This week in DS, it was visual week. The assignments and daily creates presented the challenge of taking various pictures of silly things. One thing that I got out of this week that I will always have with me are...

This 3 star assignment, A-Z photo collage, was SO fun yet SO challenging to do! The goal was the create a collage of themed pictures in alphabetical order. I wanted to do this assignment because I wanted a challenge. Anyone...

Happy visual week!!! I’m in love with taking pictures {and not just because this week contains Valentine’s Day!} so these daily creates were so fun for me! DC 400 - take a picture of someone other than you using your favorite type...

For this 2 star makeup your pet assignment, I chose to torture put make up on my dog Lexi. First thing, I love my dog. I seriously treat her like a human. I’m not even kidding. My family and I...

The go vote assignment was a simple 1 star assignment from the visual assignment bank. I went to the Library of Congree website and got the picture from there. Many people have fought for the right to vote, especially for women. I think this...

When I saw the splash of color assignment, I knew that I had to do it!! I actually saw some pictures online one time that had a splash of color in a black and white picture and LOVED them. It was...

Vday caption assignment, a photo by klasalata on Flickr. The timing is just perfect for this 2 star assignment titled the Valentines Day caption challenge. First of all, it’s only Tuesday and I already love visual week. Second of all, I...

Life, a set on Flickr. For my first photo set, I chose to do a set about Life. Over the summer, I took these pictures because I love the saying “Live well, Laugh often, Love much”. The ‘Live’ is a broken fence off of my road. The ‘Laugh’ is made out of beer bottle caps. ...

Have you ever wondered how to link your Flickr up with your WordPress blog? If yes, keep reading. If no, who are you kidding, of course you do – keep reading. Flickr and WordPress want to be linked together because together, they can tell amazing stories. And that’s why you’re in this class, right?? This tiny tutorial ...

This week in DS 106, we learned about Audio Storytelling. I’m not going to lie, at first I was a little intimidated after I read the week 4 agenda and checklist {which by the way is AMAZING and I don’t know what I would do without each week’s checklist}. But then, it got a little better ...

DS 106 Links: DS Handbook DS Radio Free Downloads {that will make your life easier}: Askimet Fastest YouTube Downloader GIMP Audacity LAME

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The other audio assignment ever was to create a radio bumper for our DS 106 radio show. A bumper is a 10-30 second pause between a commerical break and a program. You know, the things that play on your favorite radio station that go something like “back to the music faster, 13.1 Miss Runner Bug Radio Broadcasting System” :) Well here ...

The other audio assignment that was assigned this week was called the Sound Effect Story. Making a story with only sounds was definitely a challange, but it was fun to do! I got the sounds tying shoes, bang, water bottle, and running from freesound.org. The girl drinking her water and saying ‘ah‘ at the end is yours truly ...

If you thought DS 106 was a cool class, you ain’t seen nothin’ yet! We have our own radio show! I know, it’s cool. I follow the radio show on twitter {@ds106radio} and you should too! There are posts about what is streaming and it keeps you up to date! Also, the radio show archives ...

For my first Audio Assignment, I clicked the button “try a random one”. I wanted to see what it came up with because trying to pick one out in the whole bank is hard!! {there are wayy too many good ones and I couldn’t choose!} It came up with the assignment, to imitate some kind ...

Gosh, I just can’t get enough of The Daily Create (TDC)! This week’s DCs were so fun, and I can’t help but be jealous of the person who makes them up {who IS that man behind the red curtain anyway??} On Monday, the DC was to write an acrostic poem that includes an item of clothing ...

To practice listening to stories, I chose to listen to This American Life (producer = Ira Glass) episode 476; What Doesn’t Kill You. This is a radio show that has a theme every episode. I chose this particular episode because I love that sayin “what doesn’t kill you, makes you stronger”. This episode was filled with ...

Hello fellow DS 106-ers! I am excited that this was the first week of no bootcamp! It was nice getting up on Monday and knowing I wouldn’t have to do a Word Press {see what I did there ;)} Anyways, this week, I was put to the test of investigating just what ‘Digital Storytelling’ is. ...

It’s time for another round of…DAILY CREATES! For those of you just tuning in, Daily Creates (DC) are some kind of prompt that challenges you to be creative. This week, we had to do 3. Get ready for some ultimate creativity to come your way. For the first DC I did this week, I had to ...

Kurt Vonnegut is known for his Shapes of Stories talk. In this video, he talks about how stories all have the same “shape” or storyline to them. I found this video pretty hilarious because I knew exactly what he was talking about. Most stories have predictable endings. Now, I know that predictable endings are a sign ...

My photo story is based off of two previous Daily Create photo assignments. {photo found here} Sparky was a yellow lab who was very friendly. Most dogs didn’t like cats, but Sparky loved cats! He was friends with just about everyone and every animal. Sparky also loved going “bye-bye”. It doesn’t matter where the final ...

OH BOY. Let me just say, when I was asked to review the retired DS 106-ers’ in[SPIRE] work and their best work, I was soo happy. I LOVED looking at all of the work that they did and that I will get to do. I’m so excited, and I just can’t hide it! I’m about to lose…. ...

When I hear the word “storytelling”, I immediately think back to elementary school. I think of a plot, characters, setting, theme, beginning, middle, and an end, because in order to tell a story you need all of those elements. For example: I don’t think a story would be classified as a “story” if it didn’t have an ...

Who has two thumbs and made it through digital storytelling boot camp? THIS GIRL!!!! Oh yeah!!!.. Ok, that’s enough. This week, I learned a lot about Word Press and blogging. I would be lying if I said that it was all easy. I set up my very own email through word press – which is very ...

Howdy everyone! I hope everyone had a great long weekend and is ready for the last week of digital storytelling boot camp. I also hope everyone had just as much fun with this week’s Daily Creates as I did :) The first Daily Create (DC) that I chose to do was on Monday {take a photo ...

Howdy all! I hope everyone is staying dry and had a great first week of classes! I think it is safe to say that we survived week 1 of DS 106 boot camp! {wahooo!!} I watched the videos that were posted on the class blog. My favorite video was from Steven Johnson called “Where Good Ideas Come ...

Hello World!!! My name is Kelsie and I am a SENIOR at UMW I chose ‘Miss Runner Bug’ as my blog name because I am addicted love to run! Also, my boyfriend calls me a ‘bug’ after everything. If I … Continue reading →