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by @missgoofyxx

| Blog, designassignments, DesignAssignments1435, ds106, Syndicated
February 21, 2020

For my last assignment I did one that caught my interest because it made me laugh pretty hard. It’s an assignment where you manipulate the title of a video game to match up with its realistic game play. The example was of mario kart and it was perfectly done. It made me think of Super […]
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“Why’d it have to be snakes?”

by @missgoofyxx

| Blog, designassignments, DesignAssignments1974, ds106, Syndicated
February 21, 2020

For this assignment, I added a famous quote from a movie to an image of that scene within the film. I found the image through a google image search, and already knew the quote pretty well too. If I’m not mistaken, this is also an 80s movie. I used canva to overlay the quote onto […]
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You’re going to Camp Blood, ain’t ya?

by @missgoofyxx

| Blog, designassignments, DesignAssignments43, ds106, Syndicated
February 21, 2020

For my second assignment I went with the second recommended one. I created a minimalist movie poster. I googled 80s movies and went with Friday the 13th because that hockey mask to something almost everyone can recognize. I used canva since I saw another student mention it and I figured I should try something new […]
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Graphic Design on Campus

by @missgoofyxx

| Blog, designblitz, ds106, Syndicated
February 21, 2020

I’ve had a crazy schedule this week, so I found all of my examples of graphic design on campus in between classes. This first image is of an advertisement page within the theater department’s magazine, showcasing their plans for the school year. I thought their layout of the shows were very simple and gave a […]
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Weekly Summary

by @Laxmom07

| Assignments, ds106, Syndicated, WeeklySummary
February 21, 2020

Design Reflection Bank Assignments Daily Creates I created more than 3 daily creates on twitter but posted only the three for the assignments. Commenting on Posts Three top posts were shared via the assignment link.
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Week 6 in the Books!

by @jollykyles

| ds106, Syndicated, WeeklySummary
February 21, 2020

Finally putting this week to a close. On top of all of these assignments I had to complete, I also had 2 tests. I have 2 more next week :(. Regardless, I think I enjoy the design assignments a lot more than the others. They are a lot easier to make and...
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Daily Creates

by @ymartine4

| dailycreates, ds106, Syndicated, tdc2960, tdc2961, tdc2962
February 21, 2020

The first daily creates I showed my tabletop creation which was what my desk looks like in the morning. My coffee is an essential along with study/homework materials The second tweet was to create a claymation and I’m not creative or skilled enough to do that so I found one on youtube that deserves a …
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Week 6 Summary:

by @kvawterds106

| ds106, Summaries, Syndicated, Week 6, WeeklySummary
February 21, 2020

This week was really rally really fun for me. All of the assignments in the bank looked appealing and it was hard to choose only...
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Show and tell with Nyarlathotep

by paul bond

| ds106, ds106things, Syndicated
February 21, 2020

There is a storytelling principle of “show, don’t tell.” So one might say: On a dark desert highway, cool wind in my hair Warm smell of colitas, rising up through the air instead of “I was driving through the desert … Continue reading →
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Guess the 80s movie…

by @missgoofyxx

| Blog, designassignments, DesignAssignments358, ds106, Syndicated
February 20, 2020

I decided to go with the recommended assignment since I thought it was cool. I also made it related to the theme, which made it more fun for me. I used the recommended website for the icons and then I just used powerpoint to string them next to each other. It was easy to search […]
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Designing a Decision

by @missgoofyxx

| Blog, designthoughts, ds106, Syndicated
February 20, 2020

I chuckled when I noticed the kids book listed on this week’s weekly assignment post. That’s a wonderful book and I think it’s a great book for kids to have because it makes them aware of all the design aspects in the things around them. There are fliers, posters, billboards, store signage, ads, and countless […]
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Daily Create 2/20/2020

by @jollykyles

| dailycreates, ds106, Syndicated
February 20, 2020

Today’s daily create required us to be a little creative. Claymations were huge back in the day, and all things from services to products we using claymation as a form of advertisement. We were tasked with finding something that we all love that would be cool to see as claymation! I decided on a restaurant … Continue reading "Daily Create 2/20/2020"
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DesignBlitz of my Week!

by @jollykyles

| designblitz, ds106, Syndicated
February 20, 2020

This week, we were given the challenge to take four different photos which would represent different factors. You could take them based on the color, the typography, the symmetry, the aesthetic, etc. This was only a hard challenge because it was very easy to forget that it was assigned. I found a hard time remembering … Continue reading "DesignBlitz of my Week!"
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How not to choose a design assignment

by paul bond

| designassignments, DesignAssignments1, ds106, ds106things, Syndicated
February 18, 2020

So I told myself: I’ll do a design assignment. I’ll click the random button and do whichever on it gives me. So what do I get? The Spreadsheet Invasion. What the heck should I do with that? And how the … Continue reading →
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Sounding off on the radio

by paul bond

| ds106, ds106things, Syndicated
February 18, 2020

We came up with many great radio show ideas this past week. You can see them all at the link, at least the ones that were tagged properly. A number of people mentioned fashion as a topic. This poses a … Continue reading →
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Daily Create 2/17/2020

by @jollykyles

| dailycreates, ds106, Syndicated
February 17, 2020

Today, we were tasked on twitter to explain what could possibly happen next given this tweet below: A witch smokes a cigarette in a city. She is thinking about the letter "C". There is a hobbit standing right behind her. — Magic Realism Bot (@MagicRealismBot) February 6, 2020 I hope you like my response, it … Continue reading "Daily Create 2/17/2020"
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Love that is Strong & Fierce

by @Laxmom07

| Assignments, designassignments, DesignAssignments1619, ds106, Syndicated
February 17, 2020

Happy Belated Valentine’s Day The bank assignment from Valentine’s Card to create a card that has a cool effect and someone would get a kick out of it. I uploaded a picture of jaws and used PS Express to edit
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Guess the Movie

by @Laxmom07

| Assignments, designassignments, DesignAssignments358, ds106, Syndicated
February 17, 2020

Hint: it’s an 80’s film Created the bank assignment from One Story / Four Icons, initially using a PowerPoint to create the icons and airdropping into my photos to upload into this blog. The point of the assignment is to
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New Logo in Town

by @Laxmom07

| designassignments, DesignAssignments2002, ds106, Syndicated
February 17, 2020

Bank Assignment My assignment was picked from Logo Create using Tailor Brands. I have been quilting for about 20 years now, just for myself and to enjoy my hobby. I thought if one day, I could go into business and
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Daily Creates!

by @Laxmom07

| #tdc2956, #tdc2957, #tdc2958, @ds106dc, Assignments, ds106, Syndicated
February 17, 2020

Twitter Pages The point of Daily Creates is that it should not take you extensive time to create. My favorite one is the smurf comment, today’s. The witch was thinking of the letter C and I added C to azreal’s
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Razor’s Edge

by @Laxmom07

| Assignments, designassignments, DesignAssignments2485, ds106, Syndicated
February 16, 2020

Where the 80s music is at! The collage above is from the Bank Assignment where you create a collage to make a music cover page with a band and album name. Using PS Express, I filtered the image with red
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Inverted synesthesia

by paul bond

| dailycreate, ds106, ds106things, Syndicated
February 16, 2020

For today’s Daily Create, I did a most obvious thing and typed ds106 in the synesthesia generator. Being most oblivious, I failed to notice that @NomadWarMachine did that in the assignment prompt. I didn’t like the color combination though, so … Continue reading →
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Update:?Week 5?+ Reflections

by @sincerelysterls

| #audioreflection, #radioshowideas, ds106, Syndicated, WeeklySummary
February 14, 2020

Unfortunately, I found myself short on time. I promise this one is being updated on Saturday, especially since it involves groupwork. Please check it out!
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“There Is But One Family”

by @sincerelysterls

| #AudioAssignments, AudioAssignments2141, ds106, Syndicated
February 14, 2020

Hello! Welcome back to another audio assignment. This assignment is called Quote With A New Feeling, submitted by Christopher Vasquez. The description is as follows: “Most people have a favorite quote or saying that they know, use that and record yourself speaking it using programs like (audacity, garage band, etc..). After that mash up your … Continue reading "“There Is But One Family”"
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The Whispering Sea But You’re In Another Room…

by @sincerelysterls

| #AudioAssignments, #AudioAssignments70, AudioAssignments2227, ds106, Syndicated
February 14, 2020

… and It’s Raining Outside and Your Siblings Are Playing In It and Your Parents Are Making Dinner and You’re Playing Video Games. That’s the title. (Cover art by Matt Rockefeller!) Inspiration taken from the following (anyone else have a Minecraft phase?): For this assignment, I decided to kind of combine two into one: the … Continue reading "The Whispering Sea But You’re In Another Room…"
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Radio Blah Blah

by @sincerelysterls

| #AudioAssignments, AudioAssignments36, ds106, ds106radio, radiobumper, Syndicated
February 14, 2020

(Title a reference to a song… can you guess it? Enjoy a selfie of me in the Vocal Booth!) Greetings! This is Sterling, and I am back with some more content. This week is audio-focused. We were tasked to create a ‘radio bumper’ between 15-30 seconds to go onto the DS106 radio. I will write … Continue reading "Radio Blah Blah"
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Week 5 Summary

by @jollykyles

| ds106, Syndicated, WeeklySummary
February 14, 2020

This was a long week. So much to do, but little time to do it. It all started off with my first post: “Radio Show Ideas” I had some great ideas about radio shows and podcasts, and I would love to continue them down the road. Next, I posted about my Daily creation on 2/13/2020. … Continue reading "Week 5 Summary"
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Daily Create 2/14/2020

by @jollykyles

| dailycreates, ds106, Syndicated
February 14, 2020

I am by no means an artist. But I tried my best with what I had available. pic.twitter.com/nqGq5la5Ir— Kyle (@jollykyles) February 14, 2020
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Weekly Summary

by @Laxmom07

| Assignments, ds106, Syndicated, WeeklySummary
February 14, 2020

Commenting on Other Posts Audio Reflection DS106 Radio Audio Bank Assignments Audio Reflection Posts of the Week Submitted via form. Weekly Summary Creating audio files with sound effects was frustrating at first since I had issues downloading the library for
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ds106radio bumper

by @mwolfindale

| #AudioAssignments, audio, AudioAssignments36, ds106, Lifestream, micro-ethnography, radio, radiobumper, sound, Syndicated
February 14, 2020

I recently joined ds106 as an open participant, whilst conducting a very small scale micro-ethnographic study of ds106 as part of the Education and Digital Cultures (EDC) course (#mscedc). I have been following along with week five of UMW Spring 2020 and was inspired while listening to ds106radio this week, and hearing everyone’s radio bumpers, to try my hand at the …
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