Visual Assignment Idea

Visual Assignment Idea

by Scott Plunkett

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March 12, 2012

Came across the picture posted below and thought it would be perfect for a visual assignment. It looks awesome and wouldn’t be too hard to edit something like that so I decided to submit it to the ds106 visual assignment … Continue reading →
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Down to the Wire

by Scott Plunkett

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March 11, 2012

This radio show project has been quite an experience for me. Being an online student I had some trouble finding a group at first, but after a couple of tweets looking for a group I was able to work with … Continue reading →
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Daily Creates

by Scott Plunkett

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March 11, 2012

Looking back I cant seem to find my post with last weeks daily creates (I swear I did one), so I’m going to be throwing them in here as well. 2/28 – Record a sound of an animal you’d like … Continue reading →
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Audio Show Update

by Scott Plunkett

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March 6, 2012

The past couple of days things have been really starting to get rolling with our radio show. Ben Rimes just posted his “interview” segment with Jim Groom about the accusations of DS106 becoming a cult. I plan on finishing my … Continue reading →
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Visual Assignment Idea

by Scott Plunkett

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March 2, 2012

Earlier today my friend showed me this collection of pictures taken of dogs “mid shake” (pictures below) It gave me a perfect idea for a new Visual Assignment- Take a picture that catches something mid action, and makes it appear … Continue reading →
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Radio Show Update

by Scott Plunkett

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March 1, 2012

So after the first few days of scrambling to find a ds106radio group to work with, I ended up with Ben Rimes and Michael B Smith (both have already blown me out of the water when it comes to creative … Continue reading →
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My Big Thursday

by Scott Plunkett

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February 27, 2012

Meant to write a blog about this earlier, but as I’ve said I ran into some computer problems. Thursday was a pretty stellar day overall for me, so I figured I would share my day. First, I got a computer … Continue reading →
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Daily Creates from 2/19-2/25

by Scott Plunkett

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February 27, 2012

Here are my 3 creates from this past week. I had a lot of trouble with loading the New post page in wordpress, but think I have it resolved now (re installed my browser). 2/20-Record a sound that represents an … Continue reading →
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Daily Creates from this past week

by Scott Plunkett

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February 20, 2012

Here are my Daily Create’s from 2/13-2/19. It was a pretty busy week for me, but I got them all up. Monday- A picture eating food in an unusual way. I went with one of my favorites: dry Ramen Tuesday- … Continue reading →
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Daily Creates from this past week

by Scott Plunkett

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February 20, 2012

Here are my Daily Create’s from 2/13-2/19. It was a pretty busy week for me, but I got them all up. Monday- A picture eating food in an unusual way. I went with one of my favorites: dry Ramen Tuesday- … Continue reading →
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Design Assign – The Little Caption

by Scott Plunkett

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February 20, 2012

So for my last design assignment I chose to do the Little Caption assignment by Donn King. I instantly knew which picture from my flickr that I was going to use. Not sure exactly what was going through my mind … Continue reading →
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Design Assign – Postcards From Magical Places

by Scott Plunkett

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February 20, 2012

This assignment was to create a postcard from a fictional place from a story or movie. I always thought about the non heroes in movies such as Lord of the Rings and Star Wars so I chose to write a … Continue reading →
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Design Assign – DS106, The Movie

by Scott Plunkett

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February 19, 2012

Saw this assignment by Linda McKenna and knew I could have some creative fun with it. The basic assignment idea is to edit a movie poster to give it a ds106 theme. After spending awhile aimlessly looking for a good … Continue reading →
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Design Assign – Re-brand ‘Em

by Scott Plunkett

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February 18, 2012

Got another design assignment done. Decided to go with the “Re-brand ‘Em” assignment by Chris Randles. The assignment was to change around or re-create a logo for a well known company. I mixed up the Target logo with a darts … Continue reading →
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Design Assign – Remixed Game Covers

by Scott Plunkett

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February 17, 2012

Saw this design assignment from the one and only Jim Groom himself and instantly knew what I wanted to do for it. Decided to “remix” the cover of one of my favorite childhood games, Harvest Moon, by making the oh-so-clever … Continue reading →
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Design Assign- DS106 Propaganda Poster

by Scott Plunkett

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February 17, 2012

Just got my (very) late start on this week’s design assignments (3/15 stars) with a fun one posted by Daniel Zimmerman. The assignment was to create a propaganda poster that could be used on ds106ers. I chose to alter the … Continue reading →
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This Week’s Daily Creates

by Scott Plunkett

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February 12, 2012

This week all of the daily creates were photographs. I posted up to Feb 8th, but the ds106.us site was getting a bit cluttered so Groom asked us to just post our daily creates in one weekly post instead of … Continue reading →
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Visual Assign- Stick Figures and Sticky Situations

by Scott Plunkett

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February 11, 2012

Thought this visual assignment looked like a simple, yet fun, way to close out my 10 stars for the week. The assignment was to simple take a picture of nature and photoshop a stick figure into it somewhere. While at … Continue reading →
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Visual Assign- The TED talk we’ve all been waiting for

by Scott Plunkett

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February 11, 2012

This visual assignment was to create a scene from a TED talk given by a fictional character. I thought a bit about what unreal thing I would love to see become possible in a TED talk, and quickly thought a … Continue reading →
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Visual Assign- Comic Book Effect

by Scott Plunkett

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February 11, 2012

I had a lot of fun with this visual assignment. It was basically to find a picture and play around with it to make it look like a cartoon. I used an online editor to make it look like a … Continue reading →
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Visual Assign – Parent/Child headswap

by Scott Plunkett

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February 11, 2012

This visual assignment is pretty simple, swap the head of a parent and their child in a picture. I couldnt find a good baby picture, so I chose a picture of my brother and mom from this past fall. I … Continue reading →
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Visual Assign- Play in the Big Leagues

by Scott Plunkett

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February 10, 2012

For my second visual assignment of the week (3/10 stars after this, I have a ways to go) I decided to do the “Play in the Big Leagues” assignment. The assignment is to simply replace the faces of high level … Continue reading →
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Feb 8th Daily Create

by Scott Plunkett

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February 8, 2012

So today’s daily create was to “create a photograph that represents the happiest or most memorable moment in your life.” If you’ve been reading any of my posts so far you know running is a big part of my life, … Continue reading →
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“Splash The Color” Visual Assignment- It’s all in the shoes

by Scott Plunkett

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February 7, 2012

This week for digital storytelling we must complete 10 stars worth of Visual Assignments. I saw Alan Levine’s “Splash the Color” Assignment and had the perfect idea for a picture. Ever since I arrived at Mary Washington I’ve participated in … Continue reading →
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Daily Create Feb 7- “clutter”

by Scott Plunkett

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February 7, 2012

Today’s daily create topic was “Share an image of a place that you lose things in your house.” I’m currently living in a dorm on campus, so I just went ahead and assumed that would work. What to take the … Continue reading →
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Web 2.0 Story Experiment

by Scott Plunkett

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February 6, 2012

So waking up this morning I was doing my usual rounds through the web, and when I was checking out the ds106.us site I noticed I had completely forgotten to do the part two of the week 3 assignment. I … Continue reading →
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My thoughts on “Web 2.0?

by Scott Plunkett

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February 5, 2012

Before reading Tim O’Reilly’s “What is Web 2.0?” and Bryan Alexander’s “Web 2.0 Storytelling” I had never even heard of the term “Web 2.0″. I was feeling a bit lost after reading through the first paragraphs of O’Reilly’s article, but … Continue reading →
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Daily Create 26 – February 3rd

by Scott Plunkett

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February 3, 2012

Today’s daily create prompt was to “Take a picture of your feet that shows what kind of day you’re having.” For those who don’t know, I’m very into cross country and track, and tomorrow I have my first race since … Continue reading →
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Burnt Popcorn and plugins

by Scott Plunkett

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January 31, 2012

Just had about a 30 minute long fire drill right as I was starting to get ready to retire for the night. Nothing worse than the piercing sound of the alarm right as it goes off, disrupting the overall silence … Continue reading →
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This week’s TDCs

by Scott Plunkett

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January 29, 2012

Had some fun doing the daily creates this past week. Started the week on Tuesday with tdc016, which was to “photograph something generally considered ugly and make it beautiful.” I took a close up picture of an old dusty lamp … Continue reading →
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