DS106: Complete

DS106: Complete

by @christinac106

| Final Project, FinalMission, Syndicated, Weekly Summaries, WeeklySummary
April 26, 2019

Who would have thought we’d finally reach the end of the road. The journey here in ds106 has been long, but informative, insightful, and indescribable. I have learned far more than I could have ever mustered up at the beginning of the semester. From video to audio, design, photography, and more I’ve learned and explored […]
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You’re NOT going to want to miss this!

by @christinac106

| Final Project, FinalMission, Syndicated
April 24, 2019

Coming to a computer near you… The Final Mission Yes, you read that correctly, The Final Mission. Ds106’s first ever video game, brought to you by yours truly! However we don’t want to ruin the awesome game that will take you on the ultimate secret agent mission of a life time. So, for now just […]
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Final Countdown

by @christinac106

| Syndicated, Weekly Summaries, WeeklySummary
April 19, 2019

Wow, just one more week left here in ds106! It’s crazy to look back and see all that I have accomplished and learned within this thrilling and liberating semester. Now just one last task lies ahead… our final mission. Our final mission is ultimately our final project here in ds106, one last thing in between […]
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Mission 12: Complete

by @christinac106

| Syndicated, Weekly Summaries, WeeklySummary
April 11, 2019

Closer and closer to the end we come! This week was all about mashups and remixes. Probably like everyone else I am familiar with the two, however something I learned this week was the true distinction between the two. For anyone who is curious at what the difference is… a mashup refers to the mixing […]
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Need help?

by @christinac106

| Syndicated, visualassignments, VIsualTutorials1381
April 11, 2019

Ever go to work on something and feel like you can’t seem to understand how to complete it? Well don’t worry, you’re not the only one. Certainly here in ds 106 we all have been introduced to assignments that consist of various aspects such as audio, design, video, images, etc. I am sure we all […]
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Final Mission

by @christinac106

| missionremix, Syndicated
April 10, 2019

Since this week is about mashups and remixes, so it’s only fitting that we have to put together a blog post about a potential final mission mashup. Last week in my blog post I listed off three ideas that I believed would be good final mission ideas. The thought of combing one of my ideas […]
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Where’s Waldo?

by @christinac106

| Digital Storytelling Assignments, Remix23, RemixAssignments, RemixedAssignments3085, Syndicated
April 10, 2019

My second and last remix assignment was one that involved the famous “where’s waldo”? Like my last remix assignment I wanted to go back in and remix an assignment I have already participated in. This in my opinion is easier than creating a new assignment and remixing it at the same time. I could see […]
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Did someone say karaoke?

by @christinac106

| #MashupAssignments, Digital Storytelling Assignments, MashupAssignments2389, Syndicated
April 10, 2019

For my final mashup assignment this week I decided to do another 5 star assignment. I believe partaking in two 5 star assignments, ultimately getting me to the overall assigned 10, makes it easier on myself. I rather challenge myself with higher star assignments because it helps build my creativity as well as allows myself […]
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Oh the places…

by @christinac106

| #Remix4, Digital Storytelling Assignments, RemixAssignments, RemixedAssignments3082, Syndicated
April 10, 2019

This week is all about mashups and remixes so I went ahead and decided to try one of my first remixes. I actually chose to remix one of my previous assignments that I partook in earlier this semester. Actually, it was one of my first one’s I did. The assignment I remixed was called places […]
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The Text

by @christinac106

| #MashupAssignments, Digital Storytelling Assignments, MashupAssignments2390, Syndicated
April 8, 2019

This week is all about mashups and remixes. Prior to this week I never really knew the difference between the two and typically linked them together. Since reading our weekly assignment post I now know the difference between a mashup and a remix. The assignment page stated that a remix is usually a creative edit […]
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Mission 11: Complete

by @christinac106

| Syndicated, Video Show, videoshowprogress, Weekly Summaries, WeeklySummary
April 5, 2019

Week 11 is complete and I can’t help but think about how close we are to the end of the semester. It’s hard to imagine what this past couple of months would have been like without ds106. Unlike last week this week was much more relaxed for me. I am so glad I decided to […]
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Getting There

by @christinac106

| Syndicated, Video Show, videoshowprogress
April 3, 2019

We did it, we finished filming! Our video show “Girl Power” is almost done and I couldn’t be more excited. Filming today was a breeze, my group mates and I got together and began filming away. Like I mentioned earlier we utilized the outline we created for our show and it helped immensely. By following […]
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Making Progress

by @christinac106

| Syndicated, Video Show, videoshowprogress
April 3, 2019

Today’s the day, aka filming day! My group has been planning our video out for the past week now and today we are finally going to be getting into action. With an outline put together, we have the basis for what we want to discuss and do in our video show, “Girl Power”. The main […]
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Did someone say mission?

by @christinac106

| mission, Syndicated
April 2, 2019

As secret agents we’ve encountered numerous missions since our time here in ds106. Now as the semester is nearing an end, am I seeing one last mission in our future? A couple ideas come to mind for a potential last mission… One idea that I have is that our secret agent intelligence has been left […]
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Mission 10: Complete

by @christinac106

| Syndicated, Weekly Summaries, WeeklySummary
March 28, 2019

Another week has come to an end and I feel like I am finally getting the hang of this whole video thing. This week specifically was dedicated to video and how filming techniques really create stories. We’ve previously looked at design, photography, audio, etc and sought to comprehend how that sets up storytelling. However by […]
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Coming to a television near you!

by @christinac106

| Syndicated, Video Show, videoshowplan
March 28, 2019

Like I mentioned in my previous blog post video plan, I am working in a group these next two weeks to create a video show similar to my groups radio show. Our video “Girl Power” will be similar to our radio show in that we will look to discuss female secret agents and further look […]
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Video Show Plan

by @christinac106

| Syndicated, Video Show, videoshowplan
March 27, 2019

This week we were given the option of two video assignments; one option consisted of working individually in order to complete 10 stars of video assignments, while the other option is to work in groups similar to your radio show and create a video show. So with that Christiana Meyers, Katie Rauch, and myself decided […]
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The Interview

by @christinac106

| characterinterview, Digital Storytelling Assignments, Syndicated
March 26, 2019

The next video assignment assigned this week was known as the interview. This assignment asked that students take recordings of individuals asking questions that were provided for us and create a video that consists of the interviewee and the interviewer having a conversation. I read a couple individuals blog posts regarding this assignment and decided […]
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An Incredible Essay

by @christinac106

| Digital Storytelling Assignments, Syndicated, videoessay
March 26, 2019

This week is all about video, specifically analyzing cinematic camerawork and how it brings everything together. Since we have been looking at numerous aspects such as color, design, photos, audio, etc. throughout this course I was particularly excited to explore a different aspect of storytelling such as video. Prior to participating in this first initial […]
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Mission 9: Complete

by @christinac106

| Syndicated, Weekly Summaries, WeeklySummary
March 22, 2019

Another busy week completed here in digital storytelling 106. Since turning in our radio show projects last week, this week came in full force with a heavy, but exciting work load. Our main focus this week was exploring the web and the storytelling that’s told within it. In order to learn web storytelling we were […]
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Create and Connect

by @christinac106

| Syndicated
March 22, 2019

Like usual we had to participate in three daily creates this week. However, that being said we then needed to find a way to connect them together. The three creates I did were; heart transplant, top trumps, and secret agent selfie. So with that here goes my story… One day Perry the Platypus was out […]
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Take Two

by @christinac106

| ds106rework, Syndicated
March 20, 2019

This week we were asked to revise one 3, 4, or 5 star assignment we have created in a previous week. Once picked we needed to revise, improve, or remix it in so way shape or form. With that I spent some time looking back at all of the assignments I created. I struggled a […]
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Remixing The Web

by @christinac106

| Syndicated, webstorytelling
March 20, 2019

This week has been all about the web! Between participating in web assignments and exploring how storytelling can be told through web I have had the opportunity to partake in some pretty cool assignments. One assignment in particular that we were asked to do this week was called web storytelling. This asked that students essentially […]
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Bravo!

by @christinac106

| radiolisten, Syndicated
March 19, 2019

This evening I had the pleasure of tuning into ds106 radio to listen to some of my classmates very own radio shows they created from the previous two weeks. I was super excited to listen in because everyones show’s had very different ideas and themes so with that I was excited to see it or […]
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Gram About It

by @christinac106

| #WebAssignments, Digital Storytelling Assignments, Syndicated, WebAssignments2071
March 19, 2019

For my last web assignment this week I decided to end with a two and a half star assignment called create finsta Instagram. I felt this would be another fun and creative activity I could do that would also give me the opportunity to connect my work back to my groups radio show “Girl Power”. […]
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Guess That Story!!

by @christinac106

| #WebAssignments, Digital Storytelling Assignments, Syndicated, WebAssignments2300
March 19, 2019

For my second web assignment this week I decided to do a three star assignment called guess the story. This assignment asks that individuals attempt to tell a particular story using gifs and providing some simple hints. These stories can be anything and the harder they are to tell the harder it is to guess. […]
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Vangogh more like VanNO

by @christinac106

| #WebAssignments, #WebAssignments2073, Digital Storytelling Assignments, Syndicated
March 19, 2019

For my first web assignment activity this week I decided to start with a simpler assignment called google draw something. This 2 and a half star assignment asked individuals to go to quick draw with google and participate in an activity where you are given six different items to draw leaving it up to “google” […]
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Mission 8: Complete

by @christinac106

| Radio Show - "Girl Power", Syndicated, Weekly Summaries, WeeklySummary
March 14, 2019

Another week down and a radio show complete! vvSurprisingly this was the first week of ds 106 where I felt I wasn’t engulfed with numerous projects or work. This week was really dedicated to finishing our radio shows and further producing content to fill it. Before diving into to what was done in terms of […]
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Work in Progress

by @christinac106

| Radio Show - "Girl Power", radioshowweek2, Syndicated
March 13, 2019

As we returned from spring break it was time to get down to business and really bring our radio show “Girl Power” to life. This was our second and final week to finalize our radio show projects and get them turned in. With that being said my group stuck to doing what we do best, […]
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Mission 7: Complete

by @christinac106

| Syndicated, Weekly Summaries, WeeklySummary
February 28, 2019

Spring break is finally here and I can’t believe we’re already half way through the semester! This week flew by with the assigned radio show project handed out at the beginning of the week. Since most of this week was focused on making progress in that particular area I think I can say it was […]
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