 is off … Continue reading →
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69

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February 7, 2012

69, a photo by snakepliskens on Flickr. The Daily Create: “Make a photo of something upside down that is never seen that way” tdc.ds106.us/tdc29/ I used the cover of The Magnetic Fields’ “69 Love Songs” album to picture a number that we never … Continue reading →
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It was a dark, winter night…

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February 2, 2012

It was a dark, winter night…, a photo by snakepliskens on Flickr. Via Flickr: The Daily Create #24″Make a creative photo silhouette by aiming the camera into a bright light.“
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ds106 sites hacked, but sense of humor remains intact

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February 1, 2012

At about noon on January 31st, 2012 just about all the ds106 student blogs were hacked by one Emre5807—Kim Droom provides more details here for anyone interested. The signs were evident on student blog after blog. It was not pretty! And … Continue reading →
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This Week in ds106: Kim Droom vs Enre5807

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January 31, 2012

Almost all the students blogs in ds106 have been hacked by Enre5807, luckily we have detective Kim Droom on the job investigating the case. It is a complex case with a lot of ins and outs—but ds106 lies down for … Continue reading →
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Turn up the Audio: Assignments for Week 6

Turn up the Audio: Assignments for Week 6

Guilia Forsythe talks Sketchnoting

Weeks 6 & 7: Sound off for Audio

They’re Here!

Just for fun: A coupe of 4 Icon Challenges

Spreadsheet Invasion: Animating Pong

Isolating Animation with Masked Layers in GIMP

Screencast tutorials for Alternative Book Cover assignment

Remixed game Covers: The Big Lebowski

Alternative Book Covers: Naked Lunch

This Week in ds106: Valentine’s Day, Design, and Jamming (5.2)

Happy Valentine’s ds106

This Week in ds106: Week 5 Preview and a Special Edition

Week 5: It’s Time to Design

A Predator’s View of Monticello

This Week in ds106: Week 4 Recap (4.4)

This Week in ds106: Google Reader, The Daily Create, and Visual Assignments (4.3)

Hey ds106, I just thought I’d riff off you

Dog Man

ds106 come out and play!

This Week in ds106: Alan Levine on Photography (4.1)

The Fat Fog Warning (1885)

Colorized Snakeboy

The shelves in the Man Den

This week in ds106: Week 4 Preview

Bagman for President

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It was a dark, winter night…

ds106 sites hacked, but sense of humor remains intact

This Week in ds106: Kim Droom vs Enre5807

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