How well do you feel you completed the requirements of the week’s assignments? The final project was quite fun. We had the chance to think of any story we wanted and it was nice to be creative as much as we could and the fact that we got to use several different types of media […]

Feet in Room http://theprosperousdaisy.com/daily-create/feet-in-room/ This daily create asked us to take a picture of our feet wherever we were. Lucky I had cute socks on! Bokeh Okay http://theprosperousdaisy.com/daily-create/bokeh-okay/ This daily create asked us to submit an assignment with a bokeh background, and I have plenty of those photos on my Flickr account. Adult Coloring is […]

This is my second assignment that I have submitted for the semester. It is a pretty simple and open ended assignment. You make a collage that defines your personality or something else with meaning to you. The prompt is: This comes with simple instructions. Make a collage with images and words that describe you or mean […]

Rory Gilmore Post Gilmore Girls If you have ever watched Gilmore Girls, than you were probably completely disappointed by the final episode. So many questions left unanswered! So many stories left incomplete! Well now here is a chance to get a glimpse of what Rory has been up since the series ended. After Rory finished […]

Since the beginning of this semester I was always excited to see what new things Digital Storytelling had in store for me each and every week. From taking this class, I have a new found appreciation for the time and effort that goes into making digital stories, whether it be by audio, video, writing or … Continue reading →

Its Saturday morning at the village of Indom. All of the villagers were out cleaning or planting crops except for one boy, Steve, who had already finished all of his work the day before. On this Saturday Steve decided that instead of lounging around in his cabin, he was going to go on a walk outside … Continue reading →

This class over the last semester, has been… bittersweet! At first I really though about dropping it because I didn’t really know much and I also was very shy and didn’t want people too see me on video or here me talking. But I would have to say that i am glad that I stuck […]

In this assignment I am going to show you one of my favorite things to do! I collect basketball shoes and have been for the past 4 years, coming up on 60 pairs now. And Nikeid gives this amazing tool where you can put your own little spin on your favorite shoes! If you look […]

News On The March- 4 Stars I based the next part of my story off of this assignment prompt: Create a 30’s/40’s-style newsreel about anything at all. Just make sure it’s heavy on the propaganda feel. The Work Itself Story Behind the Story Syria is obviously a well discussed news topic and it is not […]

Tutorials: Fast Food of Death (4 stars) How To Be Demotivational (2 stars) Story: Technological Twins Technological Twins (Media)

Links to original assignments: 5 pictures + Waldo (3 stars) Video Game Sound Effects + Make it Pink (6.5 stars) source: Sound Bible Wanted Poster + Mustache (5 stars) Demotivational Poster + The Opposer (5 stars)  

Once upon a time, there were two twins named Larry and Sam. Larry loves all sorts of technologies, including computers, TVs, phones and smartwatches! Sam, on the other hand, appreciates technologies, but is not madly in love with them. Larry lives his life on the bleeding-edge. Whenever a new device releases, he is the first person in line to receive it. His … Continue reading Technological Twins

Create A Ds106 Radio Bumper- 3.5 Stars I based this audio recording off of the audio assignment prompt: 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 […]

Newspaper Design- 4 Stars x 2 Prompt for this assignment: Design a newspaper. Using word, photoshop, or whatever make a fictional newspaper, and put together the front page for today. You can use real articles or you can write your own, but the design of the newspaper should be original. The Work Itself Story Behind […]

The KnightLab Story Map is a fun way to tell the story of a trip in an organized manner.  I used this in my final project about a wanderer to help me tell their story from their various destinations. Steps:… Continue Reading →

Stories are nothing until they are observed.  Whether they’re heard, seen, or even felt, stories are just thoughts and memories that drift until connected to others through observation. That was the role of the seeker.  To observe.  To search low and… Continue Reading →

I came up with the idea for this project after seeing the Story Map assignment in the visual assignments.  Thinking of a journey made me think of the song “The Seeker” by The Who, which became the primary inspiration for… Continue Reading →

Since I started my Ds106 Career, I have had to make a few GIFs for some assignments. I had always wanted to know how to because I see a lot of them all over Twitter and Instagram. So I found this amazing website or online tool, whatever you would like to call it. The website […]

                          All day and all night, I am sitting here collecting dust. From morning time to night I have sweaty old guys laying on me, kids running and jumping on top of me. And don’t even think about people cleaning me up once […]

Create a bumper sticker. For this bumper-sticker assignment tutorial we are going to be using Pixlr’s Editor web app. This image editing software is entirely online and will require you to register an account to use it. Step 1: I started by setting the size of the image to 1024 x 768. Step 2: Put a rectangle that takes up … Continue reading →

Today, we have the luxury of fast computers with lots of memory and power. However, that wasn’t always the case, and graphics designers had to make due with very limited capabilities. For this assignment, you are to draw a person, vehicle, or otherwise intricate object. The catch is, your image can only be 16 pixels … Continue reading →

“Best holiday display in your neighbourhood”  When your neighbors have their own radio station for their light show. Pretty cool! #tdc1432 #dailycreate @ds106dc pic.twitter.com/Z0QaLwRaHV — Rachel Stanford (@rach_stanford23) December 11, 2015

This is the final week in the semester which means this is the final Weekly Summary I have to submit. This course was a great learning experience and I think it taught me skills that will be very useful in the future!   Final Story Tutorial 1 Tut...

18 year old Tiffany had just graduated high school. In just a couple of months she would be leaving to go to college in England. All of her friends were going to different schools in the United States but because she had dual citizenship she decided to leave the country for university. Before she said … Continue reading Senior Trip in the City! →

Summary of class: This class has been hard yet rewarding throughout the whole semester. I have to say that it was very stressful at times trying to figure out how to make my assignments work, but the tutoring center was very useful and wonderful at helping me get past my tricky assignments I didn’t understand. I learned so much in

If you read my story on Frosty the Snowman , you are probably wondering how I created all of the digital elements embedded in my story.Here are the steps I used to create the different parts of my story. 1.Video on how to draw a snowman(Children’s Book Cover worth 6 stars) I went to the website called ds106 I clicked

Frosty the Snowman One day at school a magician was coming to show the class of children some magic tricks. The children were all talking about Christmas, the fresh snow on the ground and how they wanted to make a snowman during recess. One little girl decided to draw what the snowman should look like when they do go out

Step One: Gather all the pictures to be used in the collage. Pictures can be found on Google images if you don’t have any of your own to use.  Step Two: Make a collage of the photos you want to use. There are many different websites that make collages. You can simply Google ‘collage maker’ … Continue reading Make My Day: Tutorial →

To do this assignment you first want to find the picture of the pop star that you want to use. This can be done using Google images. Once you find the picture you need to save it to your desktop so it can be opened in Pixlr, which is the website that will be used … Continue reading Pop Star Out Of Place Tutorial →

All was good in the Hunna Acre Woods, Pooh was selling his honey on the black market, Roo just got his first girlfriend, Rabbit’s modeling career had reached new heights and he was the new spokesperson for Guy Gardner’s, Owl had became a successful pilot in the Air Force, Piglet overcame his fear of loud […]