Spoon Fed
Wow. What a ride the past 8 weeks have been. And all that hard work has culminated here, in the DS 106 Final Project. It took me a long time to decide on my project idea. It’s funny – each … Continue reading →
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Idea Poaching
Nawwwww, I’m not going to steal anyone’s work. However, I hope that my perusal of other student’s work will help me to zero in on my final project idea. We are an ambitious bunch! A lot of our ideas are … Continue reading →
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Weeks 6 and 7 Summary
When I started this week’s content and assignments for DS106, while I really enjoyed the content, it was overshadowed by the fact that I was really nervous about having to edit video. It seems like such a daunting, overwhelming task … Continue reading →
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No Bellas (aka The Post I Forgot to Name)
This week I chose to do the video assignment called the Music-less Music video. The goal: to remove the music in a music video and replace it with other sounds. I’m totally obsessed with the movie Pitch Perfect so I … Continue reading →
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Before You Can Walk
You have to crawl. My daughter is learning to crawl and her daddy is away on military leave so I’ve been trying my best to capture the moment when she really gets it. I’ve got tons of film of her … Continue reading →
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It Was Only Just a Dream
So this week’s assignment was a doozey! Good thing I had a Saturday night free and a good glass of wine! I won’t belabor the technical/computer issues I encountered because they are completely my own fault but I will give … Continue reading →
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Read Me A Movie
This week, my fellow DS 106er’s and I are delving into film. Our assignment was to watch two clips from a set list and analyze them against Roger Ebert’s “How to Read a Movie.” About the article – I really … Continue reading →
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“Big Mistake. Huge!”
Remember that scene in Pretty Woman where Vivian (Julia Roberts) really sticks it to the shop girls that had previously snubbed her? After getting her makeover and shopping her tail off she walks into the mean-girl shop with her hands … Continue reading →
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Week 5 Summary
A little late to the summary party this week but here it is! This week’s GMU DS106 class dove into the use of audio in storytelling and allowed us to get our hands dirty with some practical experience editing our own … Continue reading →
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My Brief Career as Foley Artist
For :30 this week, I had the distinct privilege of being a Foley Artist. As part of my DS106 assignment, I had to create :30 worth of Foley audio to go along with this Charlie Chaplin clip: I was responsible for … Continue reading →
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Problem Solving Tool – Storified
Last week I was on a call about a tool that some colleagues and I are developing. Basically, it’s something that we want everyone in our organization to be able to use to identify client problems and match them to solutions. … Continue reading →
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A Missed Connection
In one of my many first jobs out of college, I worked in a local jewelry store in a resort town. During the off-season, the days were painfully slow and I often kept myself entertained by checking out the missed … Continue reading →
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A Day on the Farm
As I mentioned in my post earlier this week, we’re playing with sound this week in DS106. For this assignment, I needed to come up with a story and tell it using just sounds. I’m not sure exactly how I … Continue reading →
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Soundclouding
DS106 has kicked off some adventures in audio this week. I don’t have a lot of experience with audio editing so this should be interesting. I’ve got my SoundCloud account set-up and I’m starting my first assignment on Tuesday evening … Continue reading →
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Week 3 Summary
When the announcement came out for this week’s content, I was pretty jazzed. I got a digital SLR camera for Christmas this year and I love playing with it and trying to learn how to make great photos. in fact, … Continue reading →
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Trail Runner
Here’s another idea of something that would benefit from a little storification; information about running trails in Arlington. My husband and I are big runners and when we first moved to the area we had trouble finding a single resource … Continue reading →
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Medals
I really enjoyed this assignment, to color splash a photo. It was super simple in execution, so it made me think a little harder about the message I wanted to share through the use of the technique. I used a … Continue reading →
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The NC-TJ-Memorial
I felt really intimidated by this assignment at first. I’m not so good at photo or video editing software so while I was glad to get a little practice I was worried this assignment would take me a long time. … Continue reading →
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A Codelson Photoblitz
This week was brutal at work but I finally made the time to do a little photo-blitzing on Friday afternoon. The photos were taken at home during the precious 1 hour and 30 min. I get to spend with my … Continue reading →
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I Also Cheat at Apples to Apples
So I played the five card flicker game. You can read my story here. I have to say, I was not a huge fan of the game. I guess it’s cheating a little but I had to start over 5-6 times … Continue reading →
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Week 2 Summary
This was a great week! Although it was challenging, I appreciated the task of finding time to sit, watch, and listen to this week’s DS106 content. It’s not often we take time to really reflect on what it means to practice … Continue reading →
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Tax Season
I think I found something else in need of storification. My husband and I have an appointment to do our taxes tomorrow. Ugh. It seems like every year there is more ‘stuff’ to add to the list of documents we … Continue reading →
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Cool Hamster
For this week’s assignment, I chose to look at the Kia Soul Hamster commercial. (A natural pick. I love this commercial!) This commercial plays off of the Kia Soul’s first marketing campaign which featured ‘super cool’ hamsters driving around being … Continue reading →
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There’s No Place Like Home
I’ve already shared my affinity for radio programs such as the moth, and I also enjoy the occasional This American Life episode, also on NPR. For this week’s assignment, I listened to the This American Life episode, There’s No Place Like Home. Although they were … Continue reading →
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Week 1 Summary
This was an interesting week in DS106! It was a little overwhelming at first but once I organized my tasks into a nerdy little spreadsheet/checklist I was good to go. I enjoyed think about the elements of stories this week … Continue reading →
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So Not Helpful
The first thing that came to mind when thinking about something that simply didn’t work for me, I thought of this one piece of paper that I keep in a basket in the kitchen. I got the paper from my … Continue reading →
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What is a Story?
It’s safe to say that I am slightly obsessed with NPR’s radio broadcast, The Moth. My husband and I like to listen to it via podcast while we get ready in the morning (when we’re not playing Disney tunes to … Continue reading →
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The Shape of the Sneetches
Did you ever read the story of the star bellied sneetches by Dr. Seuss? It’s a lively, tongue-twisting tale about the sneetches with stars and the sneetches with “none upon thars”. The story begins where the Sneetches with “none upon … Continue reading →
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This Blog
So far, I like this blog. It’s been easy to create and I already like the ease of use of the blogging tools. I have a personal blog that I love to play around with. That blog is kept private … Continue reading →
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