For this assignment, we are instructed to create a story using the three daily creates from this week and I am determined to do so! Here goes. It all started with my visit to this museum. That’s me down there, looking normal, and admiring the beautiful artwork. I felt so …
This was a lot of fun! First I want to talk about my experience as a listener/live tweeter, and then I want to talk about what it is like to see everyone else react to your show! I tuned in on Wednesday to listen to the radio shows! I honestly …
Spring is most definitely in the air so it’s a prefect time for a spring scavenger hunt activity. Going for a walk has been a go to activity for many families recently, but keeping them fun and interesting can be a real challenge. Do you agree? My kids scavenger hunt …
If you use Ulysses for Mac, iPad, and iPhone, you already know that this Apple Design Award-winning writing app offers a focused, pleasant writing experience. You might also know that Ulysses publishes to WordPress with just a few clicks or taps. If so, you’ll be happy to hear that the …
You may already know that WordPress mobile apps are the easiest way to manage your WordPress site any time, anywhere. Helpful features in the apps include our Stats widgets, which make it simple to keep an eye on your site’s activity without even opening the app. We recently rebuilt our …
This week I completed 2 Daily Creates! I also blogged about my experience working on the radio show for the second week! Radio Show Progress 2 This week’s work load was relatively light, just with the added stresses of having to do group work. Most of the time you have …
This week we completed our radio show. After last week, I had already finished a commercial about carpet cleaner, and a bumper made specifically for our radio. All that was left for me to create this week was the radio content for our show. Because our topic is historical pop …
Buying a tent can be a very overwhelming and trying process; especially if you’re not too familiar with tents to start off with. When you first begin to look for a new tent for your family camping trip, you will find that there are several different types and that they …
Collaborative Post Greece is somewhere I’d love to spend more time when it’s safe to travel again. There are 6000 islands in Greece, making it a truly unique holiday destination. With 227 of those being habitable, how do you choose which Greek island to visit? The beautiful island of Mykonos …
From time-saving features to enhancements in your favorite blocks, these block editor improvements will help you build posts and pages on your site, no matter what you publish:
Crop and rotate your images with built-in editing tools Drag and drop blocks and patterns for more control Display a list of…
This is the third and final (and very belated) post in a series on how I used employee journey mapping to assess the current landscape of a learning & performance problem….
This post is inspired by Michelle Ocker’s work on using Bob Mosher and Conrad Gottfredson’s ‘Five Moments of Need’ …
The human mind’s capacity for creative thought is unbounded, yet as we learn we adopt frameworks or find structures to help organise our thinking. We seem to live in a constant tension of working within bounds and across bounds. To some extent this reflects …
At 2 pm on a cloudy, stormy day in Tunisia Avoka was sitting in her staff-house room at the Aladdin Club. Avoka had her laptop in front of her and was talking via Google Hangout to …
This week I completed 3 Daily Creates: I shared my process and progress working on the Radio Show this week. I shared a lot of my thoughts for the week here, and I feel that this week was a little bit lighter of a work load, to prepare for next …
Our group met earlier this week to discuss the radio and the content we would be including in it. After narrowing that down, we decided to use the 2 required audio assignments to create commercials, bumpers, intros, and outros for our radio show. We split up these responsibilities among the …
This assignments instructions were: Now that we have a #ds106 radio up and running creating a 15 to 30 second bumper for the station. What is a bumper? It is a short recording that identifies the radio station with signature music or an expression that makes sure the listeners know …
This assignments instructions were: Create a 30-45 second radio commercial for a product from the 80’s. Add in some background music and/or sound effects to make it sound like a real radio commercial. For this assignment, I created a commercial for the upcoming radio show titled Messy March. The reason …
Our radio show is called Messy March. When we came up with this title, although I am not an avid watcher of basketball, I immediately thought of March Madness. I thought incorporating a well known logo into our logo for our radio would be a good way to get some …
9+ Easy Family Meal Ideas is an ad feature written in collaboration with Hello Fresh. I’ve been on the hunt for easy family meals ideas as I’ve felt stuck in a rut at dinner times. During the recent lockdowns and school closures it’s been tricky to keep family dinners varied …
Collaborative Post So you’ve decided to visit Tuscany in Italy when it’s safe to travel again. That’s an excellent choice of holiday destination! This travel guide is packed with tips from what to see and do to where to find the best luxury villas in Tuscany. This area of Italy …
Camping with kids is fun and exciting but it does comes with some challenges of its own. When planning your camping trips work consider the needs of your children to make for a fun and stress-free camping vacation – this way the whole family will have a great time. These …
Since the early days of Snapchat, which made the format so popular, Stories have become a powerful way to engage audiences on social media. Today, over 500 million Instagram accounts use Stories every day. Now, you can publish Stories on your website — a place where you truly own …
I’m so excited to start travel planning again that I have made a free template for you to download and use for your next trip too! Using a travel planner is a great way to get the most from your holiday whether its getting good value for money or making …
Sunday morning Flo woke up in San Francisco. Bright blue sky, the sun already shining high with temperatures over 25°, she felt like waking up in paradise. Flo was sharing a room with her friend Ella who had picked her up …
I created 3 Daily Creates this week! They are embedded into this post: Daily Creates I completed 4 design assignments from the assignment bank! Happy Easter to My Little Sisters I’m getting Married! Madi’s Menu ALL animal shelters need donations Weekly Summary and Connections to Theme: This week I spent …
The design blitz was hard because I had to find things around my house that illustrated these concepts. That being said, because everything that is designed, was designed to be that way for some reason, I was able to find some great examples. These shelves are a good example of …
I completed three daily creates this week! I have embedded them below.…
I learned a lot from this article. Many every day things that we all use frequently, such as signs, had to be designed at some point. I think that the fact that we sometimes forget how much thought goes into designing things like these, makes it evidently clear how important …
This assignment’s instructions were: Make a card for someone through an online design program. The Story Behind the Story: I created this card for my two little sisters. I do not live with them, and they are both 14+ years younger than me. Although I no longer live with them, …
