The website is finally done!! Throughout my final project, I used Wix to create my own website. I started with a template that was meant to be used for tennis. I then added many features. The website itself is used as a form of design. Then, I added inspirational quotes …

I have decided  to do an instructional website as my final project.  I will use the website itself as a media of design. I will use tutorials with video. Audio will be included in the voice over for my instruction. I will also use photography to help demonstrate tools and …

Well this week certainly was a roller coaster. Being a web week made it so much fun for me. I especially love that I get to find new web tools like some of the ones I used for assignments and play around with them for a little bit. I did …

#tdc1550 #dailycreate #ds106 Corgi puppies make the world go ’round. pic.twitter.com/2mDnLhDKLC

— Christina Gaul (@chrissy_gaul) April 6, 2016

#tdc1548 #dailycreate #ds106 Since today feels a little bit like winter…. pic.twitter.com/BxHd2ViCgb — Christina Gaul (@chrissy_gaul) April 5, 2016

#ds106 #dailycreate #tdc1557 Mont Blanc https://t.co/Jl9lgVHIWd pic.twitter.com/7Y4AaIQlAp

— Christina Gaul (@chrissy_gaul) April 12, …

I really enjoyed playing around with X ray Goggles for this assignment. I chose the page that was normally used for UMW’s Women’s Tennis Schedule. Instead, I turned this into a Women’s Curling schedule. I changed all the teams that we played, and I also changed all the scores. …

Assignment: Harness Relationships 4 Stars

Assignment Description:

Use the online organizational tool, Kumu, to create a web map of relationships. This can be anything: contacts, movies, your Ds106 assignments. Kumu offers a stellar way of organizing information and honing in on relationships between information. Maybe try converting a paper from …

Assignment: Color Walk Time Lines 3 Stars

Assignment Description: Choose a color and then take 20 minute walk in which you take a 5-8 pictures of the color as you encounter it. Then upload the photos to Flickr and create a time line using TimeLine JS.

Spring Time: The …

Assignment: What they might have done in social media 3.5 stars

Assignment Description: Too bad Facebook was not around for most of history! Use the Fakebook tool to make a Facebook profile for a historical figure and make a fake tweet for the same character using the Twister tool. …

Its almost time to leave this place… I can’t believe 4 years have gone by so quickly, and now theres only 4 weeks left. Anyways, after I had my sentimental moment this week, I got to finishing all my assignments. I started off with Mashing Friends …

#tdc1548 #dailycreate #ds106 Since today feels a little bit like winter…. pic.twitter.com/BxHd2ViCgb

— Christina Gaul (@chrissy_gaul) April 4, 2016

#tdc1549 #dailycreate #ds106

— Christina Gaul (@chrissy_gaul) April 5, 2016

#tdc1550 #dailycreate #ds106 Corgi puppies make the world go ’round. pic.twitter.com/2mDnLhDKLC

— Christina Gaul (@chrissy_gaul) April 6, 2016

Happy daily creating!!! …

I didn’t exactly do this assignment, but I did a remix for it. So I’m going to walk you through everything it took me to do the remix (which was adding a mustache to my final product), but if you do not need the remix, you …

Assignment: Cropped Signs

Original Assignment Description: We think of creation as addition, but there is a form of creation by deletion (e.g. Newspaper Blackout poetry http://newspaperblackout.com/) In this assignment, you need to change, alter, enhance the meaning of a sign by cropping out …

Assignment: Create Your Own Room

Original Assignment Description:Ever thought of creating your own dream room? Now you can! Using pinterest find rooms, furniture, colors etc. From there write a blog post about why you chose everything! This is your dream so make it as crazy and out of …

Assignment: 10 Second Song Mashup

Assignment Description: This is some sort of variation on Katy Chase’s The Contest That Nobody Could Win assignment, but instead of clips from a TV show or movie, do clips from your favorite songs and see if anyone can guess what they are. Or atleast …

Assignment:A Changing Character 4.5 Stars

Assignment Description: For this assignment you need to pick any chacter and follow thier progression that they have had (TV characters from a long standing TV show will probably be best).  Use video clips to show how the character has changed and …

Assignment: Mashing Friends and Emojis 4.5 Stars

Assignment Description: For this assignment you are to take a picture of one of your friends or just a person that is in the moment doing something exactly like an emoji and then mash them together for comparison.

Love of my life:  Hey …

I’m just a senior over here, waiting for the day I can get out of this place (as much as I’m going to miss it). 35 days till commencement, and I couldn’t be more freaking excited.

Moving on, here’s what went down this week. The majority of my week was …

This week was a great group effort. We completed the group video project, and I would say that it went even more swimmingly than the radio show. The group had the script written out by this week when we decided to meet. We communicated once again through google docs, and …

Happy April Fools day!!

Here are my daily creates from this week

#tdc1543 #dailycreate #ds106 The coyote could always use some acme brand gorilla glue pic.twitter.com/as4EeJhjKT

— Christina Gaul (@chrissy_gaul) March 30, 2016

Super edited super surreal #tdc1544 #dailycreate #ds106 pic.twitter.com/GY9FKy1uZl

— Christina Gaul (@chrissy_gaul) March 31, 2016

This tea …

This week was a big preparation week for what’s to come next week. I learned a lot about the directing of a movie through reading the articles and watching video, and I got to apply it when I watched Django Unchained. We also started to plan our Video Show…

Week 1o Daily Creates

#ds106 #tdc1534 Too busy to do a daily create because I was laying in a king size hotel bed!!

— Christina Gaul (@chrissy_gaul) March 22, 2016

https://t.co/NgCkBmV78U via @giphy its not always the best idea to get creative with bikes #ds106 #dailycreate #tdc1537

— Christina Gaul …

This week, our group decided to continue on with the Rodeo, but as a video. We are using the same group as before to set up the show.  We are also going to incorporate the same characters as before, and make an extended version of the Rodeo.  We are going …

Even though we have looked at video before,  this week involved more analyzing of camera placement, and why directors chose certain shots over other. I learned how important the rhythm of a scene is, and how it can make a scene feel awkward when done wrong and it can make …

Week 9 was another good one. It was nice to have the work load taken off our shoulders a little bit, especially since we put so much effort in the radio show the previous 2 weeks. Speaking of the radio show, we had some great ones to listen to this …

Daily Create week 9

#tdc1528 #ds106 #dailycreate face on an old flip camera pic.twitter.com/TPVJFlTlf8

— Christina Gaul (@chrissy_gaul) March 15, 2016

https://t.co/4atHB5GWLx via #ds106 #dailycreate #tdc1530 BOOM!

— Christina Gaul (@chrissy_gaul) March 17, 2016

@ds106dc #tdc1529 We should bury the rudeness. pic.twitter.com/nOQqHJhIVF

— Christina Gaul (@chrissy_gaul) March 16, 2016

The …

Assignment: Bucket List 3.5 stars

Assignment Description: So… Everyone should have a bucket list. What’s on yours? For this assignment you should create a collage with AT LEAST four pictures of four different things you have on your bucket list. Add text to your picture of what or where it …

Assignment: Pimp My Ride 3.5 Stars

Assignment Description:

Using either pencil and paper, or digital software, create your own automobile for your own character. This automobile should reflect the personality and attitude your character has. You can be as creative as you want, no limits on the design, size, shape …

On Thursday night, I got to listen to turning tumbleweed’s radio show. I think they did a great job, especially considering that there were so many people in their group. It could’ve easily fallen apart with that many parts being put together, but it sounded like it …

Assignment: Your Character’s Past 3.5 Stars

Assignment Description: “If you’ve been a part of DS106 for at least a few weeks, you’ve probably already thought of and created a host character that you will be following around for the remainder of the semester. There …