This is the final week in the semester which means this is the final Weekly Summary I have to submit. This course was a great learning experience and I think it taught me skills that will be very useful in the future!   Final Story Tutorial 1 Tut...

18 year old Tiffany had just graduated high school. In just a couple of months she would be leaving to go to college in England. All of her friends were going to different schools in the United States but because she had dual citizenship she decided to leave the country for university. Before she said … Continue reading Senior Trip in the City! →

Step One: Gather all the pictures to be used in the collage. Pictures can be found on Google images if you don’t have any of your own to use.  Step Two: Make a collage of the photos you want to use. There are many different websites that make collages. You can simply Google ‘collage maker’ … Continue reading Make My Day: Tutorial →

To do this assignment you first want to find the picture of the pop star that you want to use. This can be done using Google images. Once you find the picture you need to save it to your desktop so it can be opened in Pixlr, which is the website that will be used … Continue reading Pop Star Out Of Place Tutorial →

This week was all about remixing, the ideas behind it, One of the most important thing learned about remixing and video projects in general is dealing with copyright. I have run into copyright issues through YouTube so I know  what it’s like to have to change the copyrighted materials in order for the video to … Continue reading Weekly Summary 13/14 →

Before getting started on my own remix assignments, I had to make sure I understood what a remix is. Everyone has heard of remixes to songs but there are more types of remixes than just music. For me, I learn best through example and the remix examples I viewed for more understanding were this video dub, this lip dub, … Continue reading Explaining Remixing →

For the remix assignment, the generator had me add country music to an already existing video of a product review which was the original assignment. The original I used was done on the history of movie production cameras. The country music I used was found on YouTube. For this easy assignment all I did was download the original video and open … Continue reading Remix →

This assignment required me to show the growth of an actor/actress through their different movie roles. The actress I chose was Julia Roberts because she’s been in so many great movies so I thought it would be fun to reflect on the different roles she’s had over the years. How I Did It: I started by … Continue reading Growing Up With Julia Roberts →

@ds106dc #tdc1421 A poem called From My Heart https://t.co/115wFgbN4R — Chantel Moton (@CMoton24) November 29, 2015 @ds106dc #tdc1419 #ds106 thanksgiving is over, now it's time for Christmas! pic.twitter.com/eLfnBd4WE4 — Chantel Moton (@CMoton24) November 27, 2015 @ds106dc #tdc1418 #ds106 happy thanksgiving! pic.twitter.com/W4ddINvrOb — Chantel Moton (@CMoton24) November 27, 2015  

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. Being an iPhone user and an avid texter, I’ve become obsessed with emojis! The latest iPhone software update included a lot … Continue reading Emoji Mashup →

Okay so we all watch actors change roles and character. It’s crazy to see what they were like in the beginning of their career compared to now. Find a actor or actress and use film clips to show a metamorphosis. The actress I chose to base this assignment on was Miranda Cosgrove. She is best … Continue reading Actor Transformation →

One of the options for the required video assignment was to create a video singing multiple parts of a song. To make the video I used the Acapella app on my iPhone. Through the app I was prompted to sing two different parts of the song at different times then the final product was a … Continue reading Required Assignment →

I cannot believe it’s already the end of week twelve! These past two weeks have dragged on but it’s finally the time to submit another weekly summary. I was excited to see what was required these past two weeks because it wasn’t a lot of tedious reading assignments. It was strictly videos (and the usual … Continue reading Weekly Summary 11/12 →

Remembering what it was like to be in middle school is not something I like to do often. I was awkward and ugly, to put it simply. Having to look at old pictures from seventh grade through eleventh grade was a fun trip down memory lane but I never want to be that person again! … Continue reading Facebook Narrative →

Watching makeup tutorials on YouTube is probably one of my favorite pastimes.  There are so many different ways to do your makeup and a wide variety of products that could be used.  In this video I decided to do a sped up video of how I do my makeup everyday. This 4 star assignment was very … Continue reading Show Me How! →

@ds106dc #tdc1395 #ds106 a filtered selfie pic.twitter.com/uSCfXqVjVc — Chantel Moton (@CMoton24) November 4, 2015 @ds106dc #tdc1402 My response for Today's #ds106 Daily Create is pic.twitter.com/ncCKz0wQnr — Chantel Moton (@CMoton24) November 11, 2015 (photo source) @ds106dc #tdc1403 #ds106 My grook for today pic.twitter.com/wioceHXnfG — Chantel Moton (@CMoton24) November 12, 2015 @ds106dc #tdc1404 #ds106 Fergie- Big Girls … Continue reading Daily Creates →

I have a secret obsession… I love watching YouTube videos about anything makeup or fashion related. I can spend hours going through all the different kinds of videos people have uploaded and most of the time if they’re good at raving about all the good things about a product, I will probably buy it. I … Continue reading Product Review →

This assignment (3.5 stars) was one I’d seen done many times before. It required me to tell a story using flashcards. A lot of these types of videos I’ve seen are about sad topics or bad thing that have happened in someone’s life. I knew that I wanted mine to be about something happy and positive. … Continue reading This is my story →

This assignment (4 stars) was a fun way to get into the Christmas Spirit! It required me to pick 25 Christmas movies and make a countdown using clips from these movies. Although it became harder and harder to think of more movies, I managed to pull together clips from 25 different movies and put them all … Continue reading Countdown to Christmas →

  This week I learned about the different techniques involved in film making and I learned how to do basic editing on videos through Movie Maker. It was fun doing video assignments this week because it was something new that we hadn’t done in the previous weeks. The feedback I got on my blog this … Continue reading Weekly Summary 10 →

Being 16 is not always easy. For me it was the time when I wanted to grow up so fast and be done with high school but looking back there are definitely some things I wish I knew then that I’ve learned over the years. This assignment required me to write a letter to my 16 … Continue reading Dear 16 Year Old Chantel →

This 4 star assignment required us to take a video of ourselves finger spelling a word that was bigger than 5 letters. I chose a short phrase that shouldn’t be too hard to figure out. My thinking behind the assignment was that I’ve never done anything that involved using ASL so it would be interesting … Continue reading Signing Words →

I feel like this week was very easy compared to the amount of work we’ve had in the previous weeks! First was the evaluation of radio shows. I shared my thoughts on the Digital StoryFellas show and my group’s show, Wacky History. My reflections can be found here and here, respectively. Next was the Storytelling … Continue reading Weekly Summary 9 →

Wacky History is as simple as it sounds. Our group focused on the history or random, wacky objects. We all did our segments separately so it was nice to hear how they all came together in the end. I honestly have nothing negative to say about the show and I would rate it 5/5 stars. … Continue reading A Wacky Review →

The radio show I had to review was Digital StoryFellas. Overall the audio was good but levels aren’t even at some point and there are fluctuation of volumes.  As a whole the show was clear of unnecessary background noises except for one small part. The audio editing was average, you can tell each part was recorded … Continue reading Digital StoryFellas: A Review →

Here’s a little story about the week I had. I, Cheryl, wanted to take a day trip this week. I decided to get dressed up real nice and go to the local art museum to check out the Picasso tribute they had this month. I woke up Thursday morning, put on my Crocs and got my … Continue reading Daily Create Story →

This assignment worth 3.5 stars required me to “find a cool, easy to use digital tool online!” and write a brief tutorial on how to use it. Today’s tutorial will be on how to use a YouTube to MP3 converter. I have found this useful in many different assignments, specifically audio assignments. Lets get started! … Continue reading All About A Cool Tool →

The IMBD page for The Notebook with a slightly different description. The assignment had us change something about a preexisting web page to tell a story. I decided to change in IMBD page because it gives the description of a movie so I wanted to change it into my own story. Using X-Ray Goggles, I … Continue reading Storytelling within the Web →

This assignment was really simple but I had a lot of fun doing it. For 3.5 stars, the assignment required me to create a Pinterest board and pin to it all things that reflected my dream vacation(s). The pins on my vacation board range from Disney World to climbing Mount Kilimanjaro to road-tripping across the … Continue reading Pack your bags, we’re taking a trip! →

These two weeks went by so fast! All the work with the radio show made the days fly by but luckily my group stayed on top of things and everything was done on time. The process of working with audio has been fun and a learning experience. I’ve learned more about the features of Audacity … Continue reading Weekly Summary 7&8 →