For my final project I tried to create a story through different forms of media such as audio, video, design...

So with my final project I used the mediums of photography, writing, video and audio. The Writing is a poem that I have written about being late. Poem The video. I acted out the poem as a video and added music to it to create the idea of being late. The Audio- I used Audiacy […]

Late By: Kim Sealock   Ba Beep Ba Beeep. An annoying buzz growing louder each minute. Sleepy eyes peer into the dark basement room toward the obsessive beeping. Barely making out the 7:32 before jutting up. “Crap” Racing around like the Flash, hoping to make good time. Pajamas float to the floor like time had […]

Final week and final project: done. I can’t believe the semester’s actually over. It’s been a ton of work, but it’s also been a ton of fun. First of all, here’s my advice for future DS106-ers. Hopefully it’s helpful! Then, of course, there was the final project. Final Project Check out...

Two major things I want to say about this class: You know when you start the class and hear “don’t wait until the end of the week to start on your work or you won’t finish”? Then you think “oh I’ve put stuff off plenty and I’ve been fine”. Don’t...

Okay so, all of this stuff is definitely just a first draft of sorts for a conworld. Like I mentioned in my first progress report, conworlds and conlangs are projects that are created over months or years, not a couple weeks. Still, here’s the media I managed to get: Design...

If you are taking Ds106 next semester/year. You have nothing to worry about. It is super fun and beneficial for your computer and logic skills. It guarantees a level of participation to stay actively involved in the Ds106 community and gives you the opportunity to be creative as you want to be. You will not be … Continue reading “Best of Luck to Future DS106 Newcomers”

My advice for anyone who is thinking about taking this classes is, and i can’t stress this enough, look up the application you will be working with and practice before class starts! You have access to the weekly assignment so look up what you need to use and learn it! the hardest part of this … Continue reading "Advice for Next Year"

For my final project I decided to one of my favorite band’s album and turn some songs into something new. For the final I took Panic! At the Disco’s new album, Death of a Bachelor. I will go though each the songs that inspired me and go over what I did for each of them. Victorious … Continue reading "Final Project"

  Where the story begins, Lincoln, NE.   Home base since 2002. After winning the state title, November 15, 2009 Region champion 2013. NCAA Regionals Fall 2013 Fun run with friends.   Well that is a wrap! My project did not turn out exactly how I intended to due to the sheer volume of work … Continue reading "THE FINAL PROJECT"

  Coming into this course it is good to know that every and all of your assignments are due and are posted every Friday by midnight. This doesn’t mean that you should put it off until thursday night or even friday … It means get a little done everyday so that you aren’t rushing to … Continue reading DS106 Advice

My College Experience Presented Across Four Different Categories Of Media. Video  Audio  Visual  Writing  College Experience Poem  (click on the link above to view) Weekly Summary!!!! The story I am presenting across four different categories of media, (writing, visual, audio, and video) is the story of my college experience the past two years here at … Continue reading Final Project

Let me say this semester was a rollercoaster. . A lot of good memories with my classmates and fun along the way. I really enjoyed my time being apart of DS106. My advice for the new ds106 students is suggested by clicking this, here: http://embracethegift.com/uncategorized/best-of-luck-to-future-ds106-peeps/   My final project was broken down into four elements; Visual, … Continue reading “Are You Ready For The Final Masterpiece?”

The Final Project begins now… When beginning this project, I had the thought of crafting a mystery story. I envisioned creating a trail of clues…

If I could give one piece of advice for future ds106 students, it would be: don’t be intimidated by technology! When I first signed up for this class and read the syllabus, I was so close to dropping the class because I was so afraid I wasn’t good enough at technology to succeed in the course. … Continue reading Advice for future students

I’m officially done with ds106! Here is my final website: http://storytellingshoes.kristinloconnell.com/blog/ This was a ton of fun to create. I got to use basically everything I’ve learned in this class and intertwined it to make a super cool website. I worked harder on these final aspects of this project than anything else in this class … Continue reading This is the end

For my final project, I did a video on technology use in college students. More specifically, students uses of laptops and smartphones. Also, the use of social media platforms. To convey this, I used video, audio, photography and design elements to comprise the final product. Video:  The video aspect was the main part of my project. … Continue reading Final Project… It is Complete.

This week’s work on the final project included creating two aged images, two pieces of audio service announcements, and one gif, in addition to numerous tweets that help make the overall story more cohesive.  In addition to my work on the final project, I completed my advice post for future students.  I focused my advice […]

This is my final weekly summary, this is kind of bitter sweet. This week I completed my final project. I compiled all of my videos, GIF’s, music, created images, and online images here. Finally, I get to chase Bigfoot.   I also created a blog post for future ds106ers. You can view that here: Advice.. for […]

to new ds106 students- The course in the beginning  is very scary, making your domain was the hardest part of the whole class and it was within the first week. After that it is just having fun! I urge shy people such as myself to open and because hey, its the internet.. who cares lol. … Continue reading "Advice…"

I am done!! I can’t believe that this class has come to an end. I had a lot of fun working on this project. Through my four categories, I was able to piece together my college experience through multiple forms of media. I loved going through all of my memories and I think I was […]

Hello future students! When I signed up for this course and we received this feedback from people who have taken this course in the past, I found their information to be very helpful. I had a pretty light workload this year, so my time with DS106 wasn’t as stressful as it could’ve been. However, if […]

Hi future ds106er! First let me start by saying don’t let this class intimidate you. It did for me in the beginning and it turned out to be my favorite class this semester. I actually looked forward to completing my final project! The most important thing to ALWAYS remember in this class is that procrastination […]

I wanted to make my final project something that I would really enjoy doing because we had to do it over a long span of time. I will also be honest in the fact that I did procrastinate with the final compilation of the whole thing and ran into some hiccups (because such is life). […]

I ran into some complications for the last portion of this assignment. All of the videos that I have been taking over the past few weeks that illustrate what I do on a typical day here have been accidentally deleted from my phone 🙁 I’m pretty frustrated because this would’ve been the perfect way to […]

This class does require a lot of work and time commitment, but the flexibility afforded by the multitude of assignments means that this course can be fine-tuned to your interests.  As long as you incorporate ideas or characters or shows that you find fun and entertaining, you’ll find the motivation to complete the assignments.  I […]

For anyone just coming into ds106, you’ve chosen well. This is a fun course, but it is a lot of work. Since it’s online, you’ll have to manage your time wisely and make sure you don’t forget about it just because you don’t have to attend class. Space out all your weekly assignments throughout the […]

Wow! It’s been a wide ride, but this is the last assignment for this class! For my final project, I decided to use Twitter, photos, videos, reaction GIFs, and audio to tell the story of a day in the life of my dog, Rixs. I made a Twitter account for her, and posted in real […]

I can’t really use this as one of my media components, since the flag already counts as a visual component, but I felt like posting it anyways. I made this here flag of the UN administration for colonising Venus: It’s pretty basic, but I like it. It’s based on the...

The first thing I made for my final project was this gigantic Venus map: The process for making this was pretty wild. First things first, I found myself a heightmap of Venus: I put this into a really neat program called Wilbur, which can be used to edit heightmaps. I’d...