Audio Storytelling
For this assignment, I watched 2 videos with Jad Abumrad: How Radio Creates Empathy and Digital Shamanism and Old-Fashioned, Newfangled Storytelling Magic. I also listened to “Moon Graffiti” on Soundcloud. […]
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Brainstorming Ideas
When I was trying to brainstorm radio show ideas, I came up with a couple good ones in my opinion. The first one I thought of that relates to our […] -
You’re Listening to Ds106 Radio
For this assignment, I had to create a 10-30 second radio bumper. This was difficult for me because I had no idea how to create a radio bumper. I looked […] -
The Amusement Park!!
For my last audio assignment bank, I had to do Sound Effects Story, which has a value of 3 stars. I had to tell a story using nothing but sound […] -
Do You Hear The Beach?
Another audio assignment bank I did was Create a Place, which has 4 stars. I had to create a place using just sounds. I chose to create the beach. I […] -
Daily Creates
Here are my 3 daily creates this week! -
Satisfying Sounds
For this audio assignment bank, I did A Collection Of Your Favorite Sounds, which had a 2 star value. I picked 5 of my favorite sounds that I enjoy hearing, […] -
Listening to the DS106 Radio was a Crazy Experience!
On Monday, I listened to the ds106 radio and participated in a live “tweet-along.” I tweeted the whole time about all of the different sounds and voices I heard, and […] -
Radio Show Ideas
Here are some of my ideas for a collaborative radio show! share funny stories/memories from our childhood talk about our highs and lows of college – favorite memories, hardest assignments, hardest classes, friends we made, etc. talk about our majors – what we love about it, what we hate, how people reacted when we told […] -
Live Tweeting
This was my first time live tweeting while listening to something. The story itself was super creepy and kind of made me question my own dreams and why they happen. The sounds in this story were so unique to the time period, from the static of the microphone, to the old school sound effects used. […] -
Just Working Things
When thinking about what my daily life sounds like, I though a lot about my work life. I work retail and getting up and going to work is a DRAG, but ya know, gotta get that $$. So, I thought it would be funny to make a shortened version of my daily struggle to get […] -
Woke Up Like This Remix!!
For my first audio assignment bank, I chose to do Rap Remix, which has a value of 3 stars. I had to take a popular rap song and rewrite the […] -
Ted Talk
For my third assignment for this week, I chose to do a Ted Talk. The assignment was to listen to the way the speaker emphasized words and pauses, and try to recreate it using his speech. I’m always super nervous when it comes to public speaking, so this was definitely something that I needed practice […] -
When ~Corona~ Ends
In the assignment bank this week, there was an assignment to change a rap song lyrics to post apocalyptic lyrics. I got the idea to change the “post apocalyptic” part to something Covid-19 related. This song came on the radio a few months ago and I substituted “September” with “Corona” and thought it would be […] -
80’s Radio Commercial
Below is my version of an ad on an 80’s radio commercial! I had background music that was popular in the 80’s and found a product that is actually becoming popular again! -
Radio Bumper
Here is my radio bumper for ds106 radio! It was definitely a little strange making this. I tried to make my voice as smooth as possible (like most radio dj’s) but tried to make it fun and upbeat! -
Sound and Stories
After listening to Moon Grafiti, it is evident what a key role sound plays in our ability to visualize information. Sound has the ability to set moods and create emotions. When listening to Moon Grafiti, I felt like I was there, in that moment, listening to them. The sound was so raw and real, the […] -
A Week In My Life #4
This week was pretty good with assignments. I had a lot of fun and got to be very creative. First, I did 12 stars of visual assignment banks. I did […] -
My Photography Skills Are Improving!
For this assignment, I read Telling Stories in Photos and tried to find examples of the different points and analyze them in photos I have taken. This picture I took […] -
Visual Storytelling
I would say I take a lot of photos of myself (selfies) and things that are worth having a picture of for memories or that are funny. I will take […] -
Poetry Poster
For my last visual assignment bank, I chose Poetry Art, which has a value of 3.5 stars. I had to use one of my favorite poems and create a poster […] -
Daily Creates #3
This week, we had to do 3 daily creates. The first one I did was on Saturday, and it was to create a card or note to get you out […] -
Photoblitz
Where I live is SUPER boring. I live on a pretty busy road so there’s no where I can really walk to take pictures and I was unable to devote the time this week to get out to a park due to my work and school schedule. So, with that in mind, please enjoy my […] -
7 Photos in 20 Minutes… GO!
For this assignment, I did the 20 minute Photoblitz. I was assigned 7 tasks to take pictures of and I had to do it in 20 minutes. Here were my […] -
My Lil Kitties
For my next visual assignment bank, I chose Your Love For Your Pet (Or Any Other Animal That You Love), which had a value of 3 stars. I had to […] -
Breaking News: Beyoncé In Walmart?!
For my second visual assignment bank, I chose to do Pop Star Out Of Place, which had 3.5 stars. I had to take a picture of a pop star and […] -
Self Collage
For my first visual assignment bank, I chose You In Collage Form, which had 2 stars. I had to create a collage with images and words that describe me or […] -
You’re Doing It Wrong
For as many times as I say this phrase, I don’t have a lot of pictures to laugh at or reference when I think about this sentence. But, I was able to dig up a super old photo of a carseat strapped to the top of a van in the Walmart parking lot… Lots of […] -
8 Bit Pic
Below is an 8 bit picture of me attending an art exhibit at Artech House in DC. I had no clue what an 8 bit picture was before this assignment but after finding a website to convert the images, it took some trial and error to find a picture that looked semi-normal when converted. I […] -
Marine in Wonderland
Pictured below is my best friend, Marine. This assignment was to make something seem out of proportion. For some reason, my mind immediately went to the Smurfs (idk why because I haven’t seen or thought of Smurfs in years…) so I wanted to incorporate a mushroom for some reason. I went through a bunch of […]
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