Week 3 Summary:
This week was a little more challenging for me strictly because it was more writing heavy rather than creating things. While I still enjoyed the...
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Appreciation Letter for Awesomest Person
by @Laxmom07 January 31, 2020Who’s the awesomest person in the world? MOM! Hi Mom, This is a letter to keep! I want to say thank you for the many nights you had to stay up with my sons since I was too tired myself, -
Wanna Be Startin’ Somethin’
Story Analysis I started off the week by completing the required reading and watching the videos. I found the video how stories look on a graph hilarious. A lot of the text I read was interesting, as well, and it’s how I came about choosing to watch Wargames, which is referenced in Chapter 2 of […] -
Capturing the 80s
by @Laxmom07 January 31, 2020What am I? I was purchased off the shelf of a technology store to capture memories. My main purpose was to ensure the wide tape caught and seized every live memory in real time. My on button is pushed, the -
Crystal’s Olden Days
by @Laxmom07 January 31, 2020Crystal’s Past Crystal was an 80’s teenager girl; some of her struggles were she was walking everywhere making it hard to be punctual when all her friends met up at the local video arcade to have fun around all the -
Your fly is down
I thought I’d look at the 1986 version of The Fly and try a story shape analysis. Something that occurred to me when watching Vonnegut talk about the shapes of stories is that he’s talking about one character’s story. Cinderella’s … Continue reading → -
She takes me away to that special place.
by @missgoofyxx January 31, 2020For one of my journal prompts, I was instructed to take a moment to watch someone I’m grateful for and focus on them for 10 minutes. Nothing else. No eating or drinking. No television on. Nothing but that individual. If possible, I wasn’t supposed to interact with them, instead just observe them without them noticing. […] -
What. A Week. 3.
Thinking of Bigfoot, I think of legendary creatures like Cerberus, the three-headed dog, present in Harry Potter, my favorite series ever! So, for today’s Daily Create I chose to show how the legend of the Grim is shown in Harry Potter and the Prison... -
You see us as a brain, an athlete, a basket case, a princess, and a criminal.
In 1985, the classic film “The Breakfast Club” sent five high school students to all-day attention, where they wrote those words about themselves. The film is excellent, showing the cultural values of idealism, family, and fear. The Breakfast Club addresses stereotyping very well. It shows how everyone’s lives are different and that everyone has this fear of … Continue reading "You see us as a brain, an athlete, a basket case, a princess, and a criminal." -
Week 3: aka Fun Week
This was actually a good week for me. I was able to stay on top of my tasks and stay the course. Last week I struggled to keep up with my assignments, on top of my other classes, but this week I managed to be proactive and it felt very manageable. It was fun to … Continue reading "Week 3: aka Fun Week" -
What’s In A Name?
I’m sure at this point you all know my name is Lauren and if you don’t it’s pretty self-explanatory from my blog name. I have a few different nicknames from the people closest to me, my family calls me “Lee,” but don’t ask me where that came from because I have no idea. Some of … Continue reading "What’s In A Name?" -
Welcome to Paradise
My dream vacation is to rent a campervan, road trip for a few months and visit the national parks of the United States and big landmarks. Everyone plans their dream vacation to “paradise” and wants to go to tropical islands with white sand a clear blue water, which is great and so much fun, but … Continue reading "Welcome to Paradise" -
“No-one Puts Baby in a Corner”
This post is for the writing assignment, Write a Movie Review. The movie I chose to review for this assignment is Dirty Dancing (1987). The 1980s theme is perfect for this writing assignment because so many amazing movies came out during the decade. It just so happens that some of my favorite movies came out … Continue reading "“No-one Puts Baby in a Corner”" -
Happy. Euphoric. Ecstatic.
This post is the writing assignment, emotional Lyrics. I chose songs that make me happy and I thought I would use the 80s theme for this post and use only songs released in that decade. Here are the songs I picked and why I picked them: Girls Just Want to Have Fun (1983): This song … Continue reading "Happy. Euphoric. Ecstatic." -
The Green Fairy
by @missgoofyxx January 30, 2020“Today in a café” (4 stars)This assignment asks the student to view the famous painting I’ve included below and write a poem based on it. My interpretation of the poem is pretty depressing, but that’s the impression I had when I zoomed in on her face. My mind continues this betrayal in which I am […] -
The words of 1988 and a terrible poet.
by @missgoofyxx January 30, 2020“Never Fear – It’s The Words Of The Year” (two stars)This assignment involved going to the website Merriam-Webster and entering a year of your choice. Doing so produces a list of words that were first recorded or started being used during that year. “Your challenge: Take the list from some significant year, such as the […] -
How about Global Thermonuclear War?
This week I decided to watch Wargames (spoiler alert for anyone who hasn’t seen it and would like to). I hadn’t heard of it until I happened upon the name of the movie in second chapter of The New Digital Storytelling: Creating Narratives with New Media. After watching the movie and discussing it with my […] -
Looking back at Week Two
What I learned this week: Many things are not what they seem. I can be a hero. It is easy to forget about what is ‘invisible’. And like the aliens in They Live, digital images and arts are all around … Continue reading → -
on Black Flags and bar codes
Today’s Daily Create asked us to “Compose a cutup poem from the words that debuted in your birth year.” This was inspired by a tweet from Amy Burvall which I liked so much that I made it a ds106 assignment, … Continue reading → -
Daily Creates Round 2:
by @kvawterds106 January 25, 2020To create this daily create I decided to use giphy to make it and was inspired by kaleidoscopes that I used to play with as a kid. -
Update:?Week 2?
Enjoy a picture of my cat that I used for my Daily Create! Here is some mood music. To enjoy while you read: This week was very hard. (Who on Earth let a sophomore like me sign up for a senior-level course?) I vastly underestimated the amount of time I had, though I’m glad I … Continue reading "Update:「Week 2」" -
O B E Y
Hello! It’s Sterling, and I’m back with my second assignment. In the spirit of They Live (see my last blog post for more details), I decided to do the “Apocalyptic Character Generator” by Martha. The assignment’s synopsis is as follows: “Use Hero Machine to design and create a representation of your character for The End 106. When … Continue reading "O B E Y" -
They Live; I Lived
Greetings! I’m back with something fun for my first assignment. I followed the theme of the 80s by targeting the movie my blog is currently themed around: They Live (1988), by John Carpenter starring Roddy Piper and Meg Foster. The assignment I chose is called “Before and After The End” by Martha. Here is its … Continue reading "They Live; I Lived" -
What. A. Week. 2.
This week went a lot better than last week, for sure! I explored WordPress and the different ways to customize my blog, I did different assignments and, of course, the Daily Creates. I did a visual assignment, a writing assignment, and an AnimatedGIF assignment for this week. My favorite assignment was the AnimatedGIF assignment, it … Continue reading "What. A. Week. 2." -
Magic Eight-Ball GIF
by @radicalaurenn January 24, 2020As the third assignment I decided to do for this week, I chose to do the TXT Gifs assignment. The goal of the assignment is to make a GIF with 2 or more frames each with contradicting thoughts. I wanted to make it really fun, so I thought of a Magic Eight-Ball because what’s more … Continue reading "Magic Eight-Ball GIF" -
Week 2
What a crazy week! I can’t believe it has only been two weeks. This week, in particular, has been a rough one. On top of this class, I have three 400-level computer science courses and intermediate Spanish. The free time I have is extremely limited so I certainly fell behind this week. I foolishly failed … Continue reading "Week 2" -
Another One Bites the Dust
Week 2 Daily Creates I started this week late due to family visiting my home and unfortunate events with my spouse’s vehicle, but when I finally checked in I was stoked to see the inclusion of the daily create. I wanted to participate in them, but it would slip my mind. Now that it is […] -
Week 2 Daily Creates
After reading the article, I typed in the GIF generator search bar on twitter; “Yeah okay”, and since this was a trending meme and GIF […] -
The Breakfast Club… Haiku
The assignment goal was to write a haiku for a movie seen for this class. I chose to continue on the theme for this assignment too. I chose the movie The Breakfast Club because it is a defining movie for the 80s. Here goes… Five high school s... -
Bon Jovi 1984
This week, I decided to do a visual assignment and I wanted to keep the 80s theme going. The goal of this assignment was to photoshop me at a concert. I chose Bon Jovi for two reasons, first because I love this picture and second because it goes along with the 80s theme. Enjoy this … Continue reading "Bon Jovi 1984"
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