Daily Creates Week 5

Daily Creates Week 5

by kmatthe2

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September 30, 2012

I want to start with something exciting: MY DAILY CREATES Wednesday: I had trouble because I don’t really hang around bald people and would have had been so embarrassed to ask someone who was bald if I could take a picture. I … Continue Reading →
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Flickr Set

by kmatthe2

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September 30, 2012

I created this flickr set just choosing six images I liked the most out of the photos I have on flickr. I love the ease of flickr so far, but I am so confused at how to embed this to … Continue Reading →
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Visual Assignment #4

by kmatthe2

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September 30, 2012

For this last visual assignment, I did the Troll Quotes, worth 2 stars. Here’s the image I came up with: In the directions, it said to pick people from related universes. I chose Democrat women/politicians. My three people were Eleanor … Continue Reading →
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Visual Assignment #3

by kmatthe2

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September 30, 2012

For my third assignment, I did the Newspaper Blackout Poetry, worth 3 stars. Here’s the image: The poem reads: “sacred representations” murders attempted murder confused, angry and fearful feel sacred figures ubiquity of sacred images t-shirts and bumper stickers deadly … Continue Reading →
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Visual Assignment #2

by kmatthe2

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September 30, 2012

For my second visual assignment, I decided to do the Splash the Color, worth 2 stars. Here are my two color splashes (I had so much fun I had to do two). This is passionflower, which looks really awesome in … Continue Reading →
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Visual Assignment #1

by kmatthe2

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September 29, 2012

I did the a-z photo collage assignment, worth 3 stars. I focused on animals and when it came to the letters u and x I stretched it by using the scientific names sometimes. here’s my photo collage: For photos of … Continue Reading →
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Photoblitz!

by kmatthe2

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September 29, 2012

Here are some of my favorite shots: At first, I was really focused on getting everything I needed. Then, after about ten minutes in, I just started snapping everything around my house. Of course, the humans in my house did … Continue Reading →
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What What!!?!? Weekly Summary Number 4

by kmatthe2

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September 23, 2012

Ira Glass and Jad Abumrad gave some helpful hints. I think audio can be less forgiving sometimes, in that it’s completely up to the narrator to create imagery and things, but after listening to Glass and realizing it can take … Continue Reading →
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My first time…listening to ds106 radio!

by kmatthe2

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September 22, 2012

I really like ds106 radio. The whole concept to me is really awesome in that it’s such a mixture. I have a very eclectic sense of music and I feel like ds 106 radio fulfills that need for a variety. … Continue Reading →
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The Ghost of Bobby Dunbar

by kmatthe2

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September 22, 2012

Ira Glass is speaking over the song, which I found kind of difficult to understand because I wasn’t sure which one to listen to. However, throughout the story, Glass gives continuity with the ‘radio voice’. I think everyone else’s accents … Continue Reading →
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Sound Effects Story

by kmatthe2

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September 22, 2012

This summer, we had more crazy weather in Virginia than any other summer I can remember. Near the end of June, there was an awful storm that spawned tornadoes and hail near my house. I made a sound effects story … Continue Reading →
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DS106 Radio Bumper

by kmatthe2

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September 22, 2012

I love the movie Bridesmaids, so naturally I wanted to pull from that for my radio bumper. I saw my hypothetical station as a party station, so I used a line from the airplane scene. I am somewhat sure I … Continue Reading →
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Ira Glass and Jad Abumrad Reflection

by kmatthe2

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September 22, 2012

Ira Glass makes a point of saying that audio does not progress the same way as traditional stories, in that the writing style is different. He says to always raise questions, which will definitely keep the listener interested. The first … Continue Reading →
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Third Week Already?!

by kmatthe2

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September 15, 2012

So I posted at the beginning of the week about my idea of storytelling. I think I have a more fluid idea of storytelling and I think there is more flexibility within the digital story. I guess I realized that … Continue Reading →
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Five Frame Story

by kmatthe2

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September 14, 2012

Title: Walk Overall: success! although dogs that are VERY excited to hear the ‘W’ word (walk) cannot stay still for more than 1 nanosecond! Waldo, the black dog, was ‘yelling’ at me in the first one, wondering why we weren’t … Continue Reading →
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Vonnegut Style Story

by kmatthe2

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September 13, 2012

I chose Remember the Titans as the story. Initially, things are clearly segregated with the entire team not being united. However, once they go away to football camp, things start to change. I put the discussion/argument Julius and Bertier had … Continue Reading →
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What is Storytelling?

by kmatthe2

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September 13, 2012

To me, storytelling has at least a beginning and an end. I associate picture books the best with storytelling. You know, a book like Strega Nona or the Giving Tree. I really still enjoy the message these books give to … Continue Reading →
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On the Second Week of Bootcamp…

by kmatthe2

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September 7, 2012

I did three daily creates this week! 1. This daily create was about the great outdoors. In college, that can be hard to find. Luckily, I live in Ball, so my college backyard is Ball Circle. I love waking up and … Continue Reading →
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I pledge allegiance to Creative Commons!

by kmatthe2

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September 7, 2012

Creative Commons allows for a collaborative approach to research in a way, because under creative commons, there are no restrictions of copyright, which allows people to freely share research. As it seems there is always some kind of disagreement over … Continue Reading →
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my somewhat gif (hopefully)

by kmatthe2

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September 4, 2012

I did two because I found the process a lot more fun than I thought I would. Jim Groom’s guide was beyond helpful to me. I downloaded mpeg streamclip and gimp and after the first time of following the directions, … Continue Reading →
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Shew! Survived the First Week of Bootcamp!

by kmatthe2

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August 31, 2012

I thought the videos assigned for the week were interesting. Hughes’ take is that art is ever-changing, ever-evolving. I do have to say that although he alluded to history not changing, it in fact does, because new evidence can be … Continue Reading →
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First Daily Create

by kmatthe2

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August 28, 2012

It says this is embedded now, but I don’t really know. Anyway, I’m Kelsey Matthews. I’m a senior and generally overuse exclamation points. I am somewhat funny; I can do random voices which I may use for some of … Continue Reading →
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First Post

by kmatthe2

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August 26, 2012

Wow, I’m so excited to be in DS106! I am using this post as a test to see what I need to/don’t need to troubleshoot.
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