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  1. rockylou22

    RLP Under Construction

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    August 2013 GIF Challenge #6:  Sophisticate Your Own, Personal “Under Construction” GIF or  DS106 AnimatedGIFAssignments911 The Rockylou Productions logo was created by my daughter, Amber Lockridge, as a surprise gift for me back in October of 2012. It was fun to animate our webheader to create this Under Construction GIF.  It was a simple cut, copy […]
  2. rockylou22

    Rockin’ The Rocks in 3D

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    Another kind of GIF that you can make is a Stereo Wigglegram GIF. You take two pictures that are almost the same except they are taken from two slightly different angles. When they are viewed your brain puts them together into one picture that has a 3D effect. Talky Tina’s DS106  August 2013 GIF Challenge #11: Get […]
  3. rockylou22

    Ewwww… Brain!

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    Talky Tina’s DS106 animated GIF challenge August 2013 GIF Challenge #10: Monster Chiller Horror Theatre 3D Style GIF for today was to: …look for a part of a scene in a 3D type movie where the thing comes right out of the screen at you.  Find a way to emphasize the moving of the thing out of the screen […]
  4. rockylou22

    Technology is Great! (When it works.)

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    Technology is great… when it works. And keeping the DS106.us site up and running has been a labor of love and a real pain at times – especially this week.  So Talky Tina’s August 2013 Animated GIF Challenge #9 was to make an animated GIF celebrating the behind the scenes work that keeps the ds106.us […]
  5. rockylou22

    Hula Hot Seat

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    Want to get fit without leaving your chair?  According to infomercial star Tamara Henry, the Hawaii Chair is for you. “It takes the work out of your work-out.” by hula-ing your way to fitness.

    See update below for V2: “Groom Does The Hula Hot Seat Happy Dance”

    DS106 GIF challenge

  6. rockylou22

    Slide on in to DS106

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    How do you go about promoting an open-online course in digital storytelling that anyone can join at anytime from anywhere?  With an animated GIF promo poster! As my contribution to August 2013 GIF Challenge #3  from @IamTalkyTina I wanted my poster to promote DS106 with a creative example of digital storytelling in action.  There is explicit […]
  7. rockylou22

    Groom – Outta This World With joy

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    Today’s DS106 animated GIF challenge was Assignment 1001.  We are asked to take the template GIF of Jim Groom dancing and add a background and foreground, to make him dance in an interesting place.  The title of the assignment “Dancing Jim All Over The World”  inspired my GIF of dancing on top of the earth, as well as one […]
  8. rockylou22

    Engineering Headless Rockylou

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    UPDATED POST: I can’t believe I didn’t hear some smack talk with respect to my originally published version of this GIF.  What was I thinking? Not including DS106? I’ve fixed it!!!! TalkyTina Hulka has given the Headless ds106 Fall 2013 participants an animated GIF challenge for the month of August.  Her first “assignment” was for […]
  9. rockylou22

    Head of State Haiku

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    Today’s DS106 daily create tdc568 is to write a nonpolitical Haiku about your nation’s head of state.  How can you write or talk about your nation’s head of state without mentioning politics?  I am personally uncomfortable talking politics in any form unless I already know that the audience or person …

  10. rockylou22

    DS106 ‘Mad World’ Challenge

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    Hangin’ out waitin’ for the Headless ds106 to begin at the end of August? Care to join me in the fun of creating a parody remix/mashup of the song “Mad World” by Gary Jules, but with new ds106 centered lyrics? You get me new lyrics, I’ll record them and then pull together media to create a video ...
  11. rockylou22

    DS106zone Reflections – LouDown EP33

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    Hey there!  Rockylou is back home and hosting what is most likely her last DS106zone LoDown – or the LouDown as I’m calling it now – since she took over the duties from ScottLo last week. I’ve enjoyed my time in this whirlwind 5 weeks of the DS106 Summer 2013 …

  12. rockylou22

    The Devil’s Hairground (EP:30)

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    Rockylou Productions will be guest hosting today’s LouDown EP:30, by giving the DS106zone participants an opportunity to listen to The Devil’s Hairground podcast referenced in past episodes of the LoDown [EP17 & EP23]. This is episode 4 of Amber’s Obruni (white person) adventures as an AFS exchange student to Takoradi, Ghana, Africa in 2000. In ...
  13. rockylou22

    Rockylou On The Road (EP:29)

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    Scottlo has totally disappeared now.  He’s not even posting to his Scottlo Radio Blog. Maybe he really has joined a guerilla sect in the Syrian civil war [EP27] and is arming rebel groups instead of arming us with his audio tips and tricks. How is it that Rockylou has become the “official” coordinator for the remainder of the ...
  14. rockylou22

    Lo & The Lou LoDown on Self-Reflections: (EP:28)

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    As scottlo fades into the airwaves and twitter feeds [EP:25] Rockylou has stepped up once again to fill in on the LoDown. Jim Groom and Mikhail Gershovich posited a number of theories yesterday in episode 27 for Scott’s sudden and unexplained departure – from joining a rebel group to getting a much deserved PAID gig with one of ...
  15. rockylou22

    LoDown with The Lou (EP:26)

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    This is Rockylou unexpectedly stepping up to host episode 26 of the DS106zone LoDown.  Yesterday, sadly, Scottlo signed off for the last time as host of the LoDown. It was a question of time and the constant demand to produce for us something interesting and of value everyday.  I personally wish him the best as ...
  16. rockylou22

    Reflecting on DS106

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    Prompted by comments and discussions with scottlo, our DS106 audio mentor, I’ve taken the time to reflect upon and record my thoughts and impressions with the University Mary Washington open online course in digital story telling. I find that the open, collaborative, and sometimes chaotic nature of the course allows for a tremendous amount of creativity ...
  17. rockylou22

    Low down on the LoDown 17

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    Here’s a picture of what went on technically behind the scenes to create the LoDown Episode 17 podcast. 1. Preparation My daughter and I talked about what we might like to do and what format to use. The interview format appealed to both of us. I jotted down some concepts and themes that I wanted ...

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