I completed a visual assignment worth 4 stars. The goal of this assignment was to take a picture of something really zoomed in and get people to guess what it is. I didn’t have any trouble completing this task. Here is the link to the original assignment: http://assignments.ds106.us/assignments/thats-not-what-i-expected/ What do you think it is?

@ds106dc #tdc1717 #ds106 "The Only DS106 resource you will ever need" Hmmm… the WHOLE internet pic.twitter.com/ycMvmQrzuL — Emily Atkins (@ekatkins19) September 20, 2016

Have you ever seen the white green bean? Can you find the white green bean? Where is the white green bean? @ds106dc #tdc1716 My response for Today's #ds106 Daily Create is the app is used to locate the super rare white green bean pic.twitter.com/Coikyq3p7f — Emily Atkins (@ekatkins19) September 20, 2016

I thought this week was really fun. I really like photography so these assignments were really enjoyable. I completed a post about my photography experience and what I learned about taking photographs. Photo Reflection 2. I read the article about improving my photography and found some really cool examples on flickr of different types of … Continue reading Weekly Summary

I used flickr to find all these pictures and google to figure out exactly what I needed to be looking for. Contrast: I thought this was a cool picture of contrast because the sky was so dark and the grass was so green. Perspective: This was a hard picture to look for, but I think … Continue reading Becoming a Better Photographer

In high school, I took a Photography I and a Photography II class. I used to take a lot of pictures, however the pictures I take now are mostly for Instagram. I like to take pictures of my dog, the mountains and my family/friends. When it comes to taking photos I just try to get … Continue reading Photo Reflection

My photo blitz began at 10:11 a.m. EST and finished at 10:31 a.m. EST. Below is the list of pictures I needed to find for my blitz. In all honesty, I pressed “click for another list” about 20 times until I found one that I thought I could do. Finally, I found one. My first picture … Continue reading Photo Blitz

The final assignment I did for this week was worth 2 stars. The goal of this assignment was to edit a picture of something creepy in your window. I used preview on my mac to complete this assignment. Here is the link to the original assignment: http://assignments.ds106.us/assignments/what-wanders-outside-your-window/ I picked a clown because I think they are … Continue reading Assignment Bank

The second assignment I completed was worth 3 stars. The goal of this assignment was to create a collage of your 5 favorite vacation spots and upload it to flickr. I used befunky.com to create the collage. Here is the link to the original assignment: http://assignments.ds106.us/assignments/a-collage-of-your-favorite-vacation-pictures/ The 5 places I picked were Amsterdam, Dubai, Florence, Greece … Continue reading Assignment Bank

This is my first assignment bank project for the week. The goal of this assignment was to remake the iconic Brady Bunch cover and replace it with your own friends or family. It was rate 3 stars for difficulty. I used photocollage.com to make this collage.  Here is the link to the original assignment: http://assignments.ds106.us/assignments/were-the-real-life-brady-bunch/ The … Continue reading Assignment Bank

Man oh man has it been a busy week! This week I read a lot and I learned a lot. For starters, both the articles we were assigned to read were very interesting and gave me a new perspective on how I view technology and story telling. Web 2.0 Reflection As We May Think Second, … Continue reading Weekly Summary

This article was very long but full of very good information. I’m not going to lie, it took me a while to get through it. One interesting point the author made was how Twitter was considered storytelling. Most of the time, my tweets are about something “terrible” that happened to me that day or something … Continue reading Web 2.0 Reflection

This was a very interesting article. The first time I read through the article, I was totally confused. But the second time I read through it, it began to make a lot of sense. I think that the vision the author had, is pretty much exactly how the internet influences us today. The author predicted … Continue reading As We May Think

The second project I did was from the audio category. This project was rated 4 stars, which I would say was fairly accurate. The goal for this project was to flatten or sharpen the audio of a song and upload it to Youtube. After searching online for a while, I finally figured out how to … Continue reading Assignment Bank

This week our assignment was to explore different media assignments and to complete 8 stars worth of activities. The first assignment I picked was from the visual category, it was ranked 5 stars, and I totally agree. The goal of this assignment was to use images from a movie and create a barcode, simple right? … Continue reading Assignment Bank

This first week of class has truly been a learning experience. After finally figuring out how to set up all the new social media accounts, I really think I have gotten the hang of it. As this class continues, I hope to become more technologically advanced. One thing that drove me crazy, was setting up … Continue reading "Weekly Summary"

The true promise of Interactive Computing: Leveraging our Collective IQ The purpose of this article was discussing about how as a society we can gained knowledge by using the Internet as a whole. Many people face challenges to gain access to the internet which then hinders that amount of knowledge they can gain from using … Continue reading "The Internet"

The article by Austin Kleon was very interesting. The idea of sharing things about yourself can be very scary to some people, including me. But after reading this article, I have gained some knowledge on how to share my interests and other things about myself. Therefore, one of my favorite points of the article was … Continue reading "ShowYourWork"

Hello everyone! Check out my social media, so you can get to know me! #ds106 after graduation, I hope to become a physical therapist! — Emily Atkins (@ekatkins19) September 1, 2016   Fun fact: I love Mexican food! More specifically, chick...

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