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We are currently in the process of editing a forthcoming publication entitled Autism, Neurodiversity, and Equity in Professional Preparation Programs to be published by IGI Global, an international publisher of progressive academic research. We would like to take this opportunity to cordially invite you to submit a chapter. We think …
Our community team recently traveled to Bangkok, Thailand to meet with longtime WordPress.com customers Karin and Nok Phisolyabut. They’re the owners of Yarnnakarn, a small arts and crafts studio that specializes in telling stories through contemporary ceramic pieces.
Part of why we love this studio, in addition to their …
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I learned that design has different elements and several different parts to make an image or advertisement. What was harder than I thought would be was one of the daily creates because I didn’t understand it at first. What was easier was taking pictures of advertisements that I found. What …
Design Week Assignments:
Reflection on the Vignelli Canon DesignBlitz Photo Safari Face The Odds: Adds Text to a Photo Create A T-Shirt: Add Yourself From One Photo to Another Photo Create A Movie Poster: Modifies A PhotoDesign Summary
What did you learn?
This …
Prompt: Create a “movie poster” for your picture. #ds106 #DesignAssignments #DesignAssignment110
About two years ago, I bought my first ferret. Her name was Bandit. I’ve always wanted a pet ferret after reading Rikki Tikki Tavi in school. It’s not legal to have a mongoose, …
Looking for a DnD shirt that fully expresses that is all your personality is. Then here you have it. This shirt perfectly expresses that DnD is always on your mind but shows you can never find a group or have a normal schedule.…
“Throne of Glass” is the first book in Sarah J. Maas’ fantasy series. The story follows Celaena Sardothien, a former slave and deadly assassin, as she is pulled from her imprisonment in the salt mines of Endovier to compete for the chance to become the King’s Champion. As she trains …
Prompt: For this assignment, you get to design your very own t-shirt! Find a blank t-shirt template, then add a picture or some text. It could be a joke, a pop culture reference, a movie quote, or anything else you want. #ds106, #DesignAssignments…
In the enchanting world of Ballad of Ellements, embark on a grand RPG adventure set in a medieval fantasy realm filled with magic, mythical creatures, and epic quests. As a courageous hero, you must restore balance to the kingdoms that have fallen into chaos. Harness the powers of fire, water, …
Dominance
Every image has dominance, I think. It’s the first thing in an image that draws your eye. For this image, I chose a picture that also metaphorically showed dominance, having bush in it that was …
Color- The use of color in the Bogo buy one get one free sign is shown by the orange that fades into yellow. These are warm colors that are a symbol of impulsiveness and energy. What I think this advertisement is trying to do with these colors is to grab …
The Vignelli Canon by Massimo Vignelli is an important work that explores the fundamental principles of design. Vignelli, an influential Italian designer, presents several important concepts for designers across various disciplines. One of his key concepts is the virtue of simplicity. Vignelli advocates for clean, minimalist design elements and focuses …
from the book THE WEEKEND: Love, Ambition & the Lisbon Dream
Welcome to Part II of our audio Sunday listening adventure in “The Weekend: Love, Ambition and the Lisbon Dream”! In this chapter, we join Paige as she discovers a hidden gem, the Gin Lovers Bar & Restaurant at the …
It’s been a little while since I blogged, and that’s due to a combination of factors, including visitors, conference preparation, and a little bit of karaoke experimentation. The last of those will be the focus of this post, cause I’d rather just ….SING!
There have been a bunch of different …
On May 27, 2003, co-founders Matt Mullenweg and Mike Little announced that WordPress was available to the public. Their …
This short booklet, the Vignelli Canon, speaks to some of the aspects of good graphic design. As a past multimedia major, my classes often focused on graphic design for websites, logo design, video game design, video creation, etc. But, in all my classes, I don’t recall ever going into the …
The Musky Dark Lord of Twitter has finally cast the fun loving, roll-in-the-grass-like-a-happy-dog DS106 Daily Create off of the tweeting lawn. This marks the end of 3811 successive never missed a single day of tweeting fun creative challenges openly and the last 2813 of them had, until today, been able …
The following list was adapted from Clayton R. Wright’s Educational Technology and Education Conferences List #48. Please refer to Wright’s complete list for other conferences as well as each conference website for more details. Each year I attend AECT, AERA, and 1-2 other local or regional conferences. I use this …
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Keep the internet weird and un-expected, not managed by machine languages and corporatized algorithms, but by the small human acts of sharing. Ok?
This has happened to me countless times yet never gets old. So via Mastodon, all the way from New Zealand, my colleague Stephen Harlow thinks to share …
This week, I completed several assignments. For a quick reference, see the links below.
Visual Assignment Part 1: Reflection
Visual Assignment Part 2: Photo Safari
Visual Assignment Part 3A: Five Frame Story
Prompt: Take a photograph of something (If you take a picture from the internet, make sure to be nice and cite the original) and transform it through GIMP, Photoshop, etc, into a drawing.
This is a 2 star prompt.
Last week, I started my archaeology field school. My class of …
Prompt: Using an editing software, edit a photo and crop to an 11×17. Then add text for the location or something fun.
This is a 3 star prompt.
For this assignment, I wanted to do something slightly fun. Being a lover of architecture, I decided to use this image of …
