Coming into this course it is good to know that every and all of your assignments are due and are posted every Friday by midnight. This doesn’t mean that you should put it off until thursday night or even friday … It means get a little done everyday so that you aren’t rushing to … Continue reading DS106 Advice

My College Experience Presented Across Four Different Categories Of Media. Video  Audio  Visual  Writing  College Experience Poem  (click on the link above to view) Weekly Summary!!!! The story I am presenting across four different categories of media, (writing, visual, audio, and video) is the story of my college experience the past two years here at … Continue reading Final Project

Last week I got a lot of feedback from my fellow ds106 classmates about my final project idea. I have decided to stick with my 2 year college experience so far at UMW because that allows me more room to use the different media outlets. I have started adding photos and videos together from my … Continue reading Second Progress Report

For my final project I will be combining 4 mediums of video, writing, audio, and visual to go about completing this assignment. I will be telling a story about my 2 years of college so far through these mediums. I was thinking about adding videos of my college life together using iMovie, then writing a … Continue reading Final Project Progress

WOW it’s week 11… how this class has flown by… This week we got into Remix and Mashups. I learned a lot about the difference between what a Remix and Mashup are actually when referring to creating them. This week we worked on 12 stars worth of Mashup Assignments… these varied from video clips put … Continue reading Weekkkkk 11

This week we were to complete 12 stars worth of Mashup Assignments and 2 Remix Assignments on the Assignment Bank site. Mashing Friends and Emojis For this assignment we were to take a picture of one of our  friends or just a person that is in the moment doing something exactly like an emoji and … Continue reading Mashup and Remix Assignments

HERES TO ANOTHER GREAT WEEK!!! I am a huge movie fan and the fact we were able to do 2 weeks worth of video based assignments was awesome…. and a lot of fun for me to complete!! This week our main focus was more on the storytelling aspect of video making… not all the techy … Continue reading WEEK 10

This week we were to do 12 stars worth of video assignments from the ds106 assignment bank… focusing on not the technical part of making movies but more of the storytelling aspect behind what the videos are conveying. Signing words This assignment was worth 4 stars and asked to take a video of myself or … Continue reading making movies…

Week 9!!! This week we got into Reading Movies… we transitioned from audio to video and looked at how a movie really comes together using cinematic camerawork. I started this week by reading Roger Eberts, How to read a movie article and watching videos from Tony Zhous, Every frame a painting  series. There was many points that I was … Continue reading Week 9

Notorious By: Alfred Hitchcock A huge part of this week was to read and understand how to read a movie… then create a video essay.. analyzing it from what we learned. We were required to read, How to read a movie by Robert Ebert, as well as watch videos from Tony Zhous, Every frame a painting series. The article … Continue reading Video Essay

Your Dream As A Movie Trailer This video assignment is worth 4 stars, and we were to put together a 30 second movie trailer telling a story of your life dream using photos, videos, music, and text. I used iMovie to create this assignment and it is about my real dream to be a nurse … Continue reading Video Assignments

WEEK 8! This week all of the ds106 class’s radio stations aired on the ds106 radio. It was awesome to listen to everyones radio show, I believe everyone did a very great job with this assignment. It definitely was a great experience doing this. I listened to the radio show called, “History 2.0”. Their radio … Continue reading week #8

This week we were to complete 8 stars worth of web assignments. The first assignment I completed was worth 4 stars …. called “Create your own bedroom”. To complete this assignment I used Pinterest and pinned a bunch of pictures and ideas of an ideal room I would dream of having. I’ve always wanted a … Continue reading web assignments week #8

I have looked back on our ds106 dashboard, and found what I think are the 3 outstanding works of art. The first post I found was created by Emily Dzubak, she did created a Daily Create of a snowflake concrete poem. I love winter and obsessed with snowflakes so once I saw this I was … Continue reading Best of DS106

History 2.0 This Wednesday I tuned into ds106 radio and listened to “History 2.0’s” radio show. Throughout their radio show they brought up a couple of the top news stories that have been getting a lot of buzz around campus. They started their introduction to the radio show with loud music to grab your attention … Continue reading Radio Show Broadcasting

DS106 talkshow After our group meeting on Sunday we all decided the order in which we were planning to put our radio talkshow together. We also discussed and decided what each of us were going to talk about for each of our 5 minute segments for the radio show. We decided to add trivia questions … Continue reading Radio Show Process #2

Weekly Summary!!! YAYAY radio talkshow week!! This week we got together and made a group for our radio talkshows. I was able to find a group fairly easy due to connections on twitter which was awesome!! We weren’t able to start a lot of planning due to miscommunications and busy schedules but we are meeting … Continue reading WEEK 6!!!!!

For this assignment we were to create a car bumper sticker for our radio show. I used pixlr to create this logo and did a very basic design because I wasn’t able to upload a design that I have made but I will be able to do so when I meet with my group members. … Continue reading Radio Show Design Project

This week we began our assignment creating a radio show with a group of classmates. I was able to find a group of 4 other people through connections on twitter, and we began a twitter group chat to discuss what our plan was going to be for our radio show. It was very hard for … Continue reading Radio Show Progress

YAY!!! Another fun week complete!!! This week we focused on the aspect of digital storytelling using design. Read and Reflect: First we read; The Vighelli canon, Stranger things article, and watched a video on title design. I was very impressed by reading these articles as well as watching the video. I did not know how … Continue reading Week 5!

Analysis: Color– The bright and eye catching yellow pulls the viewer in to see what the message this sign is trying to convey. When we think of yellow we think of ‘cation’ or ‘warning’ able to get out attention to what the problem is. Typography/Dominance: The boldness of the text grabs the viewers eye, it is … Continue reading DesignBlitz

Think Process, Not Product “A lot of people are so used to just seeing the outcome of work. They never see the side of work you go through to produce the outcome.” – Michael Jackson This quote is the outline for what this chapter is mainly about. There is a lot that goes through the … Continue reading Show your work part 2

Bumper Sticker  For this  assignment we were to design/create a bumper sticker that would be placed on our cars. I instantly thought of a what my dad always says when I drive him around “Caution! Aggressive teen driver!” I used pixlr.com to create my bumper sticker. It was very confusing using this site but I … Continue reading Design Assignments

Thoughts: I was not aware as to how much work, time, and thought have to go into title design for movies and TV shows. After reading the two articles and watching the short video on title design I have to give a lot more credit to the people who create them. There is a lot … Continue reading Title Design

Week 4 Complete!! Always such fun when exploring new ways on how storytelling fits into our daily digital lives. This week we experienced with audio storytelling and I had a lot of fun using a bunch of different tools. I had a little trouble with downloading Audacity which made it hard going about this weeks … Continue reading Week 4!!

For this assignment we were to create a 10-30 second radio bumper that announces a radio station. It usually plays between songs to allow the listener to know what radio station they are tuned into. I used soundcloud for this assignment due to audacity not being able to download onto my computer. I had to … Continue reading Radio Bumper

“sound effect story” For this assignment I used iMovie to create a “story” using five sound effects. On the iMovie application there are a list of many sound effects to chose from so I didn’t have to use freesound.org to create my story. I had a little trouble getting my sounds to upload to soundcloud, … Continue reading audio assignments

Here are some ideas I have the for the 20-30 minute radio show. Based on the class: origin and history of the use of the internet how essential is it the internet for life is it an advantage or disadvantage for children’s learning when presented with the internet at a young age how little privacy … Continue reading Radio Show Ideas

“Moon Graffiti” I really enjoyed listening to the “Moon Graffiti” audio. I thought it was very interesting to hear what actually happened during their time on the moon. The audio begins with sounds of space and radio communication automatically picturing NASA and all those people watching and communicating to the men on the moon. Throughout … Continue reading Shhh and listen

I believe audio plays a huge role in the movie and television industry. The music or background sounds is used to tell you how to feel about a scene. Every time I watch a romantic or drama filled love story I end up crying… this is mainly due to the sad music that plays in … Continue reading Audio Storytelling