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    Daily Create Support

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    I created some prompts for Daily Creates. I made: Food Paste: What food would be your favorite if all food was in paste form? Last Meal: If you got to pick your last meal, what would it be? Holiday Tradition: What is a holiday tradition that you have? You’re an Animal: If you could be […]
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    Final Project

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    This is my final project! Pastee-Freez! The name is a twist on the restaurant chain called Tastee-Freez. Pastee-Freez is a paste based restaurant chain. For my project I created a series of GIFs that are over on my Twitter along with a tweet with the company logo. I created my GIFs using Giphy and I […]
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    Week 12 – Mini Documentary

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    This week I was tasked with creating a mini documentary. For my interview I got in contact with a friend of mine who knows someone who has just become an ambassador for the college of education at Kansas State University in Manhattan, KS. She was glad to help me with this assignment and share what […]
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    Week 9 – Video

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    This week of tasks was pretty simple. The planning of my mini documentary is going pretty well and I think it will turn out well. The video assignments this week were a good refresher on video editing and worked well to help familiarize me with new video editing software. Overall, this week went well. Mini […]
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    Mini Documentary Progress

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    This week I have been tasked with creating a mini documentary. So far I have found my subject and have scheduled to meet with them. I am currently working on compiling questions to ask them during the interview. I think the project will turn out well.
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    ds106 Video Assignments

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    This week I was tasked with completing two assignment in the ds106 assignment bank. One of them had to be HitchCut and the other assignment was my choice. Here’s my HitchCut Videos: https://vimeo.com/user102502096/review/371272290/86040112...
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    Week 8 – Radio Show

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    This week went pretty well I think. I put together a commercial mashup from the 80s to include in the class radio show and responded to some daily creates on Twitter. Radio Show Progress Post: https://gannonradenberg.home.blog/2019/10/22/radio-show...
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    Week 7 – Online Radio Show

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    This week was a time consuming one. Me and the rest of the class are getting ready to put together an online radio show. Along with starting the work on the radio show we were also tasked with creating a poster or graphic for the show and completing a few audio assignments. Audio editing is […]
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    Radio Show Progress

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    For the radio show, the members of the class have been working using Microsoft Teams. Using this app we can easily communicate and share our progress. We have thrown around a few ideas of how to create the show but we haven’t decided on the way we’re going to do it. Personally, I have created […]
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    ds106 Radio Show Poster

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    One of the objectives for this week was to create some sort of poster or graphic to go along with the radio we’re working on. I created this poster using a background that represents some of the colors and patterns that the 80s are known for. I also added in some colored text to add […]
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    Week 6 – Design

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    This week had a lot of great tasks to complete over one of my favorite topics. With design being all around us I think it’s an important topic to learn about. Here’s my work: My DesignBlitz Post: https://gannonradenberg.home.blog/2019/10/09/designblitz/ My Design Readings Reflection: https://gannonradenberg.home.blog/2019/10/09/design-readings-reflection/ ds106 Assignment Bank Assignments: A Wolf In Sheeps Clothing: https://gannonradenberg.home.blog/2019/10/09/a-wolf-in-sheeps-clothing/ PSA Billboard: […]
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    DesignBlitz

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    One of my tasks for this week was to do a DesignBlitz. I had to find 6 good examples of design elements and 2 bad ones. Here’s the good ones: I thought this poster I recently created has a good use of line. This is a part of the typeface project I’ve been working on […]
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    Design Readings Reflection

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    Design is a topic that I like very much. The great thing about design is that there are so many ways to use it. Everyone has their own way of designing and their own ideas to bring to life. Understanding the elements of design is also important if you’re trying to get better at designing. […]
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    Week 5 – Audio

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    This week’s assignments were all about audio. I had to do some quick learning this week which made it a challenging one. Overall, I learned quite a bit. First I listened to ds106 Radio and This American Life Podcast. My reflection blog post is here: https://gannonradenberg.home.blog/2019/10/01/ds106-radio-this-american-life-podcast-reflection/ Next I began working through some audio assignment in […]
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    ds106 Audio Assignments

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    This week I was tasked with completing 9 or more stars worth of assignments in the Audio section of the ds106 Assignment bank. Here is my work: Sound Effects Story (4 stars) Make Your Own Ringtone (3 stars) Imitate Some Weather (2...
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    Week 4 – Photography and the Visual Image

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    This week was a pretty good one. Photography has been a skill that I have known a little bit about but have yet to really get into it. Overall, I enjoyed the assignments for this week and here’s my work: A Day of My Life: https://gannonradenberg.home.blog/2019/09/25/a-day-of-my-life/A Day of My Life: ds106 Photo Assignments: https://gannonradenberg.home.blog/2019/09/25/a-day-of-my-life/ds106 Photo […]
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    Photography Tips

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    While I’m by no means a pro at photography, there are a few basic tips about photography that I know are extremely helpful when trying to get good photos. The first tip is using the Rule of Thirds. I learned this back in high school when I started taking a video production class. The rule […]
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    ds106 Photo Assignments

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    This week I was tasked with completing 8 stars worth of assignments involving photos on the ds106 assignment bank. Here’s my results: 9-Step Photo Collage (3 Stars) Cropped Signs (2 Stars Create A Game of Thrones House (...
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    Week 3 – Shape of Stories

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    This week had pretty simple tasks but they still kept me busy. For starters I went onto Twitter and participated in some Daily Create activities. My twitter handle is @gannon1980s After that I watched a couple videos. One was over good forms of storytelling and the other was over how we use the web and […]
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    Writing Advice

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    This week I have been tasked with finding a couple good resources for advice on writing. I myself am not great at writing but am trying to get better so researching advice should also help me as well. For my first resource I found an article from Goins, Writer: How to Be a Good Writer […]
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    ds106 Writing Assignments

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    One of my assignments this week was to complete 10 stars worth of assignments in the writing section of the ds106 assignment bank. This week I completed: assignments.ds106.us/assignments/instagram-is-done-describe-your-lunch-to-me/ (3.5 stars) For lunch today I made a sandwich. This sandwich was made with rotisserie seasoned sliced chicken breast, pepper jack cheese, mayonnaise and lettuce on two […]
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    Week 2 – Creativity and Copyright

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    This week covered a very important topic for anyone that wants to create: copyright. Being aware of copyright laws and what you’re allowed to do is important if you’re going to be creating anything. There were many great resources to help understand copyright in this week’s assignment. I wrote reflective blog posts about them here: […]
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    ds106 Assignments

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    I did a few of the ds106 Assignment bank assignments and here are the results A Star Wars haiku: A long time ago in a galaxy far away light and dark balance and finally, I took a closeup photo of something. See if you can guess what it is.

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