Albums and Archives

Albums and Archives

by mbransons

| Syndicated
May 13, 2013

cc licensed ( BY NC SA ) flickr photo by bara-koukoug Last week we spent a lot of time talking about how we value the ephemera of our personal past, the memories we keep in – family photo albums, letters, … Continue reading →
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Fairness and Fair Use

by mbransons

| Syndicated
April 22, 2013

cc licensed ( BY SA ) flickr photo shared by gaelx Now that we’re about two-thirds through the semester, you’ve probably used a lot of images, video, and/or sound to complete any of a number of ds106 assignments. And a … Continue reading →
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Puppet Trolls

by mbransons

| Syndicated
April 15, 2013

I wanted to see if we could pull off working with a green screen in iMovie and came up with this idea for an assignment – “Puppet Trolls.” Create or use a puppet and have it become part of a … Continue reading →
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We Don’t Need Another Hero

by mbransons

| Syndicated
April 8, 2013

This week marks the beginning of working in the video assignment bin from ds106. We’re going to start by looking at archetypes, and how storytellers lean on them to orient audiences, and abuse them by turning them into clichés. The … Continue reading →
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Broadcasting Utopia/Distopia

by mbransons

| Syndicated
March 11, 2013

Find the solution to a problem like this: With more rigid control and monitoring: Or with endless hope and optimisim: This week we are going to work in small groups to create a five minute radio show that solves a … Continue reading →
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My Horse Needs Shoes

by mbransons

| Syndicated
March 4, 2013

From our live foley session today. 16 students worked in five groups to create sounds for 30-40 sec portions of this scene in Buster Keaton’s 1922 film The Blacksmith. Lot’s of creativity and successes in there. Looking forward to hearing … Continue reading →
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Tools for Audio Assignments

by mbransons

| Syndicated
March 4, 2013

Recording Your Own Sounds cc licensed ( BY SA ) flickr photo shared by Roadside Guitars Like all things ds106, it’s bring your own technology to the task. So you are welcome to record with whatever device you’d like. Use … Continue reading →
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Storytelling with Sound Effects and Foley

by mbransons

| Syndicated
March 4, 2013

Whoopee Cushion, cc licensed ( BY ) flickr photo shared by stevendepolo One sense that you can basically never turn off is your sense of hearing (ok unless you’re deaf). You can definitely close your eyes, have little/no contact, and basically … Continue reading →
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Creating a Graphic Gift

by mbransons

| Syndicated
February 20, 2013

Everyone is going to do the Graphic Gift Visual Assignment this week. You can read my post on my blog about the Graphic Gift and why we are going to create one. And here’s a tutorial for creating a graphic … Continue reading →
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I Love My Neighbor’s GIF

by mbransons

| Syndicated
February 12, 2013

As part of the week three summary I want you to look through the York College DS106 Feed and find a GIF made by another student that you like. Once you’ve found one I want you to do three things: … Continue reading →
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How to Make an Animated GIF

by mbransons

| Syndicated
February 11, 2013

There are many, many, many, many ways to make animated GIFs. But I’d like to give some practical advice from our friends at DS106 as well as some tutorials I’ve made. You can make GIFs from video clips using lots … Continue reading →
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Posting A DS106 Assignment

by mbransons

| Syndicated
February 11, 2013

Every assignment in the ds106 assignment bank has a unique URL and unique tags. You need both to complete your assignment properly so that it will show up in the submissions feed on the assignment page. Let’s show an example … Continue reading →
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It’s Alive, It’s Alive, It’s an Animated GIF!

by mbransons

| Syndicated
February 11, 2013

This week you are going to do your very first digital storytelling assignment from the ds106 assignment bank. Say it Like the Peanut Butter, is one of the first assignments ever created for ds106 and is a bit of a … Continue reading →
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Week Two Summary Post

by mbransons

| Syndicated
February 5, 2013

cc licensed ( BY NC ND ) flickr photo shared by atibens One of the best things about a blog is that nothing is permanent. You can always change the look of the site, what plugins you use, edit posts, … Continue reading →
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Bags of Gold in A Domain of One’s Own

by mbransons

| Syndicated
February 4, 2013

Gardner Campbell is considered the godfather of DS106 and his early thoughts on the internet’s impact on education are one’s I’d like you to consider. Please read Gardner Campbell’s essay, “A Personal Cyberinfrastructure” and watch the video of his presentation “No … Continue reading →
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Keep that Daily Create On

by mbransons

| Syndicated
February 4, 2013

cc licensed ( BY NC ) flickr photo shared by hey mr glen In your second week you should continue to find three to four daily create assignments to complete. Be sure to upload them to appropriate social media accounts … Continue reading →
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More Blog Customizations

by mbransons

| Syndicated
February 4, 2013

cc licensed ( BY NC ND ) flickr photo shared by char1iej A number of you are getting started with your WordPress blog and beginning to sort out the ways to make changes which is great. This has included modifying … Continue reading →
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Your Weekly Summary Should Look Like…

by mbransons

| Syndicated
February 4, 2013

cc licensed ( BY NC ND ) flickr photo shared by omgayeo I did my first week’s summary including daily creates and thought I share the example. Remember the weekly summary is a single blog post which references the various things you … Continue reading →
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Get Into The DS106 Stream

by mbransons

| Syndicated
January 28, 2013

A big part of this class is participating in the ds106 community by feeding your blog to the main website ds106.us. There’s a signup page to add your blog, but don’t add it until your site is working and you’ve made … Continue reading →
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Week One Summary – DID YOU SURVIVE?

by mbransons

| Syndicated
January 28, 2013

cc licensed ( BY NC ND ) flickr photo by Jose Betancur This first week has been a lot of first for a lot of you creating a variety of accounts, installing WordPress, activating Akismet (say no to comment spam), … Continue reading →
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Doodling and The Daily Create

by mbransons

| Syndicated
January 28, 2013

cc licensed ( BY NC SA ) flickr photo by giulia.forsythe The Daily Create is your digital storytelling doodle pad. It’s meant to be an opportunity to remind you to regularly work on being creative through practice. So what is … Continue reading →
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Building Your Domain of One’s Own

by mbransons

| Syndicated
January 28, 2013

Jim Groom imagined a “Domain of One’s Own” back in 2008 as a place for students, faculty, and staff to: easily setup and control their online identity through their own domain (something like jimgroom.net). One which they could take ownership of, maintain, … Continue reading →
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What is Digital Storytelling?

by mbransons

| Syndicated
January 28, 2013

Welcome to the Spring Semester of CT101 York College which is a Digital Storytelling course that participates with the open course/community DS106. Over the next fifteen weeks you will spend time crafting a digital space in which you will showcase … Continue reading →
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