Design a DS106 T-shirt.  You can draw one, or even take a t-shirt you own and pin things on it.  Be creative.  Here is an example.

Week 9 was very hard for me.  Video assignments have been hard to do.  I decided to do the individual work because I have a lot going on right now and I don’t want to have to make someone else work on my schedule.    The first thing I did was my 2 daily creates … Continue reading 9 Weeks down →

This is a 4 Star assignment that I just loved doing.  It took me a long time because I’m not very good with video yet.   I started with Powerpoint and put in pictures of my dog Dixie.  Then I made a few video’s of her “fetching” and put them on Movie Maker so I … Continue reading Life as a dog →

I watched several of the videos on cinematic techniques.   I watched Kubricks one-point perspectives, this was interesting.  I have seen these movies but I didn’t realize that is was filmed that way to portray a feeling. I watched “The Shining” Zooms.  The zooms in this video made it very obvious that it is a very dramatic … Continue reading Reading assignments →

Post a picture, a drawing or a photo, of something that makes you say ewwwww.  Need some inspiration?  Here is an example

I decided to “read” the movie Notorious.  I enjoyed the film and reading it added an interesting side to it.  I selected one of the beginning scenes when Bergman and Grant first meet.   I had a hard time uploading this program but finally found a way to convert it from a YouTube video to … Continue reading Read a Movie? →

I picked this 4.5 star assignment and I did in on the character of George Bozo, he is Barbara Hall’s 1940’s character.  I read everything I could about George and I made a PowerPoint and converted it to a WMV file so that I could post it on YouTube.  I picked a song that I … Continue reading Who I am-George Bozo →

I’m pretty proud of my group and how our radio show turned out.  It was so amazing to hear our radio show live on the radio.  It was nice to hear people enjoying it and to hear what the instructors had to say about it.  If I could do something differently I think we could … Continue reading Final Radio Show Reflection →

On Wednesday night I listened to two radio shows.  I listened to Noir at Night and Silk Road.  Both of these were good.  They both were put together my teams of two individuals and I think that is amazing.  They sure did a lot with little resources.  “Noir at Night” was a review of current … Continue reading Listen to DS106Radio →

This daily create was to create blurry art.  I had a hard time getting my camera to do anything blurry.  This is a picture of my sons, the car was moving, they were moving and I finally got a blurry shot.

The objective of this daily create was to use junk mail to create art.  I  used an advertisement for a gardening company and made a collage of all the things I would like to have on my farm. Then I uploaded it on Flickr.  Here is my creation

This week has been tough.  It was hard to get back into the swing of things after the break.  I started off just doing the daily creates, I wish I had done more before the weekend, but I will do better next week.  I enjoyed doing them, the projects are interesting and fun to  ponder. … Continue reading 8 Weeks Down →

I picked Cody’s resume that he did for his character Vinny D.  I think it was very creative.  I really enjoyed reading about his experience as listed on the resume.  He is one tough character. Here is my inspire post http://inspire.ds106.us/are-you-hiring/

My third inspire goes out to Mia Boleis.  I really enjoyed listening to her audio file “Two Gunshots & a Splash”  It made me realize all the different layers you can put in a sound clip.  Not just the main focus but other sounds that help tell the story.  Here is my Inspire http://inspire.ds106.us/two-gunshots-a-splash/

I was lucky enough to meet Emily while recording our Noir Radio show.  She is a wonderful person, so full of energy.  You can tell this every time you read her blog posts.  I could not pin it down to one specific post, they are all good.  Here is my Inspire http://inspire.ds106.us/shadows-sex-suspense/

This was a 3 star design assignment.  In this assignment I decided to have my 1940’s character send a valentines day card to another character from the “Noir We There Yet?” radio show.  I found a picture on Google images that I liked, then I put it on PowerPoint and wrote on it.  I changed … Continue reading Valentines Day Card →

This is  2 Star writing assignment was to explain my 1940’s characters name.  This was easy to do, her name just came to me.  Here is my explanation.   What’s in a name? I chose the name, Isabelle “Red” McIntosh for odd reasons.  My 1940’s character is a librarian who moonlights as a detective/writer. I … Continue reading What’s in a Name →

This is a 2 star writing assignment.  I needed to write a “Night Call” poem.  I decided I should write it regarding our radio show and my interview with the Crime Boss George Bozo.  Once I started it it seemed to flow.  I asked the creator of George’s character (Barbara Hall) for a good picture … Continue reading Poem for George Bozo →

Today’s Daily Create was to write a poem about how music changed me.  This was easy because I really love music.   Here is my poem.  I enjoyed writing it, so thanks for the smile.    

In week 8 I really enjoyed looking at everyone’s posts.  It is nice to see how everyone does the assignments.  I think I learn a little about each student when they write, and I get ideas for myself.   I am so impressed by some of the students in this class.   Here are my comments: … Continue reading Comments- Week 8 →

This daily create was to make a ransom note for Groom.  It was fun, I used a bunch of junk mail that I just received.  I took a picture of my note and put it on Flickr.

On Monday night I listened to the “House of Noir” radio show.  It was great.  What a wonderful premise to have it be a call in show.  It got harsh at times, but I think that Noir show’s seem to be that way.  I really enjoyed listening to it.    Next I listened to the … Continue reading Listening to DS106 Radio →

Here is a 3 point design Assignment.  I created an invoice for my character (Isabelle McIntosh’s) detective agency.  I billed Noir We There Yet? Radio for the interview I did with George Bozo.  I gave it a very low invoice number because I am not very proficient at interviewing yet.   Here is my invoice. … Continue reading Design Assignment →

My first inspire had to be about Spencer Scott, everything he does captures my attention.  He writes so well and it is so easy to read his work and envision his processes.   I marked his Blog post Rawlen’s Gotta Wake Up Just Like the Rest of Us.  This is just one of his amazing works. … Continue reading Inspire #1- Spencer Scott →

For this daily create we had to do an abstract drawing of something that made us happy last week.  I went to visit my mom last week in Florida, she was feeling bad and I went to try to cheer her up.  It was a very depressing visit, but the feel of the sun on … Continue reading Daily Create- 3-11-2015 →

This was a good week.  I finally met my group and they were amazing.  Everyone was wonderful and we all seemed to work good together.  We met on Saturday at UMW in one of the recording rooms, we worked hard and got this show done.  Emily volunteered to do the final  edit and I think … Continue reading 7 Weeks down →

This was a great week.  I ended up in a wonderful group of people and I really enjoyed this project.  I usually don’t like group projects because I have found that I can’t always count on others.  This week showed me how great a group project can be.  I really enjoyed meeting everyone and having … Continue reading Week 2, Radio show progress →

I did my comments this week.  I enjoy looking at how others do projects.  I think this is really a good thing to do.  I need to do it more often, I think it helps me be more creative.   http://alayton8.com/radioshow/do-you-even-radio-week-2/ http://ahowlan2.com/radio-show/manoirpulate-done/ http://www.kbarbeelibrary.net/daily-create/169/ http://edithandart.com/daily-create/superdog/ http://umwteaching4tomorrow.com/daily-creates/blue-and-orange-blue-and-orange/ http://seeinggainz.com/ti/round-2-of-noirwethereyet/#comment-68 http://codingspencer.com/ds106/second-week-of-the-radio-show/ http://cmattes2.com/radio-show/noir-not-the-father-ready-to-air/ http://mboleis.com/weekly-summaries/back-to-clam-digging-for-a-week/ http://kkeelee.com/daily-create/teal-blue-and-orange/

The third daily create I did was to draw a spaceship.  I’m not a very good artist but I enjoyed it.  I gave it venetian blinds just to make it a DS106 Noir Spaceship.  I also made it exactly the same on both sides so you can’t tell which side is up.

This daily create was to take 5 imodicons and create a story from them.  I used PowerPoint and pasted my imogies to it and added the text.   I thought the second picture was a great Noir imodicon.