Shelter in Place & Start Recording

Shelter in Place & Start Recording

by @missgoofyxx

| Blog, ds106, Syndicated, WeeklySummary
March 31, 2020

This week’s overview was interesting. I read the Ebert essay and even read another that was hyperlinked within his that details the discovery of a chair movement within Citizen Kane that he has missed for 30 years of doing shot by shots. I echoed this essay’s idea to my husband and he laughed, telling me […]
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Street Parking is Always Open

by @missgoofyxx

| Blog, ds106, Syndicated, VideoAssignments, VideoAssignments2503
March 31, 2020

I laughed at this idea because this is basically my everyday life. In this assignment, you record a workout and share it with the world. This is something I normally do multiple times a week to stay accountable with my Street Parking family. When my brother visits, we make it a point to do a […]
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One Time Around the Sun

by @missgoofyxx

| Blog, ds106, Syndicated, VideoAssignments, VideoAssignments2407
March 31, 2020

I thought it would be fun to make a compilation of the pictures and video clips I loved that most from my daughter’s first year. I used open source music and used an app on my phone to upload my photos and videos. It allowed me to sort the photos and videos chronologically for the […]
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Vincent and the Doctor Video Essay

by @missgoofyxx

| Blog, ds106, Syndicated, videoessay
March 31, 2020

For this assignment I wanted to work with an iconic Doctor Who scene I knew I would be able to find online. This assignment started out simple. I downloaded the 4k Video Downloader and obtained the file for the video I wanted to use. I watched it and wrote a script for the video essay […]
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Letting my Grade Slip

by @missgoofyxx

| Blog, ds106, Syndicated, WeeklySummary
March 30, 2020

I have been doing my best to keep up in school with all the changes happening, but I’ve allowed myself to fall behind in this class due to my grade in others. That isn’t a good solution and I’ve decided to spend as much time as possible changing that and catching up. Here’s to that. […]
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Listening in on You

by @missgoofyxx

| Blog, ds106, radiolisten, Syndicated
March 30, 2020

The only radio show I had the time to tune in for was a late night one after I put my daughter to sleep. It was about Social Media being integrated into events that occurred in the 80s. I found the concept was original and the format they used was pretty neat. As opposed to […]
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My friend, don’t be a jerk.

by @missgoofyxx

| Blog, ds106, Syndicated, WeeklySummary
March 13, 2020

This week was just… weird. Anyway, my daughter has hand foot mouth and its been terrible, so I completely forgot the TDCs until Thursday. Thankfully that left me with enough time to complete the two required. Daily Creates (2) For this one, I’m not sure why I immediately thought of a chalk board when I […]
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Disturbing the peace? I got thrown out of a window!

by @missgoofyxx

| Blog, ds106, radioshowweek2, Syndicated
March 13, 2020

This week feels like a blur with all the wild things happening. I visited my parents during Spring Break and interviewed my mother to learn about her experience during the 1980s. That was fun. I spent the end of Spring Break working on the radio show. This involved getting familiar with the program I was […]
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I wanna be sedated

by @missgoofyxx

| Blog, ds106, Syndicated, WeeklySummary
February 28, 2020

This week proved to be rather tough for me. Midterms were a true challenge. With this being my best graded class, I unfortunately had to sacrifice some of the time I would have normally spent on these assignments to study for my two science courses. I’m finding it really hard to study for my biology […]
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A Whirlwind Adventure

by @missgoofyxx

| Blog, ds106, radioshowweek1, Syndicated
February 28, 2020

In preparation for the radio show being published, this week I created an advertisement and two bumpers. I’m really proud of the progress I’ve made in learning how to use audacity. My partner sent out the interview questions to three individuals and I will be interviewing my mother tomorrow afternoon. I was able to find […]
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The Voices of Generation X

by @missgoofyxx

| Blog, ds106, radioshowpromo, Syndicated
February 25, 2020

I made this poster using canva.com, which is an excellent graphic design tool. I originally was going to use a bumper sticky my project partner had made and then remembered this cool layout I had been looking forward to using for this. I also got my first commercial done pretty quickly so I had the […]
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The audacity of it all!

by @missgoofyxx

| #AudioAssignments, AudioAssignments2479, Blog, ds106, Syndicated
February 25, 2020

Today I had my first run in with audacity. It went well. I used it to create an 80s commercial for my 1st audio assignment of the week. I searched through ccMixter for some music that had an 80s vibe and found a track I liked to use for the background music. Then I went […]
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“Well, hi. What are you doing out in this mess?”

by @missgoofyxx

| Blog, ds106, Syndicated, WeeklySummary
February 21, 2020

This week was a bit crazy for me. I had a lot going on in a short span of time and a sick toddler, but I managed to get as much done as I could. After reviewing the tasks for this week, I sat down with my tablet and reviewed the assigned booklet on canvas. […]
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1-up

by @missgoofyxx

| Blog, designassignments, DesignAssignments1435, ds106, Syndicated
February 21, 2020

For my last assignment I did one that caught my interest because it made me laugh pretty hard. It’s an assignment where you manipulate the title of a video game to match up with its realistic game play. The example was of mario kart and it was perfectly done. It made me think of Super […]
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“Why’d it have to be snakes?”

by @missgoofyxx

| Blog, designassignments, DesignAssignments1974, ds106, Syndicated
February 21, 2020

For this assignment, I added a famous quote from a movie to an image of that scene within the film. I found the image through a google image search, and already knew the quote pretty well too. If I’m not mistaken, this is also an 80s movie. I used canva to overlay the quote onto […]
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You’re going to Camp Blood, ain’t ya?

by @missgoofyxx

| Blog, designassignments, DesignAssignments43, ds106, Syndicated
February 21, 2020

For my second assignment I went with the second recommended one. I created a minimalist movie poster. I googled 80s movies and went with Friday the 13th because that hockey mask to something almost everyone can recognize. I used canva since I saw another student mention it and I figured I should try something new […]
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Graphic Design on Campus

by @missgoofyxx

| Blog, designblitz, ds106, Syndicated
February 21, 2020

I’ve had a crazy schedule this week, so I found all of my examples of graphic design on campus in between classes. This first image is of an advertisement page within the theater department’s magazine, showcasing their plans for the school year. I thought their layout of the shows were very simple and gave a […]
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Guess the 80s movie…

by @missgoofyxx

| Blog, designassignments, DesignAssignments358, ds106, Syndicated
February 20, 2020

I decided to go with the recommended assignment since I thought it was cool. I also made it related to the theme, which made it more fun for me. I used the recommended website for the icons and then I just used powerpoint to string them next to each other. It was easy to search […]
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Designing a Decision

by @missgoofyxx

| Blog, designthoughts, ds106, Syndicated
February 20, 2020

I chuckled when I noticed the kids book listed on this week’s weekly assignment post. That’s a wonderful book and I think it’s a great book for kids to have because it makes them aware of all the design aspects in the things around them. There are fliers, posters, billboards, store signage, ads, and countless […]
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No Better to Be Safe Than Sorry

by @missgoofyxx

| Blog, ds106, Syndicated, WeeklySummary
February 7, 2020

Daily Creates And so we begin… I started this week by skimming through the visual assignments bank and saving a few of them that I could work on as time became available. I took my camera to school on Monday and Tuesday but honestly just couldn’t find the time to complete the 20 minute photo […]
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My Favorite Picture

by @missgoofyxx

| Blog, ds106, Syndicated, visualassignments, VisualAssignments2152
February 7, 2020

This assignments is pretty simple. You choose a photo you’ve captured and tell everyone why you love it so much. I was trying to find a photo I took while in high school (2004) of a ferris wheel at Six Flags Great Adventure in NJ. That is my absolute favorite image I’ve captured. Unfortunately, I […]
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A Bark from the Past

by @missgoofyxx

| Blog, ds106, Syndicated, visualassignments, VisualAssignments1729
February 7, 2020

This visual assignment calls for the student to “make a collage out of photos of your pet” and it immediately spoke to my heart. I said goodbye to my fur baby last summer and have missed her dearly since then. I was actually thinking of her a lot today and think this would be a […]
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Design to Shock – 80’s HIV Epidemic

by @missgoofyxx

| #VisualAssignments951, Blog, ds106, Syndicated, visualassignments
February 7, 2020

I decided to do the “Design to Shock” visual assignment that task the student to ” combine at least two images (you may also use text) to create a shocking message.” I wanted to tie it to the 80s and thought of the HIV epidemic. I searched for shocking images from the HIV epidemic and […]
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Summarize Coming to America

by @missgoofyxx

| Blog, ds106, Syndicated, visualassignments, VisualAssignments3
February 7, 2020

Using 10 gifs to retell a movie. I chose to retell Coming to America, which is another wonderful 80s movie. I used my memory of the movie to google search specific movie parts and find the gifs to represent those moments.
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The Story of an Image

by @missgoofyxx

| Blog, ds106, ds106photography, Syndicated
February 7, 2020

In a lot of the photos we looked at this week, I found myself in awe of the photographer’s ability to catch a specific action that I knew only went on from a moment in time. Like the dip of a dancer or the second-long smile of an individual. You know that the photographer used […]
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The Humanity of a Moment

by @missgoofyxx

| Blog, ds106, photoreflection, Syndicated
February 5, 2020

When I was in high school, I found photography interesting. I would take photos with an old polaroid camera my father had and then take the same photo, with a wider shot with a Nikon to play with layering them and making it seem as if the polaroid image was a zoomed in portion of […]
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Wanna Be Startin’ Somethin’

by @missgoofyxx

| Blog, ds106, Syndicated, WeeklySummary
January 31, 2020

Story Analysis I started off the week by completing the required reading and watching the videos. I found the video how stories look on a graph hilarious. A lot of the text I read was interesting, as well, and it’s how I came about choosing to watch Wargames, which is referenced in Chapter 2 of […]
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She takes me away to that special place.

by @missgoofyxx

| Blog, ds106, Syndicated, writingassignments, WritingAssignments2084
January 31, 2020

For one of my journal prompts, I was instructed to take a moment to watch someone I’m grateful for and focus on them for 10 minutes. Nothing else. No eating or drinking. No television on. Nothing but that individual. If possible, I wasn’t supposed to interact with them, instead just observe them without them noticing. […]
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The Green Fairy

by @missgoofyxx

| Blog, ds106, Syndicated, writingassignments, WritingAssignments2487
January 30, 2020

“Today in a café” (4 stars)This assignment asks the student to view the famous painting I’ve included below and write a poem based on it. My interpretation of the poem is pretty depressing, but that’s the impression I had when I zoomed in on her face. My mind continues this betrayal in which I am […]
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The words of 1988 and a terrible poet.

by @missgoofyxx

| Blog, ds106, Syndicated, writingassignments, WritingAssignments2495
January 30, 2020

“Never Fear – It’s The Words Of The Year” (two stars)This assignment involved going to the website Merriam-Webster and entering a year of your choice. Doing so produces a list of words that were first recorded or started being used during that year. “Your challenge: Take the list from some significant year, such as the […]
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