I thought that creating the media for this week’s assignment went pretty well. I was definitely much better (more efficient?) at creating the media this time around than I was when I first tried. I have learned a lot through this course about using social media and vastly improved my skills in working with and… Continue reading Weekly Summary 5

1.  Bucket List I used a program online to create the picture collage. Once you open the webpage, click create collage in the top center of the screen. Next, you can choose the layout and background color of your collage by using the toolbar that appears on the left side of your screen. Once you… Continue reading Final Project Tutorials

Once upon a time there was a baby sea turtle named Oliver. Oliver loved living in the ocean and he wanted to make the most of the 100+ years he would have there. He dreamed of traveling the deep blue, and after talking with several of his friends, he decided on several things that he just… Continue reading Adventures of a Sea Turtle

One more week to go! This week was challenging for me. I have never really done anything with video editing (or filming, for that matter) so everything this week was completely new to me. Once I figured out what I was doing with iMovie, I was able complete the assignments, I just found them to… Continue reading Weekly Summary 4

The task: Take a short section of one of your favorite songs, and turn the song into a video using only lyrics. The Video:   I chose to use the song Dancing Queen for this assignment for a couple of reasons I LOVE the movie Mamma Mia (and most other musicals…). I know basically every word to… Continue reading Dancing Queen Lyric Video Snippet

The task: Take related clips from your favorite show and make a video out of them! My creation: a compilation of Joey Tribbiani saying “How you doin’?” with the theme song of Friends, I’ll Be There for You by The Rembrandts. One if my all time favorite TV shows is Friends, so I chose to use the… Continue reading How You Doin’?

I completed the look, listen, analyze assignment on the interview scene from Pursuit of Happyness. Notes taken during the three views: Analyze the camera work. Fade transition used between scenes. Time lapse used overnight. Camera cut a lot in beginning – seemed fast paced. Camera cuts back and forth between main character and interviewers repeatedly.… Continue reading Look. Listen. Analyze.

Disclaimer: When I watch a movie, I really am just focused on watching the movie. I am not super observant of the details and don’t really think about the process of filming or think about how all of the pieces fit together. With that being said, looking for the details and breaking down and analyzing… Continue reading Reading Movies

What’s on the dark side of the moon? @ds106dc #ds106 #tdc1617 The dark side of the moon pic.twitter.com/YMF6BC7p66 — Amanda Leonard (@ds106_aleonard) June 12, 2016 Just some aliens going about their business…but they have to use flashlights, of course.

Repeat Repeat everything everything you you say say today today. @ds106dc #ds106 #tdc1616 Today's Today's daily daily create create pic.twitter.com/Rr0OYNmORQ — Amanda Leonard (@ds106_aleonard) June 12, 2016

A slogan for ds106 using Roald Dahl’s own language. @ds106dc #tdc1614 Have a whoopsy waffling time with the time-twiddler #ds106 — Amanda Leonard (@ds106_aleonard) June 10, 2016 Need help translating? Check out his very own dictionary.  

I took my daycare kids on a field trip on Tuesday. We loaded up and ventured out to a place called Nature Zone and then spent the afternoon in a park. The weather was GREAT, we met a box turtle named Little Bit (ddi you know that if they have red eyes that means it… Continue reading What made you happy today?

3 weeks down, 2 to go! I was terrified of this week because I am completely unfamiliar with working with audio. I was pleasantly surprised that it went much better than expected, but I am still not very confident in my abilities to alter and edit audio. I thought that, overall, Audacity was a pretty… Continue reading Weekly Summary 3

In honor of the upcoming release of Finding Dory, I decided to find a picture and sound to go along with the word ‘fish.’ Who isn’t a fan of Dory and her motto, “Just keep swimming?” Always remember, when life gets you down and make you a Mr. Grumpy Gills (or you have no idea… Continue reading Just Keep Swimming!

The task: Take an audio file and reverse it. Then, give three clues as to what the song is and see who is the first to correctly identify the song. Clues: This is a children’s song/nursery rhyme. It can be played as a children’s game. It is often the tune played when you crank a Jack in… Continue reading Reverse Audio Quiz

I listened to the How I Got into College episode of This American Life. A brief summary of the main story of the episode – This episode was largely about the story of a Bosnian refugee, Emir Kamenica, who is convinced that his life was changed by a teacher, Ms. Ames, after he impressed her with… Continue reading How I Got into College Story Reflection

I watched parts one, two, three, and four of Ira Glass on storytelling, as well as Jad Abumrad’s How radio creates empathy. I really liked how straightforward and honest the videos by Ira Glass were. He gave specific information and tips to improve your audio skills while also reminding you that everyone struggles and it… Continue reading Audio Storytelling Key Points

The task: What is Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau agreeing to do with Asimo the Robot? Asimo is experiencing his first bribe. @ds106dc #tdc1610 #ds106 Asimo is being bribed with bacon… pic.twitter.com/1ccbxdlhFU — Amanda Leonard (@ds106_aleonard) June 5, 2016  

The task: What will happen when part 270 meets part 230?   @ds106dc #ds106 #tdc1609 part 230 + part 270 = transformer 500 initiated. pic.twitter.com/j2AaPab3Xn — Amanda Leonard (@ds106_aleonard) June 4, 2016 Transformer 500 comes to life.

The task: show your guitar solo face. I have zero music skills. I’m sad to say that the only face you’ll be getting out of me is a confused one. @ds106dc #ds106 #tdc1608 Basically the only face I'll be making if I'm holding a guitar pic.twitter.com/aeCfJzJ0T8 — Amanda Leonard (@ds106_aleonard) June 4, 2016

The task: to make the Are You My Mother? cover more modern My creation: @ds106dc #ds106 #tdc1606 Poor bird with abandonment issues. pic.twitter.com/XSH2428X5F — Amanda Leonard (@ds106_aleonard) June 2, 2016 We all know the bird looks and looks and looks for his mother in this book. What is the result of all of this searching?… Continue reading Are you my therapist?

I think that this weeks assignments went pretty well. I think that this week’s assignments required more planning and generally were more time consuming for me than last week. I experimented with a couple of photo editing sites this week (I have betrayed my loyal companion, PowerPoint). I played around in both Canva and PicMonkey,… Continue reading Weekly Summary 2

Balance This photo is of a pillow that features a design of radial symmetry. I think that if you look at each unit, the radial symmetry works. Also, I believe that the repetition of the unit contributed to the balance as well. There is not an overwhelming amount of either color on the pillow. I… Continue reading DesignBlitz

I thought that the Vignelli booklet brought to my attention and solidified for me several concepts. I thought that it was extremely helpful that he related the terms semantics, syntax, and pragmatics to the area of design, which is generally examined visually, when these terms are usually applied to writing. His relation of these terms to… Continue reading Vignelli Reflection

The task: Take a moment from a movie that you can relate to and make a gif out of it. My gif: Oh look! I’ve been impaled! You know that feeling you get when you suddenly remember something you have to do? that is super boring? that is super time consuming? that you don’t want… Continue reading Been there

My first ever GIF! The task: create a gif of an animal doing something funny My gif: I choose to make a gif of an animal fail. I went with penguins because (in case you missed it the other 400 times I mentioned it) they are my favorite animal. I chose to make this segment… Continue reading GIF (but not the peanut butter kind)

One of my favorite shows when I was growing up was Hey Arnold! So, when I saw the Cartoon the Head assignment, I immediately chose to use Arnold as the cartoon head. But what should be the body that will support Arnold’s football head? I opted for a camel. I feel that the camel’s hump… Continue reading Hey Camel!

I completed the Make a Maze assignment. What’s more fun that successfully completing a maze? Definitely not making one. This was a lot more difficult for me than I expected. I think that the most challenging part for me was trying to maintain the same amount of space between all of the line (which, sadly, is… Continue reading I Made a Maze

What is your favorite children’s book? My favorite children’s book is Chicka Chicka Boom Boom. I don’t really know why I like it so much – its about alphabet letters climbing a tree – but it’s definitely on the top of my list. But what if our favorite children’s books were revamped to accommodate modern… Continue reading Computer Books for Kids

Today’s daily create was to complete an old daily create (that was chosen randomly) but to do it wrong. @ds106dc #ds106 #tdc1561 #tdc1603 Oh no! That's not VanGogh! pic.twitter.com/DMwzFBo3Ou — Amanda Leonard (@ds106_aleonard) May 29, 2016 Ooops. Looks like that’s Picasso.