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Laundry

by @dsamanda2

| Syndicated, Week 4 End
July 22, 2018

For this 5 star video assignment I wast to create a short how to video. As I mentioned previously, I have been on a trip for the past few days, so recording videos and editing them has been tough. I decided to have my boyfriend (Jeff, who I’m on the trip with) help me with […]
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Movies on Vacation?

by @dsamanda2

| achievements, Syndicated, Week 4 End
July 22, 2018

The last part of this week I was on vacation with my boyfriend! We are pretty active people so for our vacation we went to Shenandoah National Park to hike trails, visit nearby cities, and drive along Skyline Drive. It was an amazing trip, but there was not a lot of time for creating and […]
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My Life Today

by @dsamanda2

| Syndicated, Week 4 End
July 22, 2018

The first video assignment that I chose to complete was a 5 star assignment to create a movie that showed snips of my day. I was then to put them together so that if someone watched it they would be able to see what I did that day! These past 4 days I have been […]
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Let’s Watch

by @dsamanda2

| achievements, Syndicated, Week 4 Midweek
July 18, 2018

This week in Digital Storytelling is movie week! Which is a great excuse to stay in my PJ’s and eat popcorn all week! I started off the week by learning how to read a movie. I found this reading really interesting and since I love watching movies I actually think I will use these tips […]
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Horror Nursery

by @dsamanda2

| Question of the Week 4, Syndicated, Week 4 Midweek
July 18, 2018

Like most of us, I sang nursery rhymes at an early age. Their easy language and catchy hooks get lodged in your brain instantly. But once you start to really listen to the words/lyrics you notice that nursery rhymes are really, really, strange….and sometimes downright creepy. The question of the week for week 4 is: What […]
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Win GOLD

by @dsamanda2

| Daily Create, Syndicated, Week 4 Midweek
July 18, 2018

For this daily create, I was to create my own new Olympic event. I thought I’d do a play on words and have my event be a race to the end of the rainbow…..first one there wins the gold!
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Dream Vaca

by @dsamanda2

| Daily Create, Syndicated, Week 4 Midweek
July 18, 2018

Today’s daily create asked me where I have always wanted to visit! I have been bugging my boyfriend for years to take me to Niagara Falls! Here is the GoogleMaps street view of the falls. Wish I was there!
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Moving Picture Reading

by @dsamanda2

| Read A Movie, Syndicated, Week 4 Midweek
July 18, 2018

It’s movie week! And we are starting out by learning how to read a movie as instructed by the great critic Robert Ebert. His article on reading a movie talked about pausing and looking a frames individually while watching. The first thing I thought of was being a kid and pausing a movie, then bursting […]
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Creepy Story

by @dsamanda2

| Audio Stories, Syndicated, Week 3 End
July 16, 2018

For the extra design work I decided to do another storytime audio story. I used sound effects and music to bring the story to life. In this assignment I wanted it to sound like a story being told by me. I chose to do a sort of creepy story so that I could use some […]
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Can’t Speak

by @dsamanda2

| achievements, Syndicated, Week 3 End
July 15, 2018

This week was all about audio! I started this week off by tackling the Sound Effect Story assignment. This assignment was very overwhelming at first because I was so unfamiliar with how to use Audacity. This was the the assignment that took me the longest to accomplish, but it’s also the one that I am […]
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What if Booth was Stopped?

by @dsamanda2

| Audio Stories, Syndicated, Week 3 End
July 15, 2018

Last week we discussed what historical event we would change if we could. I wrote a whole post about this topic and decided that I would have never had the events of 9/11 happen. In that post, I also mentioned that the first historical event that came to mind was the assassination of Lincoln. The […]
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Hipster Whiskey

by @dsamanda2

| Daily Create, Syndicated, Week 3 End
July 15, 2018

Today’s daily create was to create an add/business card for a randomized “hipster buisiness.” I got my randomized name and logo which to me looked like some kind of alcohol name. I decided to turn it into a distillery company, because hipsters like breweries and wineries and distilleries… things like that right? I decided to […]
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Headed to Work on a Rainy Day

by @dsamanda2

| Audio Stories, Syndicated, Week 3 End
July 14, 2018

The Sound Effects audio assignment was pretty difficult! This is the first assignment that I tackled this week so I had a hard time when using Audacity. It was my first time manipulating audio but I think I did a good job! I started this assignment by thinking about what kind of story I wanted […]
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Again??

by @dsamanda2

| Daily Create, Syndicated, Week 3 End
July 14, 2018

Today’s daily create was to make a fake conversation between characters! I made one between Princess Peach and Mario! The running joke for the Mario games is that Princess Peach is always getting kidnapped. The text conversation that I made between them shows Mario getting a bit annoyed with Peach always being kidnapped. Kinda silly! […]
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Listening

by @dsamanda2

| achievements, Syndicated, Week 3 Midweek
July 11, 2018

The beginning of this week has me nervous for the rest of the week. It started out pretty similar with two daily creates. I did mine on Monday and Tuesday. Tuesday’s was my favorite although I wish I had been more creative with a visual for it. I was tasked with creating a wish list […]
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Missing My Fam

by @dsamanda2

| Daily Create, Syndicated, Week 3 Midweek
July 11, 2018

Today’s daily create asked who I would walk 1000 miles for? My family! I have family that lives in Germany and we don’t get to see them very often. They are a “little” farther away than 1000 miles but I miss them so much and they are always so fun to see! They are family so […]
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I Can See It in My Mind

by @dsamanda2

| Listening to Audio, Syndicated, Week 3 Midweek
July 11, 2018

Moon Graffiti was a great audio creation! The creator did a great job using audio techniques to make the story come to live. At parts, I actually felt like I was in the story. Many of the sounds that they used were layered. This technique made the audio seem very realistic and believable. The background […]
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Can You Hear Me?

by @dsamanda2

| Considering Audio, Syndicated, Week 3 End
July 11, 2018

I have no experience with audio so this week has me a bit nervous. The reading was very intimidating and I am still trying to grasp all of the different aspects that go into creating audio. I am especially nervous for having to use audio without video to tell a story (which I’m sure is […]
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What Would Harry Want?

by @dsamanda2

| Daily Create, Syndicated, Week 3 End
July 10, 2018

Today’s Daily Create asked what a famous person would have on their wish list! Like many of the other daily creates I have done, I took on twist on the prompt. I created a wish list for a famous book character: Harry Potter. Check it out!
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It’s All by Design

by @dsamanda2

| achievements, Syndicated, Week 2 Midweek
July 4, 2018

Design is everywhere and after these past few days I can’t stop seeing design elements all around. It’s like when you are shopping for a certain car and you start noticing that car on the streets all the time. I can’t un-see all of the designs around me! Although it is annoying, it’s also interesting! […]
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Successful Design Play

by @dsamanda2

| design reflection, Syndicated, Week 2 Midweek
July 4, 2018

In this talk, Paula looks back on her career and discusses the idea of “serious play”. It starts off a little slow, but starts to really kick in around the 3 minute mark. Scher recognizes that often the best work comes from serious play. The unfortunate thing is that when we create good work from serious […]
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Design on the Daily

by @dsamanda2

| designblitz, Syndicated, Week 2 Midweek
July 4, 2018

These past few days I have learned that elements of design are everywhere! Without even realizing it we see so many different things that have been designed. Even our own homes had to go through a design process and so many design elements had to be implemented before you even moved in. And yet our […]
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What The Notebook Wants

by @dsamanda2

| Daily Create, Syndicated, Week 2 Midweek
July 4, 2018

Today’s daily create allowed me to change the mood of a movie scene by changing the music! I think it came out great and it was fairly simple to do! I wanted to make sure that the music I used would contradict the movie scene a lot so I first thought of a serious movie. […]
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This is Where I Live!

by @dsamanda2

| Daily Create, Syndicated, Week 2 Midweek
July 4, 2018

Today’s daily create prompted me to draw a picture of where I live! I decided to draw mine using paint (throwback I know) on the computer. I did this because 1) I’m in the middle of moving and don’t know which box my art supplies are in and 2) I am waaaaaaaay better at using […]
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My Problem with Time Travel

by @dsamanda2

| question of the week, Syndicated, Week 2 Midweek
July 4, 2018

I have always hated time travel books and movies. Changing even one small thing in our pasts can have a huge snowball effect. It is unrealistic to think that a character can go back in time and hang around without altering the future. The worst is when a character goes back in time to fix […]
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Learning about Design

by @dsamanda2

| Considering Design, Syndicated, Week 2 Midweek
July 4, 2018

Canva is website that makes it easy to design presentations, graphics, and more. They have tutorials to help you to understand how their website works while also helping to improve your design skills! It is similar to the “Tips for better photography” but with design instead! I was instructed to choose 7 tutorials to complete […]
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My Life in Photos

by @dsamanda2

| achievements, Syndicated
July 1, 2018

This week we focused improving photography skills and visual storytelling. These two topic fit very well together since I was able to utilize tips for better photography when working on creating a story through visuals. Because this theme I took A LOT of photos this week. My favorite assignment this week was the 5 frame […]
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I’m a Star!

by @dsamanda2

| Daily Create, Syndicated, Week 1 End
July 1, 2018

Today’s daily create is actually something I already am! Sort of. The daily create prompted me to discuss what star I would be, if I were a star. And aside from the obvious “of course I’m a star, I’m awesome,” I actually do have a star named after me. As you all know, I enjoy […]
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A BERRY Sad Story

by @dsamanda2

| Storytelling with Photos, Syndicated, Week 1 End
June 28, 2018

This Visual Assignment tasked me with creating a story using only 5 frames. I decided to show the sad story of two strawberries as they become breakfast. This assignment was really fun and definitely pushed my creativity. To create a story using just 5 frames is a difficult thing to do. The story must be […]
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You Should Love Koalas

by @dsamanda2

| Storytelling with Photos, Syndicated, Week 1 End
June 28, 2018

This Visual Assignment asked me to talk about my favorite photo, so here it is! This photo is a stock photo that was included on my very first laptop. Ever since then, it has been my background picture and my obsession. I. Love. Koalas. And you should to! Koalas are the most underrated animal in the […]
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