DS 106 Comes to a Close

DS 106 Comes to a Close

by @KaseyMayer

| finalsummary, Syndicated, WeekFourteen, WeeklySummary
December 9, 2017

I didn’t have a ton of advice for future students because I thing half of the fun with this class and trying to figure your way through it. In general, I spoke of the benefits of online classes, shaping assignments to make them fun for […]
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Fighting Global Warming

by @KaseyMayer

| finalproject, Syndicated
December 9, 2017

For my final assignment, I chose to focus on the real world villain of global warming. My character, Weather Woman, has made an appearance for several other eco-friendly assignments so I thought I would end with a myriad of global warming information and PSAs. Visuals […]
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So You’re Thinking of Taking DS106?

by @KaseyMayer

| ds106advice, Syndicated
December 8, 2017

The benefit of taking online classes is that you can generally work them around your schedule. This is especially true for a class like this one where everyone has the same standard due date each week. If you have a lot of free time in […]
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Crisis Aversion Plan

by @KaseyMayer

| FinalPrep, Syndicated, WeeklySummary
December 1, 2017

My character, Weather Woman, generally deals more in the real life than superhuman beings so I decided to go more with real life crises for my final project. The different mediums I will be using are visuals, audio, and design. For the designs, I will […]
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Mixing It Up In Week Twelve

by @KaseyMayer

| Syndicated, WeeklySummary, WeekTwelve
November 17, 2017

Let me start off by saying that I apologize, because I did not do a good job of reading the assignment directions. I realized a couple issues when I read through the the Weekly Assignments post again. I did not connect any of my original […]
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How to Create a Child’s Drawing

by @KaseyMayer

| Syndicated, VideoAssignments, VideoTutorials330
November 17, 2017

For this assignment I decided to create a tutorial on how I complete my childhood representation video. I struggled a lot with this myself because it involved so many different programs. Here is my step my step of how to create a screen recording of […]
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Weather Woman Drowning Her Enemies

by @KaseyMayer

| #MashupAssignments, MashupAssignments2151, Syndicated
November 17, 2017

Upon going to this weeks assignment post to make sure I had done everything, I noticed that my mashup were supposed to be related to my character. Since my other 12 stars of assignments did not I decided to do a fourth assignment with my […]
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Pollock Hurricane Ispiration

by @KaseyMayer

| #Remix8, RemixAssignments, RemixedAssignments2808, Syndicated
November 17, 2017

http://remix.ds106.us/remixassignments/imitate-some-weather-remixed-pollack-style/ I pulled inspiration from the painting Full Fathom Five by Jackson Pollock. Earlier in the semester I created a sound sample of my character’s, Weather Woman, power using only things right next to me. For this remix, it said to pull inspiration from a […]
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Chemo Preparedness Pack

by @KaseyMayer

| Remix32, RemixAssignments, RemixedAssignments2803, Syndicated
November 17, 2017

For my first remix I decided to go back to the “What’s In My Bag?” assignment I did earlier in the semester. When I clicked on button, it gave a cancer related remix. This is something very close to my heart. I am actually a […]
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Viking from Iowa

by @KaseyMayer

| #MashupAssignments, MashUpAssignments1037, Syndicated
November 17, 2017

For my final assignment this week I decided to combine the logos from my two favorite sports teams (4 stars). Can you see what's different? #ds106 #sports pic.twitter.com/TfNm1M99mD — Kasey Mayer (@KaseyMayer) November 17, 2017 To be completely honest, I do not keep up with […]
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Makeup Maniac

by @KaseyMayer

| #MashupAssignments, MashupAssignments120, Syndicated
November 17, 2017

For my second assignment I did a mashup where I take a logo from a business and add something to it to show my favorite product from that place (3.5 stars). I decided to go with Sephora. Eye makeup at Sephora… #ds106 #makeup pic.twitter.com/GdHyaZq7qu — […]
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I Woke Up Like This

by @KaseyMayer

| #MashupAssignments, mashupassignments1945, Syndicated
November 17, 2017

For my first assignment this week I decided to do a mashup of two photos. One is supposed to be a closeup superimposed on another picture to tell a story (4.5 stars). Actual photo of me in the morning #ds106 pic.twitter.com/MGNNytCZiC — Kasey Mayer (@KaseyMayer) […]
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Video Stories in Week Eleven

by @KaseyMayer

| Syndicated, WeekEleven, WeeklySummary
November 11, 2017

This week was part two of videos! Let’s start off with the daily creates. There were three this week. This first one I did was to illustrate and idiom. I am often guilty of this crime… #ds106 #tdc2130 pic.twitter.com/5qrW8Xsr00 — Kasey Mayer (@KaseyMayer) November 8, […]
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College Reflection

by @KaseyMayer

| Syndicated, VideoAssignments, VideoAssignments1671
November 11, 2017

For my next assignment, I decided to adapt a reflection assignment for freshman (4 stars) and turn it into an overall college experience reflection. I used Quik to edit this video and used pictures I have taken or those of me taken by friends that were […]
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A Powerful Discovery

by @KaseyMayer

| Syndicated, VideoAssignments, VideoAssignments330
November 10, 2017

For my final assignment I chose Remembrance of Things Past (3.5 stars). This assignment said to create a representation of an important childhood location. I decided to go back to the origin story of my character and draw the first moment she was able to […]
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Eco-friendly PSA

by @KaseyMayer

| Syndicated, VideoAssignments, VideoAssignments1536
November 10, 2017

For my first assignment I decided to channel my character Weather Woman and help push her eco-friendly agenda by creating a “5 Easy Ways to be More Eco-friendly in Your Everyday Life”. I adapt the Save the Earth by Saving Junk assignment (4 stars) by […]
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Trouble Strikes in Fredericksburg

by @KaseyMayer

| finalcrisis, Syndicated, Thoughts/Ideas
November 9, 2017

For the crisis ideas for our class to solve I decided to go for simpler everyday crisis to superhero city destruction level mission. I also included a villain mission since not all of the classes characters are necessarily a hero. College students across the city […]
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Video Editing in Week Ten

by @KaseyMayer

| Syndicated, WeeklySummary, WeekTen
November 4, 2017

This week we had to do two daily creates. The first one I did was to create something to replace a scarecrow. I did a pumkin carving contest and my owl turned into a sharp tooth monster that could scare all.. #ds106 #tdc2124 pic.twitter.com/HkMrErm8PZ — […]
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A Mile in My Shoes

by @KaseyMayer

| Syndicated, VideoAssignments, VideoAssignments2030
November 4, 2017

http://assignments.ds106.us/assignments/where-do-your-shoes-take-you/ 4 For my last assignment this week I chose where my feet take me in a day which is worth 4 stars (12 total for the week). A few weeks ago I did a soundtrack of my day so I thought this would be […]
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Life Hacks

by @KaseyMayer

| Syndicated, VideoAssignments, VideoAssignments2116
November 4, 2017

For my select one assignment I chose to do a life hacks video. For this assignment I chose three life hacks that I actually use in my own life. While I’m sure there are other videos out there of these hacks I did not look […]
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Advice to My Younger Self

by @KaseyMayer

| Syndicated, VideoAssignments, VideoAssignments2047
November 4, 2017

For mt next assignment I chose to give advice to my younger self with this 4.5 star assignment. Technically this assignment said sixteen year old self, but I decided to make it a little more general. I chose a Polaroid theme with post-it notes to […]
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Supergirl Commentary

by @KaseyMayer

| Syndicated, videoessay
November 3, 2017

After reading on video analysis, I decided to take a look at show I wasn’t familiar with and watch the first episode so that I could look at it with a clean slate. I ended up choosing Supergirl because I’ve been looking to start the […]
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Art in Six Seconds

by @KaseyMayer

| Syndicated, VideoAssignments, VideoAssignments1925
November 3, 2017

For my first assignment I chose an art in 6 seconds assignment worth 4 stars. The directions were simple, make a 6 second video creating something. #6secondcreation #ish #really10secondsbutitried #ds106 pic.twitter.com/FBzT9sVmtF — Kasey Mayer (@KaseyMayer) November 3, 2017 I chose to create a fortune teller […]
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Website Editing in Week Nine

by @KaseyMayer

| Syndicated, WeeklySummary, WeekNine
October 28, 2017

This week we had to do three daily creates. My first one (that I submitted late and I apologize for) is a Youtub dub: Memories of partying together with Celine Dion #ds106 #tdc2116 https://t.co/MM3mt0cDIY — Kasey Mayer (@KaseyMayer) October 26, 2017 I took the song […]
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The Evolution of Drinkware

by @KaseyMayer

| #WebAssignments, Syndicated, WebAssignments2103
October 28, 2017

From the “Select One” section I chose the object through different lenses assignment. I chose to take picture of different types of drinking objects. The type of drinkware that I’ve used over the years has definitely evolved. I though it would be fun to explore […]
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Minimalist Paradise

by @KaseyMayer

| #WebAssignments, Syndicated, WebAssignments1877
October 27, 2017

For my second web assignment I chose this 4.5 star assignment to design my own bedroom using Pinterest. Although my actual bedroom has come closer to my ideal dream room, it still has a long way to go. I created a new board on Pinterest […]
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DS106 Radio with the Class

by @KaseyMayer

| radiolisten, Syndicated
October 27, 2017

Unfortunately I wasn’t able to tune in to DS106 radio on Monday, but I was able to listen in on Tuesday. I really enjoyed getting to hear all the different shows and interact with the people who made them on Twitter. I really enjoyed the […]
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Quick Draw with Google

by @KaseyMayer

| #WebAssignments, #WebAssignments2073, Syndicated
October 27, 2017

For my first web assignment this week I decided to do a 2.5 star Google Quick Draw. When this first started, I used it a lot. It was like playing Tetris for me. It was easy and calming. The idea that it can guess what I’m […]
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Batman & Robin Take the #1 Spot on the Movie Charts

by @KaseyMayer

| Syndicated, webstorytelling
October 27, 2017

Rather than completely change a cite, I chose to change to view of a cite. I took the Rotten Tomatoes review of the 1997 Batman and Robin. Arguably, this is one of, if not the most, hated version of the Batman franchise. While I don’t […]
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Radio Show in Week Eight

by @KaseyMayer

| Syndicated, WeekEight, WeeklySummary
October 20, 2017

This was week two of the radio show project and here is our finished project My group named our show KLLM Radio using the first letter of all of our first names. We combined two of our group member ideas and decided to form our […]
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