For anyone just coming into ds106, you’ve chosen well. This is a fun course, but it is a lot of work. Since it’s online, you’ll have to manage your time wisely and make sure you don’t forget about it just because you don’t have to attend class. Space out all your weekly assignments throughout the […]

Wow! It’s been a wide ride, but this is the last assignment for this class! For my final project, I decided to use Twitter, photos, videos, reaction GIFs, and audio to tell the story of a day in the life of my dog, Rixs. I made a Twitter account for her, and posted in real […]

Read my dog Rixs’ Twitter to see what she does during the day! Tweets by pekiuaua

I finally have an idea for my project! I’m going to tell the story of a day in the life of my dog from her perspective through a fake Twitter account. I am going to post updates of the things that would normally happen in her day in real time, including her thoughts on everything. I […]

Okay I’m gonna be really honest here…I haven’t even started the project. I have been struggling a lot with school these past couple weeks and this is one of the classes I’ve been neglecting… I feel really bad about it though and I am determined to finish the project on time and produce quality work. […]

Because of a lot of stuff going on in my personal life this week, I didn’t get around to doing all the assignments this week. I did do the Daily Creates though. Here are my posts from this week: Daily Create 11/6/16 Daily Create 11/5/16

Today’s Daily Create had me create a drawing out of sidewalk cracks. Here is mine: @ds106dc I saw a person with really big shoes #tdc1764 pic.twitter.com/jtrqGCCadQ — Maureen (@gingerchic21) November 6, 2016

Remember, remember…to do today’s Daily Create. This one had me write a three line poem about lemons without using the words lemon, yellow, round, fruit, citrus, tart, juicy, peel, or sour. Here is my poem: @ds106dcspherical, edibleuniquely flavoredpairs nicely with a glass of water#tdc1763 — Maureen (@gingerchic21) November 5, 2016

The second video week was fun. My favorite part was editing a slow-mo video of my friend Riley attempting to do a flip. Here’s all my posts for the week: Daily Create 11/4/16 Riley’s Unfortunate Flip On the Daily… Favorite Internet Thing To Do Daily Create 11/3/16 Daily Create 10/31/16

Today’s Daily Create had me use the Fantasy Town Name Generator to generate the names of towns, pick two, and write a story about what happened on the way from one town to another. Here is what I came up with: @ds106dc Soon after he set off on his journey from Orkney to Glossop, Seamus had […]

I had a lot of fun with this assignment. I had to choose a video and edit an instant replay into it. I knew just the video I wanted to use. My friend Riley has this video of him attempting to do a flip off of a stump, but he missed the landing. He sent […]

This assignment had me record a video highlighting one thing I do every day. I chose to film myself checking my email (while making sure no sensitive information was visible). I was going to film it all on my phone, but I realized that I can’t flip from the front to the back camera while […]

One of my favorite things to do that involves the internet is to browse through Tumblr. It can be very entertaining and interesting. This assignment had me record a video demonstrating this. I was going to film it all on my phone, but I realized that I can’t flip from the front to the back […]

Today’s Daily Create had me create a new horrible pumpkin spice product…this is what I came up with: @ds106dc So I came up with pumpkin spice salad…and then I looked it up and found that it was a real thing…ewww #tdc1761 pic.twitter.com/M0bBuPFxDU — Maureen (@gingerchic21) November 3, 2016

Happy Halloween! Today’s Daily Create had me create an unlikely candy. Here’s what I came up with: @ds106dc Unlikely candy: Bug Pumpkins #tdc1758 pic.twitter.com/OGYI3w3ctl — Maureen (@gingerchic21) November 1, 2016

Video week 1 was fun! I got to make several short videos for the assignments and a video essay about the scene where Rue dies in the Hunger Games. I look forward to next week! Here are all my posts from this week: Daily Create 10/24/16 Daily Create 10/28/16 Sign Language Go Roller Skate Go! […]

For my video essay, I had to think about movie scenes which were especially powerful to me. Instead of doing multiple scenes, we were to pick just one. I came up with the scene from the Hunger Games where Rue dies. It is an incredibly powerful scene. I used Audacity to record my commentary on […]

This assignment took a spin on the six word story and six word quote ideas and had me do six second art. This was a tough one, not because of the art but because it took me like ten tries to fit what I wanted to draw into only six seconds. I thought a fun […]

For this assignment, I had to take a video with Vine of a moving object. This might be the last time I am able to do this because I heard today the Twitter is discontinuing Vine! It doesn’t make sense because so many people use Vine. I decided to take a vine of my roller […]

For this assignment, my mission was to spell a word in sign language. I came up with a word immediately, but I realized that there was actually one sign for the specific word, rather than spelling it out. This word is one of the few words I know in sign language, and I learned it […]

For today’s Daily Create, I had to finish a story by @MagicRealismBot. I came up with this: @MagicRealismBot @ds106dc The orc showed the dentist a piano made of teeth and the dentist had a heart attack and died #tdc1755 — Maureen (@gingerchic21) October 28, 2016

Today’s Daily Create was to use Google Streetview to visit a place we may never visit in person. I chose the Amazon rainforest: @ds106dc I think it'd be fun to visit the Amazon rainforest #tdc1751 pic.twitter.com/boMtzs5B4a — Maureen (@gingerchic21) October 24, 2016

This week was challenging, but I managed my time well and got it all done early! I’m super proud of myself because I have always struggled with time management. I also participated more by commenting on people’s posts and live tweeting. Here are all my posts from this week: Daily Create 10/18/16 Clover in Pictures […]

For this assignment, I thought of the perfect idea. I would remix a craigslist ad so that it was a plea for someone to take this person’s Furby off their hands. Anyone who has ever owned a Furby knows that they do weird and creepy things. They’ll turn on without batteries, randomly say things, keep […]

I don’t like writing. I don’t think I’m good at it, it takes me a long time to write, and I’m a more logical person. This is the only reason I write. When I do write, sometimes it comes out as nonsense. Honestly, I’d rather just make random noises.

Today’s Daily Create had me answer the question of why I write. Honestly, I don’t like writing. I never have; it’s always been difficult for me. So I tried to express this in my post: @ds106dc I write because I have to for school #tdc1747 — Maureen (@gingerchic21) October 20, 2016

Oh. My God. I went through ALL EIGHTY-EIGHT PAGES of the class feed to find three of the best works of art. It took a looooooong time, but I found some really incredible works of art. The first assignment I found was this one: Suns, Only Abstract I just thought the design of this one […]

Yesterday I listen to the ds106 News Radio show at 8:30pm on ds106 Radio. I thoroughly enjoyed listening; the topics were current news stories like the most recent Trump scandal and the people dressed as clowns scaring people. Each presenter provided well thought out opinions on each story, and they seemed well-prepared. They structured it as […]

Another Pinterest assignment! I’m finding that I like this website more and more…there’s no limit to what you can find on Pinterest. When pinning posts for this assignment, I found I had several ideas of a dream vacation, so I pinned posts that had to do with all my ideas. I would love to visit […]

Today’s Daily Create was a weird one…I had to create a poem using the words pistachio, ink, pebble, weather, and varnish. After some thinking about how I could possibly related these things to one another, I came up with this: @ds106dc The rainy weather coated the pebbles in water, like an ink varnish on a pistachio […]