And Just Like That, It’s Over

And Just Like That, It’s Over

by @KendallResnick

| digital storytelling, Syndicated, WeeklySummary
April 26, 2019

I still can’t believe that this was the final week of DS106! I have to say that I am relieved. This class has been a lot of work! However, I am glad that I decided to take it. I have gained so many valuable skills that I will continue to use in various aspects of […]
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Mission: Complete

by @KendallResnick

| digital storytelling, finalproject, Syndicated
April 26, 2019

Mission: Recruit and train new DS106 students Assigned to: Secret Agent Mia Holmes Status: Complete This is Mia Holmes, reporting on my previously assigned mission to recruit and train new DS106 students. This mission has been long and hard, but I have successfully managed to capture the essence of DS106 and turn it into various […]
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Mia’s DS106 Thoughts

by @KendallResnick

| digital storytelling, Syndicated
April 26, 2019

Hey everyone! Mia Holmes here. Way back in the day, before I was a secret agent, I was a student. As a student, I took a class called Digital Storytelling, or DS106. This class taught me many valuable lessons that improved my digital skills. When I first joined the class, I had limited technology skills. […]
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Progress Report – Week 13

by @KendallResnick

| digital storytelling, Syndicated, WeeklySummary
April 19, 2019

This week, I continued to plan out my final project and began preparing to work with the various kinds of media that I will need. For the project, I will be using my character, Mia, who has recently been given the mission of recruiting and training new ds106 students. I will use design skills to […]
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Week 12 is Done… the End is Near!

by @KendallResnick

| digital storytelling, Syndicated, WeeklySummary
April 12, 2019

I can’t believe we’re getting ready to start our final project and come to the end of DS106! I didn’t realize until today that this was our last week of normal assignments for this class. This week was an interesting one… I wasn’t exactly sure what mashups and remixes would entail at the beginning of […]
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Mission Remix

by @KendallResnick

| digital storytelling, missionremix, Syndicated
April 12, 2019

Last week, I wrote a post with some ideas for our final mission. I am still planning on sticking with my ideas, but I have a few new plans. Instead of recruiting and training new DS106 agents, I think my final mission should be recruiting and training new DS106 students. Since the theme of the […]
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Say What??! (but more pink)

by @KendallResnick

| digital storytelling, Remix25, RemixAssignments, RemixedAssignments3105, Syndicated
April 12, 2019

For my second remix assignment, I decided to remix an assignment that I have actually done twice before! I first did the “Who Said What” assignment in February, but reworked the assignment for this post in March. The original assignment was to “Find a picture of any secret agent you would like, preferably a fairly […]
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Bourne Impossible

by @KendallResnick

| #MashupAssignments, digital storytelling, MashupAssignments1323, Syndicated
April 12, 2019

As mentioned in a previous post, Mia loves watching all kinds of movies. However, secret agent movies are her favorite! She likes watching both the Mission Impossible and Bourne movies. Not because they are true to life, but because they differ so much from what her life as a secret agent is like! She thinks […]
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How To: Movie Mashup

by @KendallResnick

| #MashupAssignments, digital storytelling, MashupTutorials1323, Syndicated
April 12, 2019

This is a tutorial for how to do the “Movie Mashup” assignment. The assignment instructs you to “Take a movie that you really like. Now think of a movie that has been compared to it, and make a new movie poster that incorporates the two!” I will go through my process step by step and […]
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Be Inspired

by @KendallResnick

| digital storytelling, Remix23, RemixAssignments, RemixedAssignments3087, Syndicated
April 12, 2019

For my first remix assignment, I chose “Pick A Bad Photo, Apply A Vintage Effect And Write Something In Helvetica” as the original post. I then remixed it with “Where’s Waldo? It.” The original assignment was to “Pick A Bad Photo, Apply A Vintage Effect And Write Something In Helvetica” and the added remix was […]
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Ketchup and Strawberries

by @KendallResnick

| #MashupAssignments, digital storytelling, MashupAssignments2379, Syndicated
April 12, 2019

There is nothing that Mia likes to eat more than cereal. She believes that cereal is the best breakfast, lunch, dinner, snack or dessert that there is. She also puts ketchup on everything (but not cereal). She has always thought that it’s interesting how similar the Kellogg’s and Heinz logos look. The “Logo Switch Up” […]
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E.T., Don’t Forget the Umbrella!

by @KendallResnick

| #MashupAssignments, digital storytelling, MashupAssignments1511, Syndicated
April 12, 2019

Mia enjoys a wide variety of different movies. She’s just as happy to watch a thriller as a rom-com (although she has a soft spot for spy movies!) If she had to choose her five favorite movies, “Mary Poppins” and “E.T.” would both be on the list. This is interesting, since both of those movies […]
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Mission 11: Complete

by @KendallResnick

| digital storytelling, Syndicated, WeeklySummary
April 5, 2019

This week was a second week of video, and I’m glad that we had two. My video skills definitely improved as I moved forward, and I had fun creating the content that I did this week. This has been a great way of combining design, audio, and video, and using the resources and information that […]
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Mission: Recruit and Train New DS106 Agents

by @KendallResnick

| digital storytelling, mission, Syndicated
April 5, 2019

We’ve completed so many missions throughout the semester that it’s surprising how long it took me to come up with a new idea! After thinking it over for awhile, I ended up with some plans that I am actually really excited about. Hopefully I will be able to complete them! For the mission, I would […]
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A Day in the Life of Mia Holmes

by @KendallResnick

| digital storytelling, Syndicated, VideoAssignments, VideoAssignments501
April 5, 2019

The “This Is My Story” assignment was to “Tell a short story using flashcard and record yourself. It can be something funny, sad, or just even express how your day was. “ This assignment put me at 12 stars, which was two over the required amount for the week. I decided to tell a story […]
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A (Backwards) Hop, Skip and a Jump

by @KendallResnick

| digital storytelling, Syndicated, VideoAssignments, VideoAssignments447
April 5, 2019

The “Play It Backward, Jack” assignment was to “Take a video of something in your life–someone running, the toilet flushing, the sink dripping, someone spitting, whatever–and reverse it!” This assignment seemed pretty simple to me, so I decided to make it a little more interesting. Instead of taking a video and reversing it one time, […]
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How to Make a Delicious Rice Cake

by @KendallResnick

| #VideoAssignments492, digital storytelling, Syndicated, VideoAssignments
April 5, 2019

The “Everyday Modern Marvels” assignment was to”Create a quick video based on the same theme as TV shows such as Modern Marvels or How Its Made. Film yourself assembling something basic (such as a sandwich) and then overlay an audio track describing each step. Make sure to hit each step, of assembly, when voicing over […]
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Secret Signing

by @KendallResnick

| digital storytelling, Syndicated, VideoAssignments, VideoAssignments1737
April 5, 2019

The “Signing Words” assignment required that you “take a video of yourself or someone else and finger spell a word or a phrase in Sign Language alphabet and let others guess what you have spelled.” I used to know quite a bit of sign language, but I realized that I was a bit rusty as […]
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So Long Week 10

by @KendallResnick

| digital storytelling, Syndicated, WeeklySummary
March 29, 2019

This week was a culmination of many of the things we have been learning in DS106 this semester, from sound to design. The assignments were video based, and we spent time looking at cinematic camera work and the ways that films are made. After reading/watching various articles and videos, I created this video essay that […]
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of all the gin joints in all the towns in all the world…

by @KendallResnick

| digital storytelling, Syndicated, videoessay
March 29, 2019

In my humble opinion, the movie Casablanca is a cinematic masterpiece. Watching this movie feels so deliberate. Every conversation, every shadow, every sound. It all comes together to tell a breathtaking story with very few fancy cinematic elements that are often seen in popular movies. Less is more in this movie, and there are so […]
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A Few Interview Questions for a Certain Secret Agent

by @KendallResnick

| characterinterview, digital storytelling, Syndicated
March 29, 2019

The goal of this assignment was to take the recordings of questions that I was given and answer them with my own video responses, interview style. I had to respond to seven of the questions in the interview. I was given quite a few options for the questions a could choose, but narrowed it down […]
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Best of UMW

by @KendallResnick

| digital storytelling, Syndicated, VideoAssignments, VideoAssignments2409
March 28, 2019

For my final assignment this week, I created my own assignment! This is the first time I have done this. It was super easy to do and fun! I hope that other people will use and enjoy the assignment that I created. The assignment, which I titled “Favorite Moments in College,” prompts the reader to […]
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These Converse Were Made for Walking

by @KendallResnick

| digital storytelling, Syndicated, VideoAssignments, VideoAssignments2030
March 28, 2019

The “Where Do Your Shoes Take You?” assignment asked “Where do your shoes take you in a day? Tell a story using a video of only your shoes! Take videos of you walking from place to place and make it into a video.” I definitely got some weird looks while completing this assignment. Apparently it’s […]
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30 Minutes of Book Repair in 90 Seconds

by @KendallResnick

| digital storytelling, Syndicated, VideoAssignments, VideoAssignments155
March 28, 2019

The instructions for the “Speed Up Your Work Day” assignment were to “Take video of yourself doing what you typically do on an average work day, and then speed it up! Start with at least 30 minutes of footage at a minimum, so as to get a good amount of video to share. Challenge yourself […]
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A Day in the Life of Kendall

by @KendallResnick

| digital storytelling, Syndicated, VideoAssignments, VideoAssignments2290
March 28, 2019

The goal of the “A Day In The Life…” assignment was to “Take 3-5 seconds of video at the beginning of each hour or every half hour throughout the day. The time can be adjusted as long as distance between videos is consistent. The point is to experience “A Day in the Life” of YOU […]
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A Green Adventure

by @KendallResnick

| #WebAssignments, digital storytelling, Syndicated, WebAssignments1223
March 22, 2019

The “Color Walk Time Lines”assignment was to “Choose a color and then take 20 minute walk in which you take a 5-8 pictures of the color as you encounter it. Then upload the photos to Flickr and create a time line using TimeLine JS.” I decided to go with the color green (in celebration of […]
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See Ya Later USA

by @KendallResnick

| #WebAssignments, digital storytelling, Syndicated, WebAssignments1325
March 22, 2019

The “Create Your Dream Vacation On Pinterest!”assignment was to make a Pinterest board about some wishful travel plans, pin a solid number of things to it, and then write a brief summary of the desired trip. I decided that I wanted to travel around Europe. This is actually something that I’ve put a lot of […]
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Summary… Week 5

by @KendallResnick

| digital storytelling, Syndicated, WeeklySummary
March 22, 2019

I read in some of my fellow classmates’ posts that this week seemed easier to them, but it was a challenging one for me! This is mostly because I had crazy weeks in a lot of my other classes, but I still thought that some that the assignments this week took me a bit longer […]
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Say What??! 2.0

by @KendallResnick

| digital storytelling, ds106rework, Syndicated
March 22, 2019

For my rework assignment, I decided to go back to my “Say What??!” post and improve it. When I did this assignment, I wasn’t very happy with the way it turned out. I think that the text looks pretty clunky and low quality in the original assignment. I used the BeFunky site to edit the […]
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Finally… The Radio Shows!

by @KendallResnick

| digital storytelling, radiolisten, Syndicated
March 22, 2019

I was excited for this week, since we had just finished all of our radio shows! I was looking forward to listening to everyone else’s show and hearing all the ideas and work that had been put into the project. Unfortunately, I was only able to tune in on Tuesday night, since I had prior […]
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