Tutorial for Recycled media  Recycle the media During the Fall 2012 iteration of ds106 taught at UMW, we collected media from students that was unused in their previous work uploaded to http://dropitto.me/ds106phonar (the password was “photos4life” newly added media might take some time to be moved- we have to feed the squirrels that do this manual labor). […]

Make your own Ringtone  Using Audacity, trim, join end-to-end (cut/paste), and/or play side-by-side audio files in order to create your very own ringtone. Ringtones should be a maximum or 40 seconds to conserve phone memory (besides, most cell phones don’t ring longer than 30 seconds or so…the extra 10 seconds is just in case). Be […]

Recycle the media During the Fall 2012 iteration of ds106 taught at UMW, we collected media from students that was unused in their previous work uploaded to http://dropitto.me/ds106phonar (the password was “photos4life” newly added media might take some time to be moved- we have to feed the squirrels that do this manual labor). The content was migrated […]

Music Tag -You are going to need Audacity.     2. Music Video -You will need PWNYouTube bookmarklet and Audacity.   I used Screen-O-Matic to make both of these tutorials. The links will take you to my blog about the assignment and the assignments themselves.

Music Tag One of my favorite type of assignments is audio!  Lyrics and songs are great ways to tell stories. Have you notice similar themes extend genres… lyrics overlapping. Your task is to create a story by using audio snippets … Continue reading →

Thoughts & IIdeas about Remix’ What is Remixin’ Examples of Remxin’ Mashup Assignments Recycling Media - I used the media a lot of the media to create a slideshow narration story. I think the piece is really interesting as it mashes … Continue reading →

Description: This assignment is to create a dance video by combining dance styles of three different countries or cultures. Select those parts of the dance videos, that you download, that would go well together. Afterward, combine those three dance clips; and mute its music.  After muting the videos original music, add new dance music to ...

Originally, I watched the “Everything is a Remix” video and, then, I watched the “A Fair (y) Use Tale“. However, I think that watching the “Fair(y) Use Tale” should be watch before the other video.  The “Fair(y) Use Tale” is … Continue reading →

Recycle The Media My story is that you are sitting down to show slideshows to family, just memories that you want to share. You show pictures of your family, home, school, friends, etc. You tell a story with the pictures. … Continue reading →

Returning to the Scene of the Crime: Countrify ***** For my assingment I was given “Return to the the Scene of the Crime” and asked to “Countrify It”. I personally loved the “Return to the Scene of the Crime” assingment and … Continue reading →

So for step one where we choose a theme, I think I would like to commit to Happy Feet 1 and 2, and I think we all know why. I love penguins! My ideas: Video: I would like to mix … Continue reading →

These assignments for the past two weeks were definitely a handful.  I think that I would have to say that this was probably the most time consuming week that I have worked on.  All of the assignments, save for just a few, required a lot of my time and work.  I hope that it all ...

Reviewing the references and examples were a great help to me in understanding the concept of remixing. I have always heard about remixing a song but I have never heard about remixing a video. Therefore, it was very interesting to learn about remixing the videos through the references and examples. On the other hand, I ...

It was fun to think of two different assignment ideas.  Though it was hard to think of new ideas that weren’t already thought of.  I decided to create a visual assignment and a design assignment.  I really enjoyed both of those units during this semester.  I have always enjoyed changing the way a photo looks.  ...

I liked writing up tutorials for the two assignments I chose.  I know that while working on the assignments throughout this semester I wish there were some tutorials that helped me get through some of the assignments I chose.  But when there were no tutorials I decided to be creative and interpret the assignment my ...

Recycle the Media “Your task for this assignment is to Mashup at least 7 different pieces of this media to make a new story, and use at least 2 different types (e.g. audio and image, image and video. The story most likely would be done as a video, but see if you can make these ...

Recycle The Media wasn’t one of my favorite assignments, but I’m completing it anyways because, well, we’re required to.  Out of all the media that I found in the link provided, I just decided to download 7 pieces and find audio of them from Freesound.org and then put the audio over the pictures.  This reminded me ...

So, I went ahead and clicked around a few different remix assignments and came across this one.  The assignment seemed fairly easy and I was actually kind of worried that I hadn’t completed the assignment appropriately!  I’m going to go ahead and link all of the appropriate things so I can give credit where credit ...

This assignment I created myself and I thought I would use it for my Mashup Star Requirements.  This puts me over 7 at a total of 8, but I rated mine so I hope it’s appropriate! This assignment was actually a lot more difficult than I thought it would be, but I had a lot ...

This assignment was SO MUCH FUN!  At the beginning of the semester, I reviewed a Hugo mashup that I really loved and have been thinking about all semester.  This assignment was the same sort of assignment and I had a blast creating it. I used the audio from the 300 trailer and the video from ...