OH MY GOSH, these past 2 (3ish) weeks have been full of me recording my voice and editing it to make it bearable to listen to…haha…  Some of it was fun and enjoyable, while other assignments were a bit more difficult to do and listen to.  When I first read …

This was more difficult than it looks.  I have a lot more respect for movie makers who do this as a living.  I had to use my own voice as well as objects around the house.  For the dog jumping I hit a metal letter opener with a hair brush… …

May I Take Your Order? This assignment allowed me to be British.  I love trying out accents.  My sister and I do it all the time, much to other’s dismay.  Here I ordered food in an English way.  I like the accents and some of the lingo.

Swap Shop For this I acted as both the radio host and the 2 people who called in.  If I were to do this again I would have other people be the callers.  I manipulated my voice to make them all different.  I need to work on my story telling …

A Capella with Yourself Though I am not the best singer in the world by any means I was intrigued to see if I would be able to sing with myself.  When I first did it on audacity I did not know how to get each recording done individually.  With …

Poetry Reading This is a poem by Fiona Davidoson.  I started with her story and made it more of a narrative of prose.  When it ended I went on to take the story to a whole new place.  I enjoyed expanding on another’s creativity in a way to make it …

    Song Lyrics that start and end my day!       It’s the simple things that I love.   Under stated, but completely needed.   Another kind of Bumper Control a new feature film. Getting Creative with Create Wow, that’s a weird face…I LOVE IT!

I thought this week of DS106 would be similar to last week because both had so much photography involved.  This was not the case. I was glad to read there was an other photo blitz type assignment.  Design Safari was a blast.  I carried my camera around with me all week …

Cartoonize you pet: 1 star When I saw this assignment I was excited to do it.  Taking a picture and making it a cartoon/sketch, perfect.  I was yet to use photo editing this way.  I was bummed when I read that the subject for the image was suppose to be …

One story:  Two Stars This assignment was fun.  I instantly thought of another one of my favorite television shows.  I think for people who have seen the show the four icons will make it easy to guess the story, but for those who have only heard of it may have …

Six-Word Memoir: 3 stars This assignment was a little bit more challenging than the other I have done.  I thought about what I wanted, something that is important to me and plays a large role in my life.  Shocker I chose books.  From there I thought about what books mean to me …

Your Big Break: 3 Stars This assignment was to design an album cover for a band I am in.  My band would play indie music because it is the genre I am into right now.  I chose a title and album cover that reflects my interest in books.  For the …

Alternate Book Cover: 3 Stars Another book cover!  This assignment involved taking a well known book and create a different cover for it with a different story to it.  I chose Harry Potter (I did not pick a specific one, just the series in general). I went with a literal …

How to…: 3 Stars This assignment had me pick a character from a tv show, movie, or the like an make a “how to” book based on that person. The person I chose was Lorelai Gilmore from the television show Gilmore Girls.  She has a strong personality and character.  She …

Snuggled up in a blanket: Evokes both cold and warm and cozy at the same time! This photograph has a BALANCE through the use of COLOR.  The brown shoes, white socks, and  blue pants balance the brown hair, white skin, and blue part of the blanket, with the red of the …

Color: Has visual impacts on the viewer and vary in tone, shade, and light.  It can create mood or emphasis depending on combination and organization. This image uses color to create interest and to catch the eye of the viewer.  The colors and tones used do this while still allowing …

Week 5 flew by!  It started off with creating a group for a radio show and come up with a team name.  I am now part of The 5th Dimension! @cogdog : @l_hampson23 @caseyragg @rwyrough @dylangott1 and I are called 5th dimension! — Fairuz Maggio(@fairuzmaggio) February 15, 2013 We were …

Averaging Concepts Using Flickr: 3 stars I was a little skeptical after reading this assignment.  All the examples looked kind of the same.  I decided to give it a try because it involved using techniques I have never used before.  I downloaded bulkr and then typed the word “chocolate” into the …

I made 3 different sets on my flickr.  For my Best of the Best set I chose to include all of my daily creates.  I love doing these and I think they challenge my creativity, mind, and skills.  I am trying to get across a story of growth and learning. …

Common Everyday Object: 2 stars The first thing I thought of when looking to do this assignment was power cords and chargers because they seem to be running my life.  They are everywhere and I trip on them and untangle them constantly.  However cords are what was used in the …

Splash the Color: 3 stars  These are some of my favorite photographs.  I love how the “splash” of color POPS out because of the black and white background.  I took a lot of different photos when doing this assignment.  A first I thought I wanted to use people, but after …

Valentine’s Day Caption Challenge: 3 stars After going through the blank card on the assignment’s flickr set I chose one that did not have as many submissions.  I also liked that the girl in the card was holding a blank sheet of paper, I figured I could do something with that. …

Buddy Photo: 2 stars When I first read this assignment I was excited because I have done this a number of times with stuffed animals.  Knowing that I decided to make the task a little more challenging… Instead of a small “buddy” I went with my 5 foot tall stuffed …

I started my photoblitz at 7:28 and finished at 7:48.  Because I am home sick and cannot leave the house I was forced to do the assignment in my house.  If I could have I would have gone to a book store or coffee shop.  I think both would have …

Photography is more than simply taking a photo.  I learned a lot of great tips from the book TEN, with tips listed on the assignment sheet!  TIP: Change My Perspective By Changing Yours: Find different and unique points of view. Look down, up, lay down on the ground. Seek perspectives of lines. …

I was glad to find out that this week was audio storytelling.  I was a little worried before hand because, lucky me, a pimple broke out on my face and I was not looking forward to any visual recordings.  Anyway… While listening to descriptions of audio storytelling by Ira Glass …

When I first started listening to the DS106 Radio (unfortunately not live …)  I was the only listener.   #ds106 currently the only listener on @ds106radio — Casey (@caseyragg) February 10, 2013 It started with 3 songs and then went into a story about running.  I enjoyed the back and forth interaction the …

My first try at an audio story with just sound effects.  Its only 30 seconds long, but I used a lot of different sounds! I knew I wanted o use foot steps as one of my sounds for my story.  From there it just kind of took off.  Originally I …

Check this out! It’s called a bumper and could be used on the DS106 Radio! Having a “how to” video was super helpful when I went about doing this with sound files and audactiy.  At first I thought I might just use a sound or sounds, but then I thought …

I think audio is extremely effective in telling a story.  The words, tones, sound effects, and so much more help to create the story and influence how the listener perceives it.  It makes the story interesting and make sense.  Audio can make ideas clear, emphasize points, grab the listener, create suspense, paint a picture, …