Final Project: The Blue Girl

Final Project: The Blue Girl

by saratmcd

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December 12, 2014

On a windy Wednesday evening, in another galaxy, on a planet called Triste, a little girl was born. She was the length of a human forearm, very plump, had green eyes and a huge smile. She was a healthy, happy… Continue Reading →
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Weekly Summary 13 & 14

by saratmcd

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November 30, 2014

These weeks were the most stressful of the semester, by far. Not just because of the mashup assignments, but also because in the middle of week 13, my laptop charger broke. And my laptop was dead. My MacBook is an older… Continue Reading →
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Tutorial for Conversation with Myself

by saratmcd

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November 30, 2014

This assignment was incredibly daunting and difficult to start. I could have used some help figuring it out, so I figured it’d be most helpful to do a tutorial on this assignment. That being said, before you begin reading, I… Continue Reading →
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10 Second Mashup

by saratmcd

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November 30, 2014

For my second online assignment, I chose to do the 10 second mashup assignment (3 stars) where you combine four of your favorite songs, but condense them down to only 10 seconds altogether. For this assignment, I just took songs from… Continue Reading →
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Remixing a DS106 assignment

by saratmcd

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November 30, 2014

For my task to use the Remix Generator on the DS106 Assignment bank, my random remix was to Dr. Suess an existing assignment: which was to turn a normal picture into a cartoon! I chose to take a classic, Mr.… Continue Reading →
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Alan Goes on Vacation

by saratmcd

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November 30, 2014

This assignment I, surprisingly, didn’t find as difficult as it seems a lot of people did. I had a bit of fun with the spaces we were to fill in, and Popcorn Mash up maker didn’t error more than twice.… Continue Reading →
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Jackson Five Techno Viking

by saratmcd

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November 30, 2014

For my first mashup assignment, I chose to do the Techno Viking Music Video assignment (5 stars). First, I downloaded the original techno viking video, then the difficult part came: what to pair it with? I tried to go for something… Continue Reading →
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Weekly Summary 11&12

by saratmcd

| Syndicated
November 16, 2014

Oh my goodness, not only were these past two weeks stressful in DS106 world, but I had a super important, need-a-good-grade-on-this-to-pass, project/test/presentation/etc. in every single one my classes. Yes, that required bold & italics. I’m so happy these weeks are… Continue Reading →
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Daily Creates

by saratmcd

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November 16, 2014

I only completed 4/6 of the Daily Creates since I was too flustered with all the other video assignments. Here they are: Daily Create for 11/11: I designed a flag for my country if I had one. Read more on… Continue Reading →
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Time-lapse Tea

by saratmcd

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November 16, 2014

For my last assignment, I chose to do the “activity time-lapse” assignment (3.5 stars). The point of this was to videotape some sort of activity you do or some specific task and then speed it up. I chose to film… Continue Reading →
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Having a (really exciting) Conversation with Myself

by saratmcd

| Syndicated
November 16, 2014

So this weeks mandatory assignment was to film a conversation with myself (5 stars). And it was a lot more difficult than I thought it would be. I wasn’t sure what I wanted to talk about, so I figured I’d just… Continue Reading →
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Vine it!

by saratmcd

| Syndicated
November 16, 2014

For another video assignment this week, I chose do to the Vine it! Assignment (3 stars). For this, I chose to vine myself making macaroni and cheese for dinner. I’ve been familiar with vine for awhile, but I deleted it… Continue Reading →
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That Bleeping Censor

by saratmcd

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November 16, 2014

For one of my Video Assignments this week, I chose to do the Bleeping Censor Assignment (5 stars). For this assignment, I spent most of the time just trying to find a video with a lot of cursing in it. Unfortunately, the… Continue Reading →
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Name That Book!

by saratmcd

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November 11, 2014

For one of my video assignments I chose to do the Name That Book assignment: “For this assignment, use the app Vine to visually create a book title. Find objects, landmarks, or think of some other creative way to verbally… Continue Reading →
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Three Time Review

by saratmcd

| Syndicated
November 2, 2014

I chose to watch the “300 This Is Sparta” scene. 1) Watching without sound. You can tell there is some sort of confrontation by the acting, but the positioning of the characters was well though-out as there are a line of… Continue Reading →
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Weekly Summary 9

by saratmcd

| Syndicated
October 27, 2014

This week was quite overwhelming, so I didn’t have much time to get a lot of the assignments done. My phone has water damage, so it hasn’t been working which has made it difficult to take pictures and keep up… Continue Reading →
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YouTube it Your Way

by saratmcd

| Syndicated
October 27, 2014

For my next web assignment, I chose to do Youtube it Your Way. For this assignment, I used the X-Ray Goggles again to edit the coding on the page and change the title, description and Youtuber. I chose to use… Continue Reading →
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Dream Vacation

by saratmcd

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October 27, 2014

For one of my chosen assignments for this week, I chose to do the Create Your Dream Vacation on Pinterest Assignment because, why the heck not?! Follow Sara’s board Dream Vacation for DS106 on Pinterest. It goes without saying that… Continue Reading →
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Storytelling within the Web

by saratmcd

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October 26, 2014

Chins for the Win: Chinchillas Could Dominate the World For the Storytelling within the Web Assignment, I knew I wanted to re-make a news article of sorts. I wasn’t sure where to go from there, so it took a while… Continue Reading →
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Create Your Own Assignment

by saratmcd

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October 25, 2014

Beyond The Headlines For creating my own assignment, I decided I wanted to do a writing one since those are my favorite to do myself. I wanted to make people get a bit crafty and have fun, so I thought… Continue Reading →
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Tutorial: Reverse Audio Quiz

by saratmcd

| Syndicated
October 25, 2014

In order to successfully complete the Reverse Audio Quiz assignment, you will first have to download Audacity, which will take a bit getting used to, but once you’re familiar with that it’s not too difficult. Now either download an mp3 you… Continue Reading →
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Weekly Summary #8

by saratmcd

| Syndicated
October 19, 2014

I’m so happy to be done with the radio show and really proud of it! I worked hard on my segment trying to edit it to make it as spooky as possible. As you may know from my work this semester,… Continue Reading →
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Reverse Audio Quiz

by saratmcd

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October 18, 2014

For another audio assignment, I chose to do the Reverse Audio Quiz (2.5 stars). It took me a while to figure out how to reverse a song on editing software, but once I moved from Garageband to Audacity the process was a… Continue Reading →
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Polyphony: Itsy Bitsy Spider

by saratmcd

| Syndicated
October 18, 2014

For one of my chosen audio assignments, I picked “Row Row Polyphony“: (2.5 stars) An imitative polyphony can best be described as when you were younger in music class and the teacher would have one side of the class start singing… Continue Reading →
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Weekly Summary 7

by saratmcd

| Syndicated
October 12, 2014

For this short week, I created a logo for our radio show, met with my radio show group, and decided on a format for our show. Here’s my logo: I found the background photo of the spider web just… Continue Reading →
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Weekly Summary #6

by saratmcd

| Syndicated
October 5, 2014

Is it just me or was this week suuper busy? I completed most of this week’s work by Friday, and yet I still sat down six hours ago to finish two more assignments and I’m just finishing up now! Design assignments take… Continue Reading →
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Daily Creates

by saratmcd

| Syndicated
October 5, 2014

This week I managed to complete all four Daily Create’s! Woo hoo. 9/29: First, I completed TDC995- “The pirates have landed…” “…and they stole Kim Kardashian’s ‘booty'” I realize this was very immature, but I thought it was kind of… Continue Reading →
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“Design Safari”

by saratmcd

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October 5, 2014

I had a bit of trouble this week in regards to finding “design” in everyday life. I’ve never been a very organized, minimalistic person, so it’s hard for me to observe places, signs, houses, etc. and see designs. The assignment… Continue Reading →
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Name That Single

by saratmcd

| Syndicated
October 5, 2014

For my final design assignment, I chose to do “Name That Single” (2 stars): Create a design for a favorite song by using just simple designs and NO WORDS…Basically a design assignment with the rules in charades. I decided to use… Continue Reading →
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Throwback “Riddle”

by saratmcd

| Syndicated
October 5, 2014

For the “Throwback Riddle” assignment (2 stars), I had a hard time thinking of riddles from my childhood that I could also find icons for. So, instead I decided to go for the option of using an everyday phrase. I… Continue Reading →
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