True Life : DS106 Poster “Step Into The Jungle”
by Zarar Ahmed
June 16, 2011
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A Final Post Describing How Amazing DS106 Is!
So I decided to take this class in the summer session to fulfill my ALPP Gen Ed requirement. I had never heard of this class before and quite frankly had no idea what to expect. I couldnt get in touch with anyone who had taken it before, and hadn’t a clue about the professor. Then […] -
I Present to you…
….. my final DS106 video project. I had previously decided to do the Movie Trailer Mashup, but the idea of putting together scenes from a series of the same movie intrigued me even more. So what I’ve done is taken the 5 trailers of the Final Destinations movies, took scenes from the trailers and put […] -
America…. God Or No God?
So for perhaps the final This American Life we listen and respond to for DS106, I listened to the hour long show on Godless America, a thoughtful and entertaining segment, but unlike the others we have listened to so far in class. The show gave a closer look to the controversial divide of Church and […] -
After Much Ado…
So after thought, since this is the final project after all, I decided to do the Movie Trailer Mashup for the Video Storytelling Assignment. Yes, this is gonna be difficult and challenging, but I wanted to tackle something tough as I exit this course, and hopefully it can turn out be at least decent. I’m […] -
Web Story: Twist off of Textfromlastnight
After much trouble and problems, I finally finished my web story. I manipulated the website textsfromlastnight.com, and changed the theme of the texts to “Texts from the nursing home”, basically showing funny texts that senior citizens would omit, instead of the usual college student and young adults who appear on the site. I had trouble […] -
Switched At Birth, another TAL exclusive…
Well before I started to listen to this 4th episode of This American Life, the preview and title just seemed enticing and very interesting. “On a summer day in 1951, two baby girls were born in a hospital in small-town Wisconsin. The infants were accidentally switched, and went home with the wrong families.” That caption […] -
Third Time’s…. not a charm…
Well, lets just say this was my least favorite of the three This American Life episodes I have heard so far. Just unusual and weird stories seemed to be my thoughts as I listened to the 59 minutes of audio of this one, perhaps expecting more because of the complexity and excitement of the previous […] -
A Rainy Day at the Ballgame
So this was my quick, all-sound-effect story that got me started working with Audacity. It was tough putting it together at first, but became easier as I got the hang of it. Still have to play around with the editing tools though…. So the story portrayed here is of a baseball game, and its highs […] -
Cast Away
So this happened to be my third project, and I decided to do the Four Icon visual project. Simple enough, you had to simplify a movie of your choice into four icons/clipart that could define or symbolize in as many choices. I chose to do the famous Tom Hanks movie “Cast Away” where he ends ... -
I Swear You Two Look Alike…
For the final project, I wanted to complete something that has always been an interest of mine and that fascinates me: when people tend to have doppelgangers, or celeb look-alikes. When I saw the option of completing that as a project, I took the chances and pulled the trigger. My friend Mohamed has, for a […] -
The American Life: Cruelty of Children
So after our first listen to the series “This American Life” which dealt with the college lifestyle and Penn State as a party school, the second episode I listened to was quite different, and interesting to say the least. It dealt with the object and base of power in the hands of adolescents . Ira ... -
The Big Caption
The second of my projects for the week, this one took some thought and time, but I thought it was painless and fun at the same time. Enjoy. -
On This Day
This is my first project, completed. I basically created a google-esque version of my name and played with gif and jpeg images to associate an event that happened on my birthday, July 28, in history with the name. Here it is, lemme know what you guys t... -
A look into the social scene of colleges in the US…
An sixty-eight minute listen to the radio series This American Life, and the specific episode, “#1 Party School” really gave me a good first impression of the show and I enjoyed the show, expecting more of the same in the future. But this episode touched on a topic dear to many of us college students: ... -
Preparing myself for a tech-filled week…
by Zarar Ahmed May 23, 2011It’s always kind of hard choosing a selective amount of projects or anything out of a larger collective bunch, but after some further deliberation and decision-making, I decided the 4 projects I would like to work on this upcoming week in DS106: 1. On This Day: This design project was simply too tempting ... -
Fitness Is Life, A Five Card Story
Five Card Story: Fitness is Life a Five Card Flickr story created by Zarar flickr photo by krutscjo flickr photo by krutscjo flickr photo by krutscjo flickr photo by bionicteaching flickr photo by hummingcrow He realized it was time. The regular Mickie D’s diet had to go after taking a look at himself. So some ... -
Tweet Check
by Zarar Ahmed May 19, 2011Trying to connect twitter with my DS106 blog… -
Whattup DS106!
Three days into class, and its been up and down, with blogs not working, my laptop hasnt been able to connect with the university’s internet, yet gotta stay optimistic. I’ve definitely learned some things, and at least know now of the struggles of web domaining and hosting services, and can tell you something about WordPress ... -
Hey Guys!
by Zarar Ahmed May 18, 2011First post, trying to see if everything is alive and kicking. -
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