Casting shadows
Today’s TDC asked us to make shadow art. Naturally my first thought was of The Shadow, but I didn’t want to just find an illustration on the web. Then it occurred to me to make audio art, of sorts. I … Continue reading
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On Three Months Running #DS106 Daily Creates in Parallel with #MYFest22
You know, like “two great tastes that go together great” (uh oh repeat metaphor alert) the end of August is the end of 3 month run of DS106 Daily Creates that were also set up as an activity for MYFest22. The latter was a 3 month series of “recharge and renewal experiences” coordinated by Equity […] -
“Trapped In a World He Never Made”
@ds106dc #tdc3862 My response for Today's #ds106 Daily Create is This is how Howard would do it. pic.twitter.com/xkKTJgpIuS — paul bond (@phb256) August 9, 2022 I only vaguely remember Peter and the Wolf, the subject of today’s Daily Create, from … Continue reading -
A MBS Recommendation
by ReverendAnimated GIFs, blogging, Console Living Room, digital storytelling, ds106, Film, MBS, pop-culture, Reclaim Today, Reclaim Video, ReclaimVideo, Syndicated, Teaching, umwconsoleJuly 18, 2022Last week I had the privilege of writing a recommendation for Michael Branson Smith to gain admission to the masters program in Interactive Data Visualization at the CUNY Graduate Center. And while I’m confident he will get into the program … Continue reading -
Videogriping
Back in the day, friend of ds106 John Johnston made some awesome supercuts using Videogrep: I always wanted to try it, but I could never get it to work. I have a hard time finding appropriate directions for doing any … Continue reading -
11-7@7-11
The oddest thing I found in a 7-11 store was a job. I worked the 11-7 shift in the summer when I was in college. What was odd, to me, was the way I got the job. A friend came … Continue reading -
brought to you by the Groom of the Stool
Today’s Daily Create asks us to make an antipodal tale – a story about side of the world. The opposite end of the planet from me is more or less Augusta, Western Australia. Its namesake is Prince Augustus Frederick, Duke … Continue reading -
Week 1 Summary
What an interesting start to this course I had. I have taken Digital Storytelling once before with a different professor, so I was anxious to see if the set up of the course with a new professor would be similar or different. After the fear of being p... -
Hey Siri, play Introducing Me from Camp Rock 2, by Nick Jonas
”Do-do-dododo-do”…for those of you who understand this ~iconic~ song and movie reference…thank you, you get me. For those of you who dont..thats awkward. Let me try again: Hi! I’m Grace ? I am super excited to create and share new content with my pals in Digital Storytelling this summer. Fun fact about me: this is the second time I am taking DS106 (oops!) and this time, I’m ready to do it right! This class is starting while I am on a family vacation at the beach (glass half full: hey, at least class starts while you are at the beach!! glass half empty: …ew sucks you are at the beach when class has to start) and I decided to take a little bit of advantage of this fact and add it into how I was saying hi to everyone. Take a look! -
Grand Finale
Avery is on her way home from another 12 hour shift at work. She’s tired of hearing the same music she has on shuffle, while she does love it, everything just feels monotonous. Instead of taking her regular route to work, she goes the long way, willingly sitting in traffic just to be out of […] -
In the Spotlight
Original DS 106: Newspaper Design (4 stars) Avery has won the competition! Her grandparents don’t really work well with the internet so she’s excited for them to get the morning paper to see what she has accomplished. Her, on the front page? Everyone knowing who she is? This is the complete reverse of what her […] -
Road Trip Mems
Original DS 106 Assignment: Two Image Graphic Spread (3 stars) Avery is beginning her 15 hours trek from Marfa, Texas to Sofi Stadium in California. She’s not sure how long it’ll really take or how much gas she’s going to spend, but it needs to be worth it. She was finally able to get a […] -
On the Road
Original DS 106 Assignment: Design A License Plate (3 1/2 stars) Avery is on her way to the finale! One thing they don’t tell you is that you need to make you’re own way there… I get the whole investing in yourself thing, but have you seen gas prices? Plus thats 15 HOUR drive. Avery […] -
Who’s Our Next Star?
Original DS 106 Assignment: Create A Commercial (5 stars) Step 1: Go to canva.com Here there are many templates to follow as a beginner to learn the basic of video editing. Step 2: Following the guidelines for this, I search for “YouTube video” and several templates pop up. I find a template that fits the […] -
Oh no! Now, what?
Original DS 106 Assignment: Design to Shock (4 stars) This is after Avery’s audition. She just auditioned with her favorite song She Will Be Loved by Maroon 5. This is the song she would listen as she got ready in the morning for school and whenever she studied or cleaned. This is a song she […] -
Audition Radio Ad!
Original DS 106 Assignment: Fictional Radio Ad (4 1/2) Avery is on her way home from another 12 hour shift at work. She’s tired of hearing the same music she has on shuffle, while she does love it, everything just feels monotonous. Instead of taking her regular route to work, she goes the long way, […] -
Lucky Number 4
PHEW, week 4! Weekly rating: 8/10 for sure! Maybe even a 9.This week I got to dive into Video work. I love taking videos when I go out and do anything so I was very excited to be able to get a jump onto this week assignments. Because I was so interested in this week […] -
Reading Movies: No Subtitles
For learning more about video, I read “How to Read a Movie” and watched The Shining // Zooms, Tarantino // From Below and Examples of Editing Techniques. Ebert suggest to dissect movies frame by frame. In a group of people there is so many different ethnicities, backgrounds, languages, experiences and more that can contribute to […] -
A Sneak Peek into Me
Original DS 106 Assignment: Today It’s All About Me (2 1/2 stars) With the craziness of this world, work and everything in between, there are times where we need to step back and appreciate ourselves. At the beginning of every day and end of every night, the only person who is sure to be there […] -
TikTok or Not
Original DS 106 Assignment: TikTok Of Your Pet (3 stars) What’s more modern than TikTok? Probably the “Tap to Pay” feature, but I’m not sure how to make that so we will stick to TikTok. Upon extensive research, one of the most popular sounds is a mix of the Mission Impossible theme song, it goes […] -
Part Dos: Constructive
Constructive Comments! This week I went to check out a couple of classmates blogs and for some it was hard to find any posts beyond their home pages. -
Not So Daily Creates
#tdc3799 #ds106 I love this. I want to make a cheesy poster out of it to hang in my space pic.twitter.com/GB7hPyL6Xl— Evelyn (@FlOv_evelyn) June 7, 2022 I was hoping for a cute pic, but yawns always conquer #ds106 #tdc3800 pic.twitter.co... -
I Didn’t Get Paid
Original DS 106 Assignment: What I Eat In A Day? (5 stars) Disclaimer: This is a Friday, end of work week, did not get paid until next week, I am eating whatever I have and enjoying a little bit of a night out! On a budget though because UMW is already sending emails about tuition […] -
A&V Makes Magic
Movie Scene: Fight Club – Do not fuck with us I chose a scene from Fight Club given I have never seen the movie and have heard its quite the iconic one. I broke down my reviews in the three ways I was instructed. Look: The character with his face all in the screen obviously […] -
Linda McKenna is ds106 #4life
Yesterday I had the opportunity to realize a long-time dream of reflecting on ds106 with one of the many awesome internauts that traveled where no student had gone before. Linda McKenna was just the internaut I was looking for, and … Continue reading -
A Deadly Trio: Me, Home and Work
This week’s rating: 5/10. I am disappointed in myself, somewhat. I started my new job this week, which is working from home, and it has compleeeeetely thrown off my homework schedule. And I just found out I got approved to go on a study abroad to Italy, so I don’t even know if I can […] -
Bothering My Classmates Pt. Uno
The Goblin Den Next Generation Teaching Just Davidz Final Summer in Fredericksburg multidimensional storytelling -
Thoughts of Lo Radio
TED Radio Hour & ScottLo “What you put into the course is what you get out of it.” I have heard this phrase a couple times from different people regarding this course and I definitely think it is true. With ScottLo on the LoDown and his review of previous DS106 students work, it became more […] -
A Trio: Daily Create
Name a more recognizable hat #ds106 #tdc3792 pic.twitter.com/gwyZg9tJ25— Evelyn (@FlOv_evelyn) June 3, 2022 It’s lunchtime from work… I wanted to go to McDonalds, but I have a few posts left to be done for class time to get back on the wa... -
The Return Of Muffs?
Original DS106 Assignment: Story Time Fun Time (3.5 stars) A story based on events! An on going investigation of what happened to Muffin. Did she escape? Is she under the couch? Will I get her back? Step 1: Open Audacity. Record your original story to add as the first audio with the red “Record” button. […]
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