This post wraps up my work for the semester in ds106! I tried to get as much work done as I could these last two weeks, but between finals, baseball, and searching for off-campus living for next year, I was not able to work on a final case. I did manage, however, to get my… Read More

The first daily create that I came up with is called “Who’s the #1 pick?” The idea of this daily create is for the student to choose someone they think deserves a #1 pick in life, and photoshop them into the following picture. The picture was taken at this year’s NFL Draft and shows NFL… Read More

This is the tutorial for the assignment I created called “Do a Talk Show Interview.” You can click on the link to view the assignment in the ds106 assignment bank. 1. Download a clip. Find an appropriate talk show clip to use for your interview. Length is up to you, but you’re going to want to… Read More

This is the second and final assignment I created for the ds106 assignment bank. It is a four star video assignment that requires a lot of time and a fair bit of video editing skill. The full description of the assignment can be found here. An accompanying tutorial for this assignment will be up in… Read More

This is the tutorial for the assignment I created called “Have a Phone Conversation With Yourself.” You can click on the link to view the assignment in the ds106 assignment bank. 1. Write a script. Get both sides of the conversation down on paper, separated by each “person” in the convo. Length is up to… Read More

This post wraps up my work for week 13 of ds106. This week has certainly been a wild ride. Here’s what I did: First of all, I created my first assignment and added it to the assignment bank. It’s called “Have a Phone Conversation with Yourself.” I will be adding a tutorial for this assignment… Read More

This is the first assignment that I have created and added to the assignment bank. It is a three-star audio assignment that requires a fair amount of time and a decent aptitude with audio editing software. The assignment’s full description can be found here. I will be making a tutorial for this assignment that will… Read More

This week was the first time that Blair Morgan, Jack Sadler, Ol Mick Bretton, Stella Vaughn and I officially worked together as a part of our new agency, No Stain No Problem (NSNP), and boy did we have some work to do! Our first caller of the week had us heading to Harrison- a tiny… Read More

This post concludes my work for ds106 week 11! I had a lot of fun this week. Let’s check out what I did. 1. Cranked out the basics of my group’s agency. We are “No Stain No Problem”, and we don’t cut corners- we clean them. For more information, check out my post, and/or our… Read More

This week I did two daily creates. Let’s check them out! The first one I did was to photoshop little Noddy out of the trash can and put him somewhere else. I decided to put Noddy on a plane. You can see him in the window above. Noddy is on his way to Hawaii to… Read More

I just wanted to update you guys on the agency that we have created- Stella, Blair, Mick, Jack and I that is. It is called “No Stain No Problem.” We are in the business of cleaning/stain removal- mostly of carpets and… other things. Here is our website. Our mission statement is: “If you don’t believe… Read More

This assignment is worth 4.5 stars and the instructions can be found here. I am the “household” tool that Billy Steel loves the most. I put household in quotes because I don’t think the average person would consider me an everyday item. Anyway, I am very involved in Billy’s life. He is always carrying me… Read More

For this assignment, I had to create a board on Pinterest representing me, Billy Steel, and pin 20 things to the board. I have the following things pinned on my board: 3 pins about shotguns- shotguns are my weapon of choice, so I pinned things to my wall including the “Super Shorty Shotgun”, the “10… Read More

Billy S. Steel 318 Industrial Drive Detroit, VA  48202 313-444-9876     Key Skills Teamwork Multitasking and completing work on time and accurately Proficiency with weapons, especially guns Evidence concealment Undetected relocation   Experience Lincoln High School              Graduation:  n/a 2 years completed State wrestling champion in 125lb weight class   Employment Technician at Baldwin’s Bicycles… Read More

This post wraps up my work for the week in Noir 106. What happened this week? Let’s take a walk down memory lane. First, in case you haven’t already figured this out, I, Billy Steel, took over complete control of this blog. I don’t know what the previous blogger was doing, but it can’t have… Read More

Noir NOT The Father is here! Stella, Blair, Mick, Jack, and I spent MANY hours filming and editing on Friday and Saturday, and then Blair put in several more hours putting the finishing touches on the show. Finally we have finished. I have to say, I am very excited to make my television debut, but… Read More

This week I completed ten comments on the work of my peers. Those works include: Blair Morgan’s Interview And Her Final Unit Choice Stella Vaughn’s Daily Creates And Her Interview Michael Bretton’s Daily Creates And His Interview Jota Dinero’s Daily Creates And His Video Update Jack Sadler’s Interview And His Daily Creates

For the final part of the class my radio show group and I have decided to continue on as a group for the remainder of the year. Our group will consist of Stella Vaughn, Blair Morgan, Michael Bretton, Jack Sadler, and myself, Billy Steel. We worked really well together for both the radio show and… Read More

This week I had to do three daily creates. The first one I did was on Wednesday, and the instructions were to make an inspirational poster that featured something that you yourself have said. I found a cliff jumping picture online to use as my background, and the words of wisdom that I used were… Read More

The major assignment that I had to complete this week, outside of my group’s video project, was to create an interview of myself, Billy Steel, answering some of the questions put forth by the Noir 106 professors. This was challenging in two aspects. First, it required thinking about my past as laid out in previous… Read More

This week my group and I, Billy Steel, are continuing and hopefully finishing our video sequel to our radio show “Noir NOT The Father”. We are planning on meeting twice this week, with the first meeting already taking place on Tuesday. At this first meeting, we checked out each other’s trailers that we created last… Read More

The first thing I did for week nine was a post reviewing my group’s radio show. You can find that here. I also began work on my group’s video show, which you can learn more about here. You can see the trailer for it below. I also did one daily create. The assignment for it… Read More

This week my group began working on our video show, which will be a sequel to our radio show. It will be called Noir NOT The Father: The Reunion. This show will have a similar format to our radio show, and will include flashbacks into all of our characters’ pasts, as well as new twists.… Read More

It was very cool to listen to my group’s radio show, Noir NOT The Father, live last week. I think we did a really good job and we got a lot of good feedback from people who liked different aspects of the show. I enjoyed working in a group setting for the first time in… Read More

This post concludes my work for week 8. Here’s what I did: 1. Listened-along to the NoirTalk radio show and then reviewed it here. 2. Did three more daily creates. 3. Completed 10 stars of collaborative character assignments. A warning poster, ds106 wallpaper, and the future life of Billy Steel. 4. Created gmail and twitter… Read More

For my radio listen this week I listened to NoirTALK. This show was very intriguing but also went over my head at time. The sound effects really drew me in to the show, and the characters were very interesting. Damon in particular was very awkward and secretive. This show has a lot of good things… Read More

The last assignment I did this week was called “Tell Us About Your Future Life” for 3 stars. The instructions can be found here. For this assignment I actually told the story of the future life of my character, Billy Steel. Here’s what you know about Billy already: he was born in 1905 and lives… Read More

For my second assignment of the week, Cuyler Matteson and I collaborated to “Create a Warning Poster” for 3 stars. Here are the instructions. For this assignment, Cuyler and I incorporated both of our characters: Billy Steel and Michael “Ol’ Mick” Bretton. The idea of this poster is that Ol’ Mick, a detective, is informing… Read More

The first assignment I did this week was called “Create Your Own DS106 Wallpaper”. This assignment was worth 4 stars. Here are the instructions. For this assignment I used the image editing software Microsoft Paint, and my final product is a composite of several images and text phrases. On the wallpaper I included, not only my… Read More

This week once again I did three daily creates. Who wants to see them?! I did my first daily create on Tuesday. The instructions said to make a collage that showed the different sides of me. I didn’t know whether to take this literally or figuratively, so I tried to do both! My photos encapsulate… Read More