ds106 Fall 2016
The syllabus for the Fall 2016 ds106 course is now online.
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Internet 106
ds106 is right around the corner, so I better start blogging about it again. I had a bunch of ideas about what to do this semester. I thought of using a superhero theme, something I still might run with at … Continue reading → -
Do the Funky Narmer
Some images are just asking to be GIFfed. Tom Woodward’s bionicteaching tumblr sometimes reblogs images from the Internet Archive Book Images’ Photostream, an awesome resource. When I saw this image this morning, I couldn’t resist: http://bionicteaching.tumblr.com/post/147865024853/image-from-page-250-of-osiris-and-the-egyptian The image is a … Continue reading → -
Same as it ever was
@ds106dc #tdc1646 My response for Today’s #ds106 Daily Create is “And you may tell yourself …” pic.twitter.com/N0Mm4ORn8C — paul bond (@phb256) July 11, 2016 I always liked Magritte. It was nice to see him acknowledged in today’s Daily Create. The … Continue reading → -
âIt beats pickinâ cottonâ
Today’s Daily Create was to print out a Youtube video: #ds106 #dailycreate #tdc1634 Print Out a YouTube Video https://t.co/d5jmj31xzo pic.twitter.com/WqpY6zlerL — ds106 Daily Create (@ds106dc) June 29, 2016 The first thing I thought of was what was perhaps the pinnacle … Continue reading → -
After Effects roulette
I’ve been playing with Adobe After Effects lately. I had a kinetic typography idea that I never finished, so I started looking into animation tools. But then I got sidetracked with the idea of making something sort of 3D out … Continue reading → -
A Bava design
I saw Jim’s post about his t-shirt daily create and decided to steal his idea, ’cause that’s what I do. Basically I wanted to get more Bava in the bava logo. I like the idea of bringing imagery into lettering, … Continue reading → -
On Meatloaf, Mikey, and Life
Today’s Daily Create challenge was to create the “worst photoshopped photo ever.” But I’m still thinking of the tweet I saw yesterday: Reminder that Brian Eno was in a cat food ad: pic.twitter.com/XgASiLU350 — d a banks (@DA_Banks) May 23, … Continue reading → -
Hypertext in the â70s
Zach Whalen tweeted some quotes from an ancient documentary on hypertext: “…pristine and inviolate — but manifold and pluralistic. This web of interrelated texts is called a hypertext.”https://t.co/yxouNxmOVU — zach whalen (@zachwhalen) May 9, 2016 Hypertext: an Educational Experiment in … Continue reading → -
How-to from the #4life crew
As ds106 ends each semester, the class gives advice to future ds106ers. It’s a good reflective exercise, and it lets people have some idea of what they’re getting into. Everybody says it’s a lot of work, and most say it’s … Continue reading → -
The Black Hole
Today’s Daily Create builds on a Mashable story about Roy Stryker’s ruthless editing practices. During the Depression, he headed the Information Division of the Farm Security Administration, where he was in charge of documentary photography. If he didn’t like a … Continue reading → -
Apgar106
I’ve been thinking about how we could use Gardner Campbell’s Apgar test in ds106. He uses it as a way of taking the class temperature at the beginning of a session, a quick gauge of their collective readiness. It also … Continue reading → -
Week 14: Happy Trails
by John Starr, from Rangers Comics #54 http://digitalcomicmuseum.com/index.php?dlid=418 So here we are in the last weeks of the semester, about to ride off in the sunset of Western106. It’s been a great ride, and everyone should be proud of all the work they’ve done. I really appreciate the consistent creative energy people put into the Daily Creates, all the thoughtful … Read the rest
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Week 13: The Wild Wild Web
4/8/16 – 4/15/16For this week’s adventure, we’re going to play with web storytelling. This should be fun. I am going to quote extensively from the Open ds106 Course:
In this unit we move to a different kind of storytelling, one that uses the space of existing web sites as a place for you to assert your own stories. … Read the rest
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Remix, quick-draw style
Earlier today, Jim tweeted some pictures of architecture around his ‘hood. One in particular caught my eye: The crying eyes of Medusa. pic.twitter.com/WMMsHw0ZQ3 — Jim Groom (@jimgroom) April 2, 2016 Medusa makes me think Harryhausen, so I had to try … Continue reading → -
Canna Van Cleef
So this morning’s Metafiltering introduced me to Ostagram, which looked like an interesting tool for visual mashups. The question is, is this a tool normal people can use? There’s a link to Github, there’s a lot of what I think … Continue reading → -
Week 12: Remix & Mashup
4/1/16 – 4/8/16All work is due by midnight on 4/8/16
Make a Tutorial
This week’s main focus will be on mashups and remixes, but we also need to make tutorials. You may have noticed these in the Assignment Bank. Some assignments have them, some don’t. Was there an assignment that gave you trouble? Something that you had to … Read the rest
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Beetles and bugs
So I though I’d take another shot at randomizing a comic book story. This is part one of “The People Thieves” from Blue Beetle #53, as found on Destination Nightmare. I figured, “How can you go wrong with giant bugs?” … Continue reading → -
Fun with film
I like what people have done with their video essays this week. Many have commented that they are not used to looking at movies analytically, which is normal. We watch them for entertainment, not to think about how they are … Continue reading → -
Week 11: Rolling, rolling, rollingâŠ
By Joe Orlando, from Cowboy Western Comics #23 http://comicbookplus.com/?dlid=25956 Keep those tapes a-rollin’ Not that we do video on tape anymore, of course. We are doing a second week of video though.
Read through Making Movies the ds106 Way and all the subsections (You are not required to do the Foley assignment listed within.). Pay special attention to the information … Read the rest
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ds106 at its best
I think things like this are ds106 at its best. Kristopher took an existing assignment, put a #western106 twist on it and essentially made it a remix of the work the class has been doing this semester: Which DS106 Character … Continue reading → -
Week 10: Video killed the rodeo star
Thanks go out to the Video Group for their input this week.3/18 – 3/25
Reading movies
This week we’re moving from audio to video. While we have been looking at video all along, we’ve been focusing on different aspects – photography, sound, design – whereas now we’re going to look at cinematic camerawork, and how it all comes together.… Read the rest
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Trouvé ou fabriqué
I’ve been indulging my comic book fixation on and of for quite a while now. One of the things that interests me is the single panel, taken out of context. A fragment of a story. It can suggest all sorts … Continue reading → -
Week 9: Back on the Broadcast Again
Everyone worked through major projects these past weeks, so we’re going to take it a little bit easy this week and reflect on what the class has accomplished. Above, I talk a little about the upcoming week and a little about The Good, the Bad, and the Puppy, in which Alan shows us how it’s done.Radio Shows Broadcasting … Read the rest
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Plan to fail
Based on Jim’s recommendations, I thought I should read Blood Meridian. Since my time is limited, I picked up the audiobook version so I could listen on my commute. It’s not the best way to do any book, due to … Continue reading → -
Roadrunner ranch
For today’s Daily Create we had to make a sign for our ranch, as named by the Farm Name Generator. Mine came up with Roadrunner Vineyard, which was too easy to pass up. I went to the Noun Project to … Continue reading → -
Rustling the radio
Everybody made great progress with their radio shows before the break. It looks sounds like everything should come together without a hitch. We have a variety of programs in the works – a worldwide western news show, a murder mystery, … Continue reading → -
Dr. Roadrunner or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Daily Create
I recently finished listening to an audiobook of Cormac McCarthy’s Blood Meridian. There are thousands of great sentences in the book, but one quote jumped out at me in particular: So when I saw today’s Daily Create, I immediately had … Continue reading → -
Radio nostalgia
As we’re entering radio week in ds106, I started to think about my first venture into this project. I joined ds106 several years ago as an open online participant. Now I’m teaching it, so I guess the students has become … Continue reading → -
Weeks 7 & 8: Radio rodeo
by Gray Morrow, from All-Star Western #2 2/19/16 – 3/11/15
For weeks 7 and 8 we will be working on producing radio shows. The shows will be broadcast on ds106radio the week after they are due.
Group Radio Show Guidelines
The radio show will be a group project. You will have two weeks to complete the project, with Spring Break … Read the rest
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