Ds106 is probably different that most of the other classes you have taken. It’s a class about blogging and besides that it can really be about anything you want it to be. That’s the glory of this class and is what makes it so different from anything else. Different doesn’t mean easy and there are … Continue reading ds106 Advice →

This week in ds106 was spent wrapping up everything with my project. I had 3/4 of it done already so I just had to do my last portion and write my post. It was fun doing the project because it encompassed everything that we learned in ds106. I was doing a story of why I … Continue reading Weekly Summary →

I finally have the final product for my project and I had a lot of fun making it. My first idea was to make a mockumentary, but that fell through so I had to come up with a different idea. I decided to tell a story about my life as a physics major. For the … Continue reading Final Project! →

  For the last portion of my final project I chose to do  a written assignment. I did the Hopes, Dreams and Fears assignment which is to write a letter to yourself ten years in the future. I thought this would be a good way to end my project since it looks towards the future. … Continue reading Your Hopes, Dreams and Fears →

I decided to use the Audio Reflection assignment for the audio portion of my final project. I wanted to try to do something that involved a little more creativity, but I felt that this assignment fit best with my project. It is the story of a big part of my life so I wanted it … Continue reading Audio Reflection →

This week I finished about half of my project. I made my video which is the bigger part of the project, it ended up being over ten minutes which is longer than expected. I used Audacity and windows movie maker to do all the editing, which I forgot to put in my credits, but they … Continue reading Story Progress #2 →

I am just doing an update on what I’ve been working on for my final project. Unfortunately, my idea fell through for the movie spoof I wanted to d. I decided to follow through with my other idea, the life of a physics major. I wanted to do this as a documentary style, at least … Continue reading Week 13 Update →

This is just a post to go over some of the ideas I have been going over for my final project. I have a good idea of what I want to do and I think I know what types of media I will use also. The story: I wanted to do a spoof of some … Continue reading Preliminary Brainstorming →

This week was a lot of fun in ds106. I was excited to do mashups because I’ve always enjoyed mashup music. Doing the assignments was kind of like doing a hybrid of all the other assignment types. We also did a tutorial, which is something I’ve always wondered about. So, without further ado: Highlight Reels … Continue reading Weekly Summary 11 →

For my second remix I remixed one of the assignments I did this week. For I’m ready for my close up we had to close in on somebody’s face and put it in a random place where they shouldn’t be. For the original assignment I put Arnold Schwarzenegger in space. For the remix  I had … Continue reading I’m ready for my close up Dr. Seuss remix →

For one of remixes I went back to the minimalist poster design I did as a design assignment. The remix was to flip the mood of the assignment. Since this was supposed to be a minimalist design I had to make it the opposite. My way of doing this was to was to add a … Continue reading Not so minimalist poster remix →

For this assignment we had to mash up two different movies in a way that would make sense. I went with E.T. and Batman. They both have iconic parts that have to do with the sky. In E.T. they have E.T. flying across the sky and in Batman they have the iconic bat symbol. I … Continue reading This does not belong here (4 stars) →

One of the video assignments I did was the Highlight Reels Assignment. I noticed that a lot of other people did the assignment so I figured it would be a good one to make a tutorial for since its so popular. Doing this assignment is more than just taking a lot of sports clips and … Continue reading Highlight Reels tutorial →

For this assignment we had to make a compilation of one of our favorite characters from a movie or TV show. My favorite character has to be Ron Swanson from Parks and Recreation. He’s a anti-government libertarian that happens to work for the government which is a big part of what makes his character so … Continue reading Ron Swanson Compilation →

Arnold Schwarzenegger was walking down the street one day when a group of young kids began doing a bunch of poor Arnie impressions. “GET TO THE CHOPPER”, “I’LL BE BACK”, they yelled. This struck a chord with Arnold and he said that he has had enough with all of the cliche impressions that people would … Continue reading Arnie in Space (4 star) →

This week was very interesting. It was fun making different videos and doing some editing. It’s something that I’ve never done before so I am a bit of a novice which probably shows in my videos. I used Windows Movie Maker and a program called Movavi to make all of my videos. How To Video … Continue reading Weekly Summary 10 →

For my last video assignment I picked an assignment that one of classmates, Kristin O’Connell, made. Not a lot of people make their own assignments so I wanted to do this one. I also picked this because I wanted to pick an assignment that went along with the theme of the class. I thought this … Continue reading Where do your Shoes take you? (4 stars) →

I did this assignment for one of my assignments this week. We had to pick our favorite athlete and make a highlight reel for them. Last week I did the Sports Mashup assignment where I did a music mash up of different sports plays so this was very similar. I don’t really have a favorite … Continue reading Aaron Rodgers Highlight Reels (5 Stars) →

Leaving Skystead I hitchhiked with some nuns in a band all the way to Westray @ds106dc #tdc1762 #ds106 — Matthew Froelich (@FroelichMatthew) November 4, 2016 For today’s daily create we had to use a random town generator to tell a story of traveling between two towns. It was kind of hard to do since we … Continue reading TDC 11/4 →

I chose to do the how to video assignment for one of my video assignments this week. I was looking for an assignment to tie into the theme of our course and I thought this would work well since the course is about using the internet to tell a story. Since we used the Mozilla … Continue reading How To Video (4.5 stars) →

For yesterday’s Daily Create we had to create a pumpkin spice version o a product since it’s November and everyone likes pumpkin flavored everything. I wanted to do something cool where I made like a pumpkin spice flavored pop tart box that looked legitimate, but my Photoshop skills would not allow it. I ended up … Continue reading TDC 11/3 →

For the Daily Create on Wednesday we had to create a gif of a person walking. I may have stretched the rules a little and did a gif o Ron Swanson dancing on Parks and Recreation. Honestly, I thought this was a funny scene from the show and saw it as a good opportunity to … Continue reading TDC 11/2 →

This was a fun week in ds106. It was very interesting to see the ins and outs of making a film. The video essay was where I learned the most so i’ll start there. Video Essay Roger Ebert and Tony Zhou discussed all of the different elements that go into creating a film. It was … Continue reading Week 9 Summary →

For my video essay I chose to do a few different scenes from the Shawshank Redemption. The reason I chose these scenes is because they are basically the same thing over and over again with the same outcome except for the last one. I thought this would be good for this assignment because it gives … Continue reading Video Essay →

For this video assignment we had to create a 30 second spoiler for a movie. I decided to go with Star Wars: The Force Awakens because it had a very big moment at the end that made Star Wars fans across the world very angry. If you haven’t seen the movie you probably shouldn’t watch … Continue reading Spoiler Alert (3.5 Stars) →

I did the sports mashup assignment for one of my video assignments. The topic of my montage is the NBA playoffs. I chose this because one of the things that the assignment wanted us to emphasize was the arc of ambition. I thought that the NBA playoffs were a very good example of this, since … Continue reading Sports Mashup (4.5 stars) →

Not my idea of active learning. @ds106dc #tdc1754 pic.twitter.com/5vK91OE7Af — Matthew Froelich (@FroelichMatthew) October 28, 2016 For today’s daily create we had to make a video or image of what thought active learning is ( or isn’t). I made an image of a surfer with some books. I thought surfing would be one of the … Continue reading TDC 10/27 →

A silly taxonomist who is running away from an understanding nuclear physicist in an enchanted oil freighter. @ds106dc #tdc1753 pic.twitter.com/Voh65kpAK2 — Matthew Froelich (@FroelichMatthew) October 26, 2016 For the Daily create on Wednesday we had to use a website that generates a random story We then had to use five pictures to write a story based … Continue reading TDC 10/26 →

For this Audio assignment we had to create a video or picture montage of a place we’ve always wanted to visit. Since I was young I have always wanted to visit Australia. I’ve always thought it was cool because of the scenery and all of the different animals. Hopefully, I can go there after I … Continue reading Audio Assignment: Where do want to go? →

Overall this week was a lot of fun. It was cool that we got to reflect on everything we’ve done so far since its about half way through the semester. I really enjoyed doing the Best of ds106 showcase assignment. It gave me a chance to go through all of the old assignments and see … Continue reading Weekly Summary 8 →