Final Blog Post I Will Write For DS106

Final Blog Post I Will Write For DS106

by matthewpoole
December 13, 2012

To set the mood for *tear* final blog post *tear* hit play Well this is it. My final blog post. Never thought this day will come. At moments throughout this semester i prayed from this day to come but now … Continue reading →
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Paying It forward

by matthewpoole
December 13, 2012

Procrastination Kills! My one and only advice to the kids taking your class in the future is to not wait till Sunday afternoon. Get it done throughout the week and you will do fine in your class. Also participate and … Continue reading →
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Jersey Shore

by matthewpoole
December 10, 2012

RESTORE THE SHORE (HIt Pause—the video for some reason loops) I felt like opening up my final project with a video about what this whole projects about, Hurricane Sandy and its effect on the Jersey Shore. I decided to do … Continue reading →
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Tutorials I have Created!

by matthewpoole
December 10, 2012

Throughout the semester i have come across many assignments that i got stuck on and had to look through tutorial after tutorial to figure out how to get that assignment done. So being a DS106 student it was my job … Continue reading →
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Assignments I Created!

by matthewpoole

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December 10, 2012

Being a part of DS106 it is our duty to create two assignments that future students will have the pleasure to complete. So when thinking to myself which section was the hardest i thought the video section. So i decided … Continue reading →
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Daily Creates

by matthewpoole

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December 10, 2012

Week 2 I did three daily creates which were pretty fun… #1 Wear something as a hat that is not normally a hat.. #2 Draw a tribute of your favorite bands album cover… #3 Spinning Quarter-Take a picture of something … Continue reading →
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Week 13 and 14!

by matthewpoole
December 3, 2012

This week was all about remixing and to be honest it was kind of tough. We had do remixing assignments which included remixing music and editing photos. I had a rough past couple of weeks so i had very little … Continue reading →
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Learning About Remixing

by matthewpoole
December 2, 2012

This week is all about remixing and we learned about you could remix which is… everything. Music and video all could be remixed and some can be remixed in cool ways. One remix i really like was the one we … Continue reading →
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Remix An Album Cover

by matthewpoole

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December 2, 2012

I love the beatles and my favorite album cover is Abbey Road. So when i saw the assignement Remix An Album Cover I knew exactly which album cover i wanted to do but how would i remix it was what took me … Continue reading →
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Opposties Attract

by matthewpoole

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December 2, 2012

This assignment was to take two different genres of music and mash them together. Check out this assignment here-> Opposites Attract. The two genres i like the most are rap and techno so i decided to mix them together check it … Continue reading →
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Remix This!

by matthewpoole
December 2, 2012

One assignment this week was to remix an assignment by going to ds 106′s remix cite at http://remix.ds106.us/ and hit the generator button. The assignment i got was ALTERNATIVE BOOK COVERS (click link to try it if you wish) and to”countrify it” was … Continue reading →
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Final Project Idea

by matthewpoole
November 25, 2012

For the final project i think i am going to do it on the Jersey Shore. The Jersey Shore has been through a lot lately from the TV show to Hurricane sandy so i feel it is only right that … Continue reading →
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Week 11 & 12!!!

by matthewpoole
November 18, 2012

This week was actually a lot of fun. Video assignments looked difficult and impossible when i first read it but when i looked over the tutorials and Video assignments it suddenly didn’t seem so hard. Here are my 16 stars worth of … Continue reading →
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Lip Sync!

by matthewpoole

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November 18, 2012

Im a huge 50 cent fan and there is not a better song to play if you want to get the party started than Just A Lil Bit. I spitted the hot lyrics while my friends broke out the hottest … Continue reading →
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Live At Monticello Apartments!

by matthewpoole

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November 18, 2012

Scrolling through video assignments i came across “Live Here!”. The assignment details were to show off where you lived and try to convince other students that where you live is the best place to live. I live in Monticello Apartments … Continue reading →
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Reenact A Viral Video!

by matthewpoole

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November 18, 2012

When i saw the video assignment “Reenact A Viral Video” so many options popped up into my head, there was the Greatest Freakout Ever, Rhianna-Where Have you been (Tyrone Jones) and my friends even wanted to superglue cottonballs on me and so i … Continue reading →
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Supercut It! Jim Carrey!

by matthewpoole

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November 18, 2012

Everyone knows Jim Carrey to be the funny man or the overly dramatic character in almost every movie he is in. So when i came across “supercut it” a video assignment where we had to create a supercut montage i knew exactly … Continue reading →
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Lets Give Em Something To Talk About

by matthewpoole

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November 11, 2012

What makes you laugh?? Will Ferrell in basically every movie hes in makes me laugh. For this assignment it was to get a clip of movie that makes you laugh and i immediately thought of the movie Step Brothers. Step … Continue reading →
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Week 10

by matthewpoole
November 4, 2012

This week wasn’t too bad. I finished within 5 hours which is personal best. I have a few video editing tools but my knowledge with the is close to none. I have windows movie maker and MPEG Streamclip now. I … Continue reading →
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Pre-Production

by matthewpoole
November 4, 2012

In this assignment we have to do everything for the video assignment without actually doing it. Its planning ahead and getting everything set up without actually completing the assignment so next week it wont be that difficult. 1.Well the first … Continue reading →
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Exploring a Great Scene

by matthewpoole
November 4, 2012

This assignment asked me to go look up 3 interesting facts about the making of a great movie and since i have been doing the past assignments on Reservoir Dogs i had to stick with that one. The 3 interesting facts are … Continue reading →
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Look, Listen, Analyze

by matthewpoole
November 4, 2012

This assignment we had to choose a scene from any great movie and do a couple of exercises with it to make sure we pick up all there is to pick up. I chose to do the opening scene of … Continue reading →
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Week 9!

by matthewpoole
October 28, 2012

Week 9 wasnt too bad. When i first looked at it i was about to just quit and give up right then! It seemed impossible way out of my league. HTML codes, changing websites to tell a story, connecting daily … Continue reading →
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Autumnal Show Review

by matthewpoole
October 28, 2012

Well I listened to Autumnal Show and i had to say i kinda liked it. The camp side stories and the oktoberfest background info was really interesting. The audio was really good I could hear you guys perfectly and the … Continue reading →
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Google Map Trip

by matthewpoole
October 28, 2012

The next assignment i chose to do was Google Map Trip (If you want to try this assignment click here—->Road Trip). This seemed cool to me because there are places not only in this world i want to see but in … Continue reading →
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Johnny Boy!

by matthewpoole
October 28, 2012

The web assignment i chose was called What They Might Have Done in Social Media (click HERE <— if you want to try this assignment) and the objective of this assignment was to create a Facebook for a famous historical figure and create a … Continue reading →
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“UMW tops Marymount”- ESPN.com

by matthewpoole
October 28, 2012

This week we had to re-edit a website’s webpage and tell a totally different story. Well we, UMW Men’s soccer, played Marymount in the first round of the CAC tournament and this influenced me to pick this as my story. … Continue reading →
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Weekly Summary–WEEK 7+8

by matthewpoole
October 21, 2012

Weeks 7+8 was mostly about working with audio assignments and getting in touch with our new UK friends and Coventry University. I finally found out how to embed stuff into WordPress like my music from soundcloud, youtube videos and … Continue reading →
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Sam-I-Am

by matthewpoole
October 21, 2012

Dr.Seuss will go down as the best children’s book author in history. This audio assignment was to just read your favorite Dr.Seuss book so i chose Sam-I-Am and just recorded me reading it into audacity. I did it the first … Continue reading →
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Someone Like You – Matt Poole Cover

by matthewpoole
October 21, 2012

Someone like you by Adele is a great song and i have to admit i do sing it at the top of my lungs when im ridin in the car but never thought id share my voice that most people … Continue reading →
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