Todays daily create was to choose anybody or anything to cross Abbey Rd. I chose the Seahawks secondary, nicknamed #LOB. Football season has begun so I thought this to be a appropriate picture. Here is the link of my daily create to my twitter and flickr. I used Pixlr express to create this image. I … Continue reading Daily Create Crossing Abbey Road

Ira Glass & Jae Abumrad Video Reflections: I watched the first two parts of Ira Glass’s segment on storytelling. I took away several nuggets from both of his videos. In the first part , there are two main building blocks of storytelling. One is an anecdote and the other is a moment of reflection. He discusses what he … Continue reading Weekly Summary

I chose to listen to “How I got Into College”. It is a podcast by Ira Glass of the College application process. The beginning of the podcasts begins with Ira asking Columbia University students how they were accepted. Most of the students answer something along the lines of “I have no idea”. The podcast uses the … Continue reading Radio Story Ep. 504 “How I got Into College”

  My sound effect story is of a convenience store robbery and murder. A man parks his car, opens the door, walks to the cash register, pumps his shotgun, the cash register opens, he then shoots the cash clerk, walks out the door, and drives away. On YouTube I googled each sound and converted it to a … Continue reading Sound Effect Story Audio Assignment

For my third audio assignment, I chose one that was always created. This assignment called to create sounds that are familiar to us, but may be strange to others. I included crickets chirping, frogs croaking, an airplane, and a ceiling fan. These sounds exists at my house. The crickets and frogs are pretty noisy every night … Continue reading Familiar Sounds Audio Assignment

This concrete poem is about a Christmas tree and the Christmas spirit, so it was arranged in the shape of a Christmas tree. A concrete poem is written in the shape of the object of which you are describing. Here is the link to my twitter and flickr. 

I watched the first two parts of Ira Glass’s segment on storytelling. I took away several nuggets from both of his videos. In the first part , there are two main building blocks of storytelling. One is an anecdote and the other is a moment of reflection. He discusses what he believes are and should … Continue reading Ira Glass & Jad Abumrad Summary/Reflection

Here are all my links to my comments for this week. This does not include my replies to comments on my blog. stephanie tdc comment, Amanda’s radio empathy reflection comment, Amanda’s Ira Glass & Audio Storytelling comments, Miranda tdc comment, Rachel’s tdc comment

I created an account on Pixlr.com and selected Pixlr Express as the web application I would use to import an image I found online of Wyoming. Once in PixlrExpress (https://pixlr.com/express/) I used a 1. Too Old effect labeld Gordon. Next, I used a Vignette Overlay. Finally, I choose a border to place around the image to give it … Continue reading Daily Create #3

Here is my radio bumper audio assignment for #ds106. For this project I used Garageband. I recorded my speech of the dialogue using the “vocals” instrument. The voice over music is an instrumental bass which I copied and pasted from YouTube. After my song was done, I converted it to an MP3 file and uploaded … Continue reading Radio Bumper Audio Assignment

My emotional response for todays daily create is grief. Grief is a multifaceted response to loss. A powerful emotion that people too often experience. I grieved when our family dog and cat died. Here is my daily create link to twitter. I uploaded my google image to flickr as well.

For this daily create I went to makeameme and picked the image of gladiator that was already uploaded. I then added text to the top and bottom of the image. I uploaded my meme to flickr and twitter. twitter, flickr

What is storytelling? In this unit I learned that my notion of storytelling is the traditional theme of storytelling. What I mean is that when I think of storytelling, I think of elder people sharing stories with younger folks so that when the younger folks grow up they can continue to pass down the stories. … Continue reading Weekly Summary

Vonnegut draws the chart with Good Fortune at the top of the vertical axis and Bad Fortune at the bottom. The Horizontal axis goes from the Beginning on the left to the End on the right. In the Blind Side the story resembles Vonnegut’s Cinderella example. Michael Oher begins at the bottom of the vertical … Continue reading The Shapes of Stories

I chose a story of a college student(s) moving into college because it is easy to relate to. For me, the move-in process was a scary, but exciting one. Having grown up in a small town and having the same group of best friends since kindergarten it was tough to leave them behind. I was … Continue reading Tell a story in five frames reflection

                                    I chose to do the activity “tell a story in five frames”. My story is of a college student(s) moving in. It was a sequence of events that I have put together in order using images from … Continue reading Tell a story in five frames “Moving in”

I checked out all the stories and “30,000 miles in 30 seconds” video  was by far my favorite. I really liked the movie, it was well done and fun to see the different landscapes in the US. The fact that the publisher drove across the country and his reasoning for doing so is what makes … Continue reading Appreciating Past DS106 Stories “30,000 miles in 30 seconds”

“Jurassic Lark” A lark is a species of bird. The replaced the letter “P” with “L”. I chose this movie because I recently saw the newest Jurassic Park movie and I also enjoy drawing animals. I tweeted this picture as well Daily Create movie picture. 

Storytelling is the action of telling a story to an audience. The first things that come to mind when I come across the word “storytelling” is childhood, exaggeration, adventure, and sitting around a campfire. Specifically, some images that come to mind are sleepovers with friends, camping, and a full moon. A place I instantly refer … Continue reading What comes to mind when you when we say “Storytelling”?

This is a direct link to my Comment  on Andrew Boswell’s daily create of Levato’s poem #tdc1340 .

Today’s daily create is to write a short story about an ocean at the end of your backyard. My short story is “an ocean is as big or small as you want it to be. In my backyard there’s a pond, where I fish & relax by the edge” Here is the direct link to … Continue reading Daily Create #3

I inserted a direct link to my twitter of todays daily create. I created a line to add to Levato’s poem. Twitter link

A positive, uplifting message I found on google. The sun will always rise the next day! Twitter link

How well do I feel I completed the requirements of the week’s assignments? This week definitely went smoother than last week. I am becoming more comfortable using all the technology tools and wordpress every day. I completed all the requirements for the week. I did 5 daily creates, two GIF’s, two reflections, and installed jetpack, … Continue reading Weekly Summary 2

“Resistance throws you into time. Acceptance discloses the timeless.”

Part One , Part Two  I expected Wesch’s presentation to revolve around technology and the impact of it around the global landscape. This is exactly what he talks about. Technology is something that most people still are not accustomed to completely but is a very influential and powerful source of all kinds of information. Some of … Continue reading “Knowledgeable to Knowledge-able” Reflection

A personal Cyberinfrastructure. I expected this article to talk about technology as educational purposes and that is more or less what it is about. This is the first article I have read of W. Gardner Campbell. Campbell thesis or central argument is that digital infrastructures is a better way to teach in terms of production, efficiency, … Continue reading A Personal Cyberinfrastructure Reflection

The story Boobie Miles is the star running back of the Permian Panthers football team. This is the first game of the season and the panthers are crushing their opponent. Coach Gaines puts Boobie in with 2 minutes left, because the reserve running back lost his helmet. The playcall is 28 sweep. As you can … Continue reading “Say It like Peanut Butter” GIF

Happy Birthday This is the fourth daily create of the week. I made a little twist in my song. Happy Birthday Twitter

This is the Grand Prismatic Spring in Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming. It is the largest hot spring in America and the third largest hot spring in the world. I love the outdoors and would love to visit this lake. I retrieved this photo from google images, here is the direct link to the image, Grand Prismatic … Continue reading Daily Create #3