Week 8 Summary
This week, I spent the majority of my time working on and editing my groups radio show, Un-University. This whole experience was really fun, and I summarized the process of […]
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Radio Show Progress Pt.2
This week for our (Rachel, Cailyn, and I) radio show, Un-University, we mostly put together our plans for our radio show. After meeting on Zoom last week and planning out […] -
Weekly Summary… Week Seven (I could make a pun with heaven here)
This week, I spent most of my time focused on brainstorming for my radio show Un-University alongside Rachel and Cailyn. I really enjoyed this process and using audio and design […] -
Radio Show Progress: U.U. Week #1
This week I had a lot of fun getting together with my group (Cailyn, Rachel , and I) and starting to create our show, Un-University (or U.U.). For our radio […] -
New to U.U.: Radio Intro/Transition
For my second audio assignment of the week, I chose to create a piece of audio that could be used for a transition or intro for our radio show Un-University. […] -
Sick Beat… more like Sick Intro.
For this audio assignment, I was inspired by the Assignment Bank audio assignment Sick Beat. However, instead of making a random beat for my own fun and creativity, I decided […] -
Unveiling U.U.
For our radio show (Rachel, Cailyn, and I), we decided to produce a show about our experiences as a college student in a pandemic. While all of us can relate, […] -
Weekly Summary: Week 6
This week for design week, I really enjoyed myself. The software that I used most (and have been using the most throughout this course) was Google Drawings. I would love […] -
Design Blitz
Throughout the week, I have collected different images that represent four design concepts for my design blitz; proportion, dominance, typography, and metaphors and symbols. For proportion, I thought of the […] -
My Autobiography Cover
For my last Assignment Bank design assignment this week I chose to do Design The Cover of Your Autobiography. I thought this would be a good choice of assignment because […] -
Design Thoughts: Reflecting on Vignelli, Kidd, and more…
After reading the Brain Pickings article about Kidd (including the other hyperlinked articles within that page) and Massimo Vignelli’s booklet, it’s hard to come to a clear concise reflection of […] -
Motivational Poster For Coronatimes
For one of my design Assignment Bank assignments I chose to do the Motivational Poster assignment. I thought this assignment was applicable because as UMW students without a spring break […] -
A New Cereal on the Shelves: Razzle-Dazzles
For another one of my Assignment Bank design assignments this week, I chose to do Design Your Own Cereal Box Cover. For this assignment I chose to make a cereal […] -
Design A License Plate: North Carolina Style
For one of my design assignments from the Assignment Bank this week, I chose to do Design A License Plate. I chose this assignment because I thought it would allow […] -
Week Five Week Jive
When I initially discovered that this week was based on audio assignments I was nervous. I haven’t previously used or edited audio besides adding audio to presentations and recording speeches […] -
DS106 Live Broadcast Experience
On Tuesday, I participated in the DS106 Radio live “tweet-along”. I quite enjoyed hearing the crime podcast, and it gave me an example of good digital storytelling and how the […] -
Sound Effect Story
For my last audio Assignment Bank assignment I chose to do a Sound Effect Story. This assignment challenged me to create a story solely with sound effects and no words. […] -
All The Relaxation
For another of my audio Assignment Bank assignments this week I chose to do All The Relaxation. For this assignment, I was challenged to create something relaxing with overlapping sounds […] -
Auditory Hell
For one of my audio Assignment Bank assignments, I chose to do the Auditory Hell assignment and connect it to the theme. I thought this assignment would connect well to […] -
Radio Bumper Creation
I have successfully made a radio bumper, but I struggled a lot in the process trying to figure out the different audio softwares and editing the bumper. In order to […] -
Radio Show Brainstorm
When brainstorming ideas for a radio show I thought of a few requirements. Make the subject entertaining. Be informed on the subject. Make the subject able to include different effects […] -
A Reflection on Audio Storytelling
After listening to the two clips of Radiolab’s Jad Abumrad and Moon Graffiti by the Truth Podcast, I now have a new perspective on how audio drives stories. Jad Abumrad […] -
Weekly Summary: Week #4
I thought this week went really well, and I especially enjoyed it because it was centered on visual assignments. Visual assignments are my favorite type of assignments that we have […] -
That’s Not What I Expected
For my last visual assignment this week, I chose to do the That’s Not What I Expected assignment. The challenge of this assignment was to take a photo of something […] -
Switch Up The Mood
From this assignment Switch Up The Mood from the assignment bank, I chose to switch up the mood of a picture of my friends and I on the lake on […] -
What a Crappy Font Will Do
For this assignment, I was challenged to take a well known logo and mix it up by using a different font. For this assignment, I chose to use the logo […] -
20 Minute Photoblitz
I have been stuck inside for the past couple days due to the ice and snow in Fredericksburg, so the challenge of my photoblitz was to complete all the tasks […] -
Becoming a Better Photographer
After reading the article Becoming a Better Photographer, I thought more in depth about the strategies I use to take photos. The eight key points listed in the article were […] -
My Experience with Photography
When I think about my past experiences with photography, I think of my sister. Since we were young, my older sister (who is three years older than I am) has […] -
My Favorite Photo
For my second visual assignment this week I chose Your Favourite Photo?. Even though this assignment isn’t worth a lot of stars, I thought it would be great opportunity for […]
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