This class has had its share of ups and downs. For the first few weeks I struggled, but I kept improving a little each week. I contemplated dropping this class or making it pass/fail, but Im glad I stuck it out. I have learned the most in this class than any other class this semester. … Continue reading Weekly Summary

What if I told you the Johnny Manziel we know, did not exist and instead a different Johnny Manziel existed. Instead of Johnny “Football”, he is Johnny “GoodGuy”. Johnny Manziel has been in the national spotlight of the sports world and American culture/society since he became the first freshman to win the Heisman. What makes … Continue reading Johnny “Good Guy” Manziel

The Process, Narrated  I am providing a tutorial for the “Make Your Own Ringtone(s)” audio assignment. I have listed step by step instructions detailing the process of completing this assignment. Instead of using audacity, I used GarageBand and iTunes. Step 1: Find a piece of music on YouTube.         Step 2: Download … Continue reading “Make Your Own Ringtone(s) Tutorial”

The Process, Narrated  I will break this process down step by step. It is an easy process if you are familiar with iMovie, YouTube Video Editor, or both. Step 1: Choose an athlete         Step 2: Find video clips of highlights (YouTube) of this athlete.         Step 3: Download … Continue reading “Highlight Reels Tutorial”

Instead of writing up an explanation of what you learned, instead formulate your own understanding about remix and mashup, and record a video or audio of you explaining it to someone who is not familiar; this could be a family member, friend, neighbor, random stranger. The point is to capture a recording of your explanation … Continue reading Mashup vs Remix

Once again, great job from everyone these last two weeks. I saw some great assignments. Here are the links to my individual comments. Overall, I commented on five posts. Links: Chantel Actor Transformation, Tori book cover, Chantel Emoji, Adam SpaceFac...

The Work Itself  This is a remix assignment, I have never done this before. It is titled Fantastic Imaginary Buildings [Remixed]: Mood Swap, its instructions are as follows “using an image editor like Photoshop or GIMP, edit together found images of buildings and structures to create what Kazanjian calls a “hyper-collage.”  Look for and select … Continue reading Einstein Lab

The Work Itself  This assignment is titled “Your Favorite Teams Mashup“, its instructions are to “combine the logos of two or more of your favorite sports teams. Don’t just create an image with the two logos next to each other! Make the final logo look natural and cohesive.” It is currently rated 3.5 stars for … Continue reading Sports Teams Mashup

The Work Itself  This mashup assignment is titled “Video Game Cover Mashup“, its instructions are as follows “this assignment will be completed through the use of photoshop. Take two existing video game covers and mash them up so that both can be identified but in a different style. Try to be creative in the title and … Continue reading Call of Duty Heroes

The Work Itself  This mashup assignment is titled “Mashing Friends And Emojis“, its instructions are to “take a picture of one of your friends or just a person that is in the moment doing something exactly like an emoji and then mash them together for comparison.” It is currently rated 3.5/5 stars for difficulty.       … Continue reading Friends and emoji

Ants are so small that people accidentally step on them all the time! Here it is on my twitter and flickr.  

Daily Creates: I did three daily creates over the last two weeks. All three were about photography, I did not intentionally choose photography creates, it just happened to work out this way. Here is my week 13 & 14 daily create blog page. Mashup Assignments: Over the last two weeks, I had to complete mashup assignments … Continue reading Weekly Summary

Paper bag bunting to celebrate the Fall season! Here it is on my twitter and flickr.

@ds106dc #tdc1413 #ds106 https://t.co/h6OCw41TfL what happens in the box stays in the box — Miles Davis (@miles_mdavis) November 21, 2015

Whats the closest red thing to me? 1st floor in the Convergence Center…Red Emergency Telephone! Here it is on my twitter & flickr.  

My best time of the day is when I get to relax and watch television. I love to just “chill” and watch NBA. Here is my photo on twitter and flickr.

 Over these two weeks, I was required to complete five assignments worth minimally of 16 stars (which I achieved well over) and a required video assignment. I applied my knowledge and skills that I learned from the start of this course, but especially from the last two weeks to complete all the video assignments. Video is … Continue reading Weekly Summary

The Work Itself  “Have A Conversation With Yourself” is a required video assignment. Its instructions are to “have a conversation with yourself! Film yourself talking, then change clothes, hair styles, etc and then film the other half of the convo. Edit this in any movie editor program (I used Pinnacle movie maker) To overlap the two … Continue reading Decisions, Decisions

This is a photo of my extended family and I eating dinner. Eating together with families is occurring less and less in our society. It is my favorite time of the day when I eat with my family. My family and I eat dinner together as much as possible at home! I used a photo … Continue reading Daily Create (Extra)ordinary video

The Work Itself This video assignment is titled “Instant Replay“, its instructions are to “choose a video or clip of an action, and then pick a part of the original clip and slow it down to create an instant replay.  Show both the original action as well as the slow-mo instant replay! Video editing software, … Continue reading Caution: Wet Floor

The Work Itself  This video assignment is titled “Sports Mashup“, its instructions are to “submit a video mashup of what you think are some of the greatest sports plays ever. What is the story it tells? This needs to be more than just a montage of clips, find a way to make it present a … Continue reading Sports Mashup Game Winners

Lake swim boundary…beware of what may be lurking beyond! Twitter & Flickr post.

The Work Itself This assignment is titled “What Do You Love?”. The instructions are to “choose something that you love and make a video of it! My assignment is titled “I love Food“, it can be found on my YouTube channel. You can take pictures or videos and combine them into one final video. Try … Continue reading I love…Food!

The Work Itself  This video assignment is titled “Favorite Actor/Actress Highlight Reel“. Its instructions are to “create a 30 to 60 second highlight reel of your most enjoyable movie scenes from your favorite Actor/Actress”. It is rated by the public 4/5 stars for difficulty. I created a YouTube video of my favorite scenes and clips … Continue reading Will Ferrell Highlights

The Work Itself This assignment is titled “Highlight Reels”, its instructions ask to “channel your inner ESPN and clip together highlights of your favorite athlete, set it to some music, and add an intro.” It is rated 5/5 stars for difficulty. I created a YouTube video using individual clips from other YouTube videos. I created … Continue reading Lights Out (Highlight Reel)

I commented on five blog posts from my classmates. I commented on daily creates and video assignments. I looked at far more assignments than the ones I posted a comment on. Everyone did a great job as usual. It is fun too see the video assignment topics, and what other people did. Once again, it … Continue reading Participation/Comments

I photoshopped a bridge into a image of an intense waterfall. Here it is on my twitter and flickr.

A few clouds in the sky…that I am touching! Imagine that! Here is my twitter and flickr link of this daily create.

Here is my poem of my purpose in life.  I do not know my purpose in life But I will live with no regrets I will live to the fullest I will smile, laugh, cry I will be the best When I die, I will know my life’s purpose. Here it is on my twitter.

Here is  my filtered Selfie I took via Snapchat. Here it is on my twitter and flickr.