Web Storytelling (Week Nine):

Web Storytelling (Week Nine):

by @melseykooring

| ds106, Syndicated, webstorytelling
October 25, 2017

Web Storytelling Via Amazon This week’s theme in ds106 is broadcasting and web storytelling! Therefore, I was tasked to use Mozilla X-Ray Goggles tool to change the intent, meaning, or purpose of a selected website to tell a new story. When I read the assignment, I immediately wanted to take the funny route while completing […]
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Radio Listen (Week Nine):

by @melseykooring

| ds106, radiolisten, Syndicated
October 24, 2017

Radio Listen It’s finally time, the moment we’ve all been waiting for – the airing of our radio shows! I was overly excited to listen to my classmates’ radio show productions this week. Unfortunately, I missed Monday’s airing due to work. However, I was able to tune into Tuesday’s airing! I specifically tuned into 30 […]
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Weekly Summary (Week Eight):

by @melseykooring

| ds106, Syndicated, WeeklySummary
October 20, 2017

Well it’s a wrap folks! Radio show week (part 2 edition) has come to a close. Along with that, our radio show productions have also come to a close. This week was a breeze honestly. All my group mates finished their portion of the show on time and we got it all put together a […]
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Daily Creates (Week Eight):

by @melseykooring

| ds106, Syndicated, tdc
October 19, 2017

Daily Creates This week we only had to complete two daily create prompts. The reason we only had to do two prompts this week is because our professor wanted us to put most of our focus on completing our radio shows! So below are the daily create prompts I decided to participate in: #ds106 #tdc2109 […]
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Radio Show Progress (Week Eight):

by @melseykooring

| ds106, radioshowpweek2, radiosshowweek2, Syndicated
October 19, 2017

Radio Show Progress Its week two folks! That means our final production is coming to a close. This week called for a lot of individual work among my group-mates. Below are images or our progress and process and my description of the overall experience: So this is basically us planning out how we were going […]
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Weekly Summary (Week Seven):

by @melseykooring

| ds106, Syndicated, WeeklySummary
October 13, 2017

This week involved A LOT of fun and A LOT of creativity. I really like my character, so it is always a blast centering my assignments around him! This week didn’t really pose any challenges due to the fact that I knew what I was doing when it came to Audacity and the fact […]
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Assignment Bank 3 (Week Seven):

by @melseykooring

| #AudioAssignments, audioassignments1551, ds106, Syndicated
October 12, 2017

Emotions Through Sound For my final audio contribution to our radio show progress (at least the final one for this week). I decided to create another eerie audio track I can utilize in Jester’s portion of the show. This assignment instructed me to try to convey a certain emotion, such as fear, stress, sadness, etc. […]
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Assignment Bank 2 (Week Seven):

by @melseykooring

| #AudioAssignments, AudioAssignments36, ds106, Syndicated
October 12, 2017

Create a Ds106 Radio Bumper In addition to my radio commercial, my group thought it would be wise to incorporate the use of a radio bumper. Thus, I decided to complete this assignment and create a closing statement bumper for our radio show! Below is our closing statement and how I created it: Creating this […]
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Assignment Bank 1 (Week Seven):

by @melseykooring

| #AudioAssignments, audioassignments1118, ds106, Syndicated
October 12, 2017

DS106 Radio Commercial For the next two weeks, I am going to be working on producing a radio show with three of my peers. This week entails a lot of tasks to get us standing on our feet so we can take off running next week. Therefore, I decided to create a radio commercial as […]
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The Daily Creates (Week Seven):

by @melseykooring

| ds106, Syndicated, tdc
October 12, 2017

The Daily Creates As expected, this week I had to complete three daily creates via Twitter. Below are all my creates and their explanations: Campus is changing #ds106 #tdc2098 pic.twitter.com/dBsioUv8oz — Kelsey Mooring (@melseykooring) October 7, 2017 I AM SO EXCITED IT IS FINALLY STARTING TO FEEL LIKE FALL. When I saw this prompt, I […]
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Radio Show Design (Week Seven):

by @melseykooring

| ds106, radioshowpromo, Syndicated
October 12, 2017

Radio Show Design Project – Bumper Sticker This week I was asked to create a radio show design project in the form of either a promo poster, logo, or bumpersticker. I elected the bumper sticker because I could add a humor aspect to it. Something I wouldn’t really be able to get away with if […]
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Radio Show Progress (Week Seven):

by @melseykooring

| ds106, radioshowweek1, Syndicated
October 12, 2017

Radio Show Progress Our radio show has been coming along great this week! I was nervous about coordinating with three others online at first, but everyone did their part and it went over very smoothly and quickly. Below are screenshots of our google docs with all our work and brainstorming ideas (which is, of course, […]
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Weekly Summary (Week Six):

by @melseykooring

| ds106, Syndicated, WeeklySummary
October 5, 2017

This week was so awesome. Hands down my favorite week so far in this course (and no, it has nothing to do with it being my group’s week haha). The workload was much lighter (which was SUCH a relief due to having exams, experimental work due to review boards, etc.) and all of the assignments […]
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Daily Creates (Week Six):

by @melseykooring

| ds106, Syndicated, tdc
October 5, 2017

Daily Creates Here are my daily creates this week: Fear of mascots is vastly overlooked #ds106 #tdc2093 pic.twitter.com/R9mUNGTSfF — Kelsey Mooring (@melseykooring) October 2, 2017 This daily create made me eminence some (in a good way). I didn’t have an irrational fears as a child, but I remember growing up I loved the show Zoey […]
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Assignment Bank 4 (Week Six):

by @melseykooring

| designassignments, designassignments1406, ds106, Syndicated
October 4, 2017

Let’s See Some ID For this assignment, I was tasked with creating some form of ID for a fictional character that seems believable, knowing your character’s environment or circumstances. I decided to use this assignment to focus, again, on Jester. It was a lot of fun creating the ID for him. I ran into a […]
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Assignment Bank 3 (Week Six):

by @melseykooring

| designassignments, designassignments329, ds106, Syndicated
October 4, 2017

If Movie Posters Told The Truth For this assignment, the instructions were to improve movie posters to make them more accurately reflect the content of the film. So to begin my thought process, I thought to myself, “What is one of the most popular films of all time?” Instantaneously, the movie Titanic popped into my […]
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Assignment Bank 2 (Week Six):

by @melseykooring

| designassignments, designassignments149, ds106, Syndicated
October 4, 2017

Wait, Where’d That Guy Come From? I chose to complete this assignment because it honestly looked like a lot of fun! The assignment instructs you to photoshop someone(s) (or something(s)) into a picture that isn’t supposed to be there. Below you can see my creation, how I created it, and my rationale for its creation: […]
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Assignment Bank 1 (Week Six)

by @melseykooring

| designassignments, designassignments61, ds106, Syndicated
October 4, 2017

Valentines Alternative This week I was asked to complete a total of 10 stars worth of design assignments and to center at least two assignments around Jester. Well, that presents no problem to me at all – as I normally focus my assignments around him anyways cause it is so much fun! So when I […]
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Super Tattoo (Week Six):

by @melseykooring

| #DesignAssignments2112, designassignments, ds106, Syndicated
October 4, 2017

Super Tattoo For this assignment, I was instructed to create a tattoo design that represents your superpower or explains what you would do as a superhero. I obviously took the opportunity to create a tattoo centered around my character – Jester. I decided that creepy smiles is the one characteristic of Jester that he is […]
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DesignBlitz (Week Six):

by @melseykooring

| designblitz, ds106, Syndicated
October 3, 2017

DesignBlitz This week I was asked to complete a designblitz. My task was to Carry my camera with me this week and take photos of objects, ads, signs, etc. that illustrate at least four of the ten concepts: color typography metaphors/symbols minimalism & use of space form/function/message balance rhythm proportion dominance unity Below is my take […]
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Thoughts/Ideas (Week Six):

by @melseykooring

| designthoughts, ds106, Syndicated
October 3, 2017

Reflection This week I was asked to read a few articles and write a reflection on how design can advance a story along. I decided to focus on the work of Hassan Otsmane-Elhaou. More specifically, his Strip Panel Naked segments. Before looking at his articles, I never consciously focused on design aspects of really anything […]
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Weekly Summary (Week Five):

by @melseykooring

| ds106, Syndicated, WeeklySummary
September 29, 2017

Weekly Summary This week was a lot of fun surprisingly! I say surprisingly because when I first opened Audacity I was terrified of it. I thought it was going to be impossible to learn how to use it, but I was wrong. It was actually very straightforward and easy to operate. My only complaint about […]
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Daily Creates (Week Five):

by @melseykooring

| ds106, Syndicated, tdc
September 29, 2017

Below are my daily creates I completed this week in chronological order: Is 7,801 ft tall enough? #ds106 #tdc2086 pic.twitter.com/JugBBxWrNf — Kelsey Mooring (@melseykooring) September 25, 2017 I honestly love this picture for many reasons: 1. It was taken on my vacation to Cali 2. It was taken at Lake Tahoe (one of the most […]
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Radio Bumper (Week Five):

by @melseykooring

| #AudioAssignments, AudioAssignments36, ds106, radiobumper, Syndicated
September 29, 2017

Radio Bumper This week I was asked to create a radio bumper for the ds106 station. Below is my bumper and the steps I took to create it: I went to youtube to find a tune I wanted to incorporate into my bumper. Once I found what I wanted, I proceeded to convert and then […]
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ds106 Radio (Week Five):

by @melseykooring

| ds106, ds106radio, ds106rdio, Syndicated
September 29, 2017

ds106 Radio Reflection This week I was asked to tune into a ds106 radio episode and participate in a live “tweet-along.” I decided to save the best for last and tune into the Thursday stream. And by that I mean I procrastinated until the last possible second, but it actually worked out in my favor. […]
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Radio Show Ideas (Week Five):

by @melseykooring

| #radioshowideas, ds106, Syndicated
September 27, 2017

Superhero Theoretical Theories Ever wonder if the Hulk is really the strongest superhero? Should comic book movies follow comic book stories word for word? Should Guardians Of The Galaxy team up with The Avengers? Should superhero movies be funny/wild or dark/grounded? Should actors be re-casted for sequels? We have questions and we need answers! Or […]
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Superhero Soundtrack (Week Five):

by @melseykooring

| ds106, superherosoundtrack, Syndicated
September 27, 2017

Villain Soundtrack For this assignment, I was instructed to make my own superhero (or villain) soundtrack for our characters we created. Thus, the soundtrack of Jester was born! Below is the soundtrack and how I constructed it: “Kick me while I’m down, will they Laugh at me when I’m at my lowest, will they Oh, […]
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Assignment Bank 3 (Week Five):

by @melseykooring

| #AudioAssignments, audioassignments1117, ds106, Syndicated
September 27, 2017

Teezee Reference For this assignment, I was tasked simply to find an audio clip from a show or movie outside of the Twilight Zone. It was a no brainer which show I was going to find a clip from. The Office is my absolute favorite show. I watch it when I’m happy, sad, angry, bored […]
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Assignment Bank 2 (Week Five):

by @melseykooring

| #AudioAssignments, #AudioAssignments70, ds106, Syndicated
September 27, 2017

“I can see you” I can’t stop relating all of my assignments to Jester now. I was asked to complete the audio assignment – Sound Effects Story. It involves telling a story using nothing but sound effects. There can be no verbal communication, only sound effects. Utilize at least five different sounds that you found […]
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Assignment Bank 1 (Week Five):

by @melseykooring

| #AudioAssignments, AudioAssignments2074, ds106, Syndicated
September 26, 2017

Make Your Own Mixtape While Jester isn’t making people keel over in pain from laughter. He likes to boost his confidence and get revved up for his next attack by listening to his favorite mixtape. Welcome to Jester’s Play Land. Players beware, enter at your own risk.
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