Guess this Grimm Legend in Gifs

Guess this Grimm Legend in Gifs

by @JessicaDS106

| #WebAssignments, ds106, Syndicated, WebAssignments2300
October 25, 2018

For my first assignment week, this one for 3 stars, I had to tell a myth, legend, folktale, or other story using only gifs and post it for everyone to guess which story it’s telling. This was a very fun assignment which I enjoyed; it reminded me of the previous one I did for design … Continue reading Guess this Grimm Legend in Gifs
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Weekly Summary: Week 8

by @JessicaDS106

| ds106, Syndicated, WeeklySummary
October 17, 2018

I hope everyone’s had an excellent week making all our of radio shows and enjoying fall break! It was a bit hectic in our group trying to get everything together this week, but in the end, our show succeeded because of everyone’s great work! In the Super Storyteller’s group, we were all able to create … Continue reading Weekly Summary: Week 8
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Super Storytellers: The News Show Week 2

by @JessicaDS106

| ds106, radioshowweek2, Syndicated
October 17, 2018

This week we were tasked to finish our radio show with our groups, and this is a post summarizing how that went for the week. This week, Just Zaying was kind enough to put the final product of the radio show together, after we had each given him our work for it, including our segments … Continue reading Super Storytellers: The News Show Week 2
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Daily Creativity: Week 8

by @JessicaDS106

| dailycreates, ds106, Syndicated
October 17, 2018

Welcome to my two daily creates for this week, one less than usual because it’s fall break and radio show week! The first one here features the new door my parents are installing in the house, and the second, a plush ‘friend’ of mine! These were both fun. A new secret passage, installed in my … Continue reading Daily Creativity: Week 8
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Weekly Summary: Week 7

by @JessicaDS106

| ds106, Syndicated, WeeklySummary
October 12, 2018

It’s been a crazy week this week! As usual, I’ve been swamped my work from this class and so many others. This semester is far more cramped than any I’ve had previously and it’s going slower as a result… but I’ve made it to week 7 now! As usual, here’s my work for the week. … Continue reading Weekly Summary: Week 7
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DS106 News Show Update: Super Storytellers

by @JessicaDS106

| ds106, radioshowweek1, Syndicated
October 12, 2018

Hello all! This week and the next we’re tasked with joining a group and creating a radio show that relates to our theme and characters for the course. This is my post for the week, summarizing our progress so far. This week, I fell into a group easily thanks to our classmate Just Zaying on … Continue reading DS106 News Show Update: Super Storytellers
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A Splash of Design for DS106 Radio News

by @JessicaDS106

| ds106, radioshowpromo, Syndicated
October 12, 2018

This week we were tasked to do a bit of design work while we’re planning our radio shows, with so much audio editing. This time, we got to return to design week, which was my personal favorite week thus far. Here, I created a logo for our radio show, which will be a news station … Continue reading A Splash of Design for DS106 Radio News
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Daily Creativity: Week 7

by @JessicaDS106

| dailycreates, ds106, Syndicated
October 11, 2018

We’re moving into week 7 already! Here’s my DailyCreates for the week, all summarized in one post, as usual. I particularly enjoyed the one where we had to create a chain of creativity, and each edit the image the previous person had posted! I hope there will be more daily creates like that one in … Continue reading Daily Creativity: Week 7
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Tyger, Tyger Burning Bright…

by @JessicaDS106

| #AudioAssignments, AudioAssignments900, ds106, Syndicated
October 11, 2018

For my last assignment this week, I chose this one for 2.5 stars. The challenge here is to recite a poem or other serious text and replace the various different punctuation with different sounds. I chose the following poem, The Tyger by William Blake to recite. The Tyger by William Blake Tyger Tyger, burning bright, … Continue reading Tyger, Tyger Burning Bright…
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A Second Radio Bumper: News Edition!

by @JessicaDS106

| #AudioAssignments, AudioAssignments36, ds106, Syndicated
October 10, 2018

For my second assignment this week, I chose to create another radio bumper for 4 stars, this time one specific to our upcoming news edition of the DS106 radio show. The idea of our radio show was to incorporate all of our characters and worlds into one multiverse, that the DS106 radio news reports on, … Continue reading A Second Radio Bumper: News Edition!
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Vampire Repellant

by @JessicaDS106

| #AudioAssignments, audioassignments1118, ds106, Syndicated
October 10, 2018

First, for 3.5 stars I did this assignment to create an advertisement for our group’s radio show! Since our show will be a news show, it will make sense for us to have many commercials. This commercial is one advertising a vampire repellent, professing how effective and wonderful the product is! The reason I chose … Continue reading Vampire Repellant
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Weeky Summary: Week 6

by @JessicaDS106

| ds106, Syndicated, WeeklySummary
October 4, 2018

This week, I managed to get most of my assignments done earlier in the week, since I knew I had a math test on Thursday, and I’m very happy with that decision! Our theme for the week was design, which I found very interesting, and I really enjoyed it; thus far I think this week … Continue reading Weeky Summary: Week 6
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Designs of Daily Life

by @JessicaDS106

| designblitz, ds106, Syndicated
October 4, 2018

This week, for our design week, we were tasked with being on the look out for design examples and snapping photos of them. These designs had to related to one of many possible design principles, many of which are explained in more detail in this article, one I found useful for this project. I thought … Continue reading Designs of Daily Life
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Daily Creativity: Week 6

by @JessicaDS106

| dailycreates, ds106, Syndicated
October 4, 2018

The weeks are going by so fast, I almost forgot what week we were on! As usual, here you can see my 3 daily creates for the week, fun little creative challenges that I always enjoy. See them below! Breaking News: Giant Talking Teddy Bears Raise an Army of Snakes @ds106dc #tdc2455 #ds106 pic.twitter.com/v4YzolugUA — … Continue reading Daily Creativity: Week 6
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The Many Shades of Hannibal Lecter: A Venn Diagram

by @JessicaDS106

| designassignments, DesignAssignments596, ds106, Syndicated
October 4, 2018

View this post on Instagram Pop Culture Icon Venn Diagram #ds106 #DesignAssignments #DesignAssignments596 A post shared by Jessica (@jessicads106) on Oct 4, 2018 at 4:36pm PDT For my final assignment for design week, I chose this one worth 4 stars, which was a task to create a 3 circle Venn Diagram of Popular Culture figures. … Continue reading The Many Shades of Hannibal Lecter: A Venn Diagram
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A Story in Four Icons: Can you guess the movie?

by @JessicaDS106

| designassignments, DesignAssignments358, ds106, Syndicated
October 2, 2018

View this post on Instagram Tell a story with only 4 icons. Can you guess the movie? #ds106 #DesignAssignments #DesignAssignments358 A post shared by Jessica (@jessicads106) on Oct 2, 2018 at 6:15pm PDT My third assignment this week, worth 3 stars, is this one, which was recommended for the design category. The assignment is described … Continue reading A Story in Four Icons: Can you guess the movie?
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The Shape of Words

by @JessicaDS106

| designassignments, DesignAssignments2087, ds106, Syndicated
October 2, 2018

View this post on Instagram Word cloud for my character, Callen Zelrich #ds106 #wordcloud #DesignAssignments #DesignAssignments2087 A post shared by Jessica (@jessicads106) on Oct 2, 2018 at 3:58pm PDT The second assignment I chose to do this week, and the second one related to my character, is this one, where I was tasked to create … Continue reading The Shape of Words
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What’s in a Name?

by @JessicaDS106

| designassignments, DesignAssignments2101, ds106, Syndicated
October 1, 2018

As my first assignment, and one of two related to my character this week, I chose this one for 3 stars. The assignment was to write your name in a unique way, and I transformed it into creating a logo for my character’s name. When playing with the following website, www.coolletters.net for making logos, I ended … Continue reading What’s in a Name?
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How To Design

by @JessicaDS106

| designthoughts, ds106, Syndicated
October 1, 2018

Our theme for this week of the course will be design, which is one I’m very much looking forward to! To start out, I read a few resources on design to learn more about it. Like many topics on this course, I don’t have much experience with design (except perhaps with PowerPoint design, which I’d … Continue reading How To Design
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Weekly Summary: Week 5

by @JessicaDS106

| ds106, Syndicated, WeeklySummary
September 27, 2018

This week, I worked out of my comfort zone to discover new things about audio storytelling. Throughout the week, I’ve gained a new appreciation and understanding of audio storytelling, and how it can create stories that are unique from any other medium. I found this week more difficult than the writing and visual storytelling weeks, … Continue reading Weekly Summary: Week 5
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Thoughts on Audio Storytelling

by @JessicaDS106

| AudioReflections, ds106, Syndicated
September 27, 2018

After listening to the two YouTube videos from RadioLab’s Jad Abumrad, here and here, I have to say that I agree with many of his points. Audio storytelling isn’t something I’ve thought of much before, as so often I watch TV or movies, which also include visual storytelling. But there is, as he notes, an … Continue reading Thoughts on Audio Storytelling
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A Sonnet of my Blog and my Vampire

by @JessicaDS106

| #AudioAssignments, AudioAssignments1321, ds106, Syndicated
September 27, 2018

Shades of blue with legends that lurk in between: Stories that come in different shapes and sizes, sights and sounds; All of which shape what they mean, Waiting to be seen in my background. You’ll see kittens, ducks, and moments of fun, Spattered amongst my social media hijinks. This is where legends are found and … Continue reading A Sonnet of my Blog and my Vampire
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Laundry List of Radio Show Ideas

by @JessicaDS106

| #radioshowideas, ds106, Syndicated
September 27, 2018

This week, we are to all brainstorm ideas for a 20-30 minute radio show related to the class and theme. My experience with radio shows or even listening to radio shows is mostly null, but I’ve complied a list of possible ideas in true brain dump fashion! Prepare to be brain dumped with me. Use … Continue reading Laundry List of Radio Show Ideas
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My Favorite Sounds: Peace and Animals

by @JessicaDS106

| #AudioAssignments, AudioAssignments2146, ds106, Syndicated
September 27, 2018

The third assignment I chose this week is to make an audio clip of my favorite sounds, choosing 4-5 sounds. This assignment is worth 2 stars. This assignment was an interesting one as it caused my to wonder what my favorite sounds were, and think of the 4 that were my most favorite. First, since … Continue reading My Favorite Sounds: Peace and Animals
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The Legendary DS106 Radio

by @JessicaDS106

| #AudioAssignments, AudioAssignments36, ds106, radiobumper, Syndicated
September 27, 2018

This week, everyone in DS106 was tasked with creating a radio Bumper for DS106 Radio. Though it’s an assignment in the assignment bank, it doesn’t count for stars this week! For this assignment, I had to first create a script for myself to follow, because I knew if I didn’t create one, it would end … Continue reading The Legendary DS106 Radio
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Botter’s Butter on a Timer

by @JessicaDS106

| #AudioAssignments, AudioAssignments2119, ds106, Syndicated
September 27, 2018

Betty Botter bought some butter; “But,” said she, “this butter’s bitter! If I put it in my batter It will make my batter bitter. But a bit o’ better butter Will but make my batter better.” Then she bought a bit o’ butter Better than the bitter butter, Made her bitter batter better. So ’twas … Continue reading Botter’s Butter on a Timer
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Daily Creativity: Week 5

by @JessicaDS106

| dailycreates, ds106, Syndicated
September 26, 2018

I’m excited because this week I got my daily creates done pretty early! There were some fun ones this week, I particularly liked seeing what everyone wanted to take with them to their doomsday shelter. I really need to have my kittens when I get in there! Here are my 3 daily creates for the … Continue reading Daily Creativity: Week 5
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A Realistic Horror Story

by @JessicaDS106

| #AudioAssignments, #AudioAssignments70, ds106, Syndicated
September 26, 2018

I hope you didn’t have your volume turned up for that one! For my first assignment this week I’ve created a story using only sound effects for 4 stars. You had to use only sound effects and no voices, with a minimum of 5 different sound effects. Despite our theme of mythology, I created a … Continue reading A Realistic Horror Story
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Live Tweeting with the Anansi Boys

by @JessicaDS106

| ds106, ds106radio, Syndicated
September 26, 2018

This Monday, 1/26, I participated in a live Tweeting session with my fellow ds106 students! We listened to an audio story which told the beginning of a tale about the Anansi Boys. It featured the character Fat Charlie, who realizes his family is much more than he thought after the death of his father and … Continue reading Live Tweeting with the Anansi Boys
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Weekly Summary: Weeks 3 and 4

by @JessicaDS106

| ds106, Syndicated, WeeklySummary
September 21, 2018

It’s been a crazy couple of weeks, that’s for sure, with a Hurricane in the area, and the unfortunate weather that followed. Personally, despite having the university closed a few days, I’ve been swamped with work from all of my other classes and this one, and it took a lot of work to get to … Continue reading Weekly Summary: Weeks 3 and 4
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