Happy. Euphoric. Ecstatic.

Happy. Euphoric. Ecstatic.

by @radicalaurenn

| ds106, Syndicated, writingassignments, writingassignments2043
January 30, 2020

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."
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The Green Fairy

by @missgoofyxx

| Blog, ds106, Syndicated, writingassignments, WritingAssignments2487
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 […]
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The words of 1988 and a terrible poet.

by @missgoofyxx

| Blog, ds106, Syndicated, writingassignments, WritingAssignments2495
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 […]
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How about Global Thermonuclear War?

by @missgoofyxx

| Blog, ds106, storyanalysis, Syndicated
January 30, 2020

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 […]
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Looking back at Week Two

by paul bond

| ds106, ds106things, Syndicated
January 27, 2020

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 →
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on Black Flags and bar codes

by paul bond

| dailycreate, ds106, ds106things, Syndicated
January 27, 2020

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 →
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Daily Creates Round 2:

by @kvawterds106

| dailycreate, Digital Storytelling Weekly blog posts, ds106, Syndicated, weekySummary
January 25, 2020

To 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.
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Update:?Week 2?

by @sincerelysterls

| ds106, Syndicated, WeeklySummary
January 24, 2020

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」"
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O B E Y

by @sincerelysterls

| designassignments, DesignAssignments2188, ds106, Syndicated
January 24, 2020

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"
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They Live; I Lived

by @sincerelysterls

| ds106, Syndicated, visualassignments, VisualAssignments2172
January 24, 2020

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"
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What. A. Week. 2.

by @radicalaurenn

| ds106, Syndicated, WeeklySummary
January 24, 2020

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."
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Magic Eight-Ball GIF

by @radicalaurenn

| AnimatedGIFAssignments, AnimatedGIFAssignments1251, ds106, Syndicated
January 24, 2020

As 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"
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Week 2

by @jollykyles

| ds106, Syndicated, WeeklySummary
January 24, 2020

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"
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Another One Bites the Dust

by @missgoofyxx

| #DesignAssignments2112, #WebAssignments, Blog, dailycreates, designassignments, ds106, Syndicated, visualassignments, VisualAssignments2060, WebAssignments2300, WeeklySummary
January 24, 2020

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 […]
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Week 2 Daily Creates

by @HidalgoUmwd

| ds106, Syndicated, tdc2934
January 24, 2020

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 […]
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The Breakfast Club… Haiku

by @radicalaurenn

| ds106, Syndicated, writingassignments, WritingAssignments2233
January 24, 2020

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...
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Bon Jovi 1984

by @radicalaurenn

| ds106, Syndicated, visualassignments, VisualAssignments2421
January 24, 2020

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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daily creates week 2!

by @lizlynnkondzel

| Daily Creates, dailycreate, dailycreates, ds106, Syndicated
January 24, 2020

1/20/2020- our feathered farm friends Today’s daily create was to make something relating to chickens, so I took this snapchat video of my dog, made it a gif, and added a Very Scary Chicken to look like it was chasing her. Voila! Do you like your chicken literal or metaphorical? I wish I could have […]
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Weekly Assignment – Google vs. Me

by @Laxmom07

| Assignments, ds106, Syndicated, visualassignments, VisualAssignments5694
January 23, 2020

Looking thru the Assignment Bank on Google Draw Something for the third assignment, I thought this one would be fun since I’m not that much of a drawer and to beat google. It was fun, I didn’t know what was
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Are We There Yet?

by @jollykyles

| designassignments, DesignAssignments1668, ds106, Syndicated
January 23, 2020

For this assignment, I decided to take a picture of my girlfriend and me from Oktoberfest in downtown Fredericksburg and put us on a resistance base in Star Wars. We love and have watched the entire series multiple times, so it just felt right.
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Creative Masterpieces Week 2:

by @kvawterds106

| # weeklyassignments, dailycreate, Digital Storytelling Weekly blog posts, ds106, Syndicated
January 20, 2020

For all of my daily creations for this week I used Photoshop. For all of these creations the original pictures are not my own pictures,...
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Thoughts on thoughts

by paul bond

| ds106, ds106things, Syndicated
January 20, 2020

I enjoyed reading through everyone’s thoughts on the 80s theme. Some people are enthusiastic about it, others don’t know what to make of it but seem up to trying. Most of us only know it vicariously, through parents, re-runs and … Continue reading →
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80s recommendations

by paul bond

| ds106, ds106things, Syndicated
January 19, 2020

Below are the class’ recommendations for examples of good storytelling related to the 80s theme. They’re predominantly video, which is not surprising since that’s probably the dominant form of storytelling for the times, then and now. I’ve included the titles, … Continue reading →
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Elmer to the rescue

by paul bond

| dailycreate, ds106, ds106things, Syndicated
January 19, 2020

It’s not necessary to do write-ups for Daily Creates, but I do them sometimes just because. Yesterday’s Daily Create asked us to add a rescue vehicle to a piece of art. I liked the inspiration for the challenge, but I … Continue reading →
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Update:?Week 1?

by @sincerelysterls

| ds106, Syndicated, WeeklySummary
January 17, 2020

Week 1 was, as one can expect by the time I have posted this, harder than expected. It certainly pushed…
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Memory of the Future

by @sincerelysterls

| ds106, ds106thingsthoughts, Syndicated
January 17, 2020

Title inspired by a more modern song by 80s legends Pet Shop Boys. The 80s is a true cultural phenomenon…
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Week One: What did I get myself into?

by @lgperez19

| digital storytelling, ds106, Syndicated, Weekly Summary, WeeklySummary
January 17, 2020

Oh gosh! Where to begin? via GIPHY Y’all, to say this was a challenge would be an understatement! I hope it goes a lot smoother as we progress through the semester. I think the most difficult thing for me is just knowing where to begin or how to be creative. My three siblings all got … Continue reading "Week One: What did I get myself into?"
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#weeklysummary

by @Laxmom07

| ds106, Syndicated, WeeklySummary
January 17, 2020

This week was a tough one for me since I had never activated or signed up for social media accounts. It was somewhat difficult for me to maneuver the many sites and cites to different sites. I learned that the
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My First Blog Post (1-16-20)

by @ConnorM35842492

| ds106, Syndicated
January 16, 2020

Hi everybody, my name is Connor McClain! I am a senior studying International business and i’ll be graduating in May, very exciting stuff. I was not alive during the 80s but I do know it was an era... Read More
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What a Feeling…

by @missgoofyxx

| Blog, ds106, ds106introductions, ds106thingsthoughts, Syndicated, WeeklySummary
January 16, 2020

There once was a point in time when I could pick up an electronic device and figure it out within minutes. I could sit at a computer and edit the HTML to make my MySpace page look cool and my friends would pay me (candy currency) to hook them up with cool backgrounds and background […]
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