1. bparsons

    Bumpin’ ds106 style

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    September 20, 2012
    Again, I had been dreading the whole audio thing and AGAIN it was pretty simple. This took a little longer than the 5 sound story, but it wasn’t that hard. I wasn’t sure what I wanted to do, but I knew I wanted to incorporate “ds106″ into my bumper. I finally found a sound that ...
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  4. cogdog

    For Professor Bagman

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    September 19, 2012
    A little over a year ago, someone new entered as an open participant in ds106: I’m working this summer as a grant researcher, and part of the project I’m working with has to do with innovations in education. Partway through my project, I stumbled across a blog called The Tech Savvy Educator, and I continued stumbling onto Jim Groom‘s Digital Storytelling class (Mr. Groom magically found and responded to my first blog post before I’d even told anyone that I was making a blog, I’m assuming through some kind of back-link-sensor or quite possibly MAGIC). Following the discovery of the Digital Storytelling (ds106) class, I proceeded to basically do the class, reading the essays, watching the videos, figuring out how to register and manufacture the blog-object you’re viewing right now. And I started having all of these huge hits for teaching in the fall, like using shared documents to teach ...
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  5. bparsons

    The Sounds of the Infamous Chase

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    September 19, 2012
    I have been dreading doing these sound assignments all week. The thought of having to download and learn how to use new software made me cringe. I finally got the guts to take a hack at one of the projects. I’m so glad I did! It was so simple! I feel so silly for worrying ...
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  6. kpyrtle

    You must fail before you succeed.

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    September 19, 2012
    Ira Glass had very insightful views of radio storytelling in his four video segments. (one, two, three, four) First, he talks about the two major building blocks of storytelling, the anecdote and the moment of reflection. The anecdote is the sequence of events, this sequence should begin with a question that you will answer and ...
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  7. sgtsocks

    Are YOU Listening?

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    September 19, 2012
    For this assignment we had to pick from a long list of audio stories. I saw Patient Zero by Radiolabs and thought it had a catchy name. Without knowing what I was about to hear, I went ahead and clicked! So if you want something to do, or even an hour to kill, go ahead and take a listen and you’ll know exactly what this post is about! So when you hear the moos of the cows, you know you’re in the right place! So they start with a story about typhoid, then a story about AIDS, then high-fives, and cowboy hats. I like the background music because it always … Continue reading →
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  8. amelialord

    “Eat Cake”

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    September 19, 2012
    I listen to the audio story “Eat Cake.” Having little experience even listening to audio stories I thought it was great, just because it kept my interest. I then listened to Howsound’s “Dissecting Joanne Rosser, Papermaking” and figured out what makes me like this story and how it keeps my interest. Eat Cake starts with immediate action and layered sounds. A lot is going on, the cat is purring and meowing, while Elizabeth is talking to it, then this track quiets (but is still audible) while Elizabeth begins the introduction.  The next “paragraph” starts by a third layer of audio, music starting to play while she talks about her Valentines ...
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  9. amelialord

    Audio Storytelling, from the experts

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    September 19, 2012
    So I just watched the four part series of “Ira Glass on Storytelling” (2, 3, 4), where Ira Glass, gives what he thinks are the things you need to know when starting audio storytelling (broadcasting). He seemed to have four main points, one in each video: First- Audio storytelling has 2 main building blocks: -The Anecdote: A sequence of actions -with “Bait” -raising questions from the beginning and answering them along the way -The moment of reflection: the point of the story Second- Finding a great story takes time, be strong enough to “abandon the crap”, failure is a big part of success Third- If you want to be and audio ...
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  10. sgtsocks

    Turn The Volume Up

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    September 19, 2012
    Okay, not literally because there’s no audio on this post… This week we were asked to watch a series of videos(One, Two, Three, Four, Five) about creating audio and presenting stories through it. From the first video, the first thing that struck me was Ira stating to forget how they told you to tell a story in high school. Don’t use a topic sentence, a body and supporting sentences, just make the story flow like you were talking to a friend. To summarize the video though, Ira was telling a story about how to tell stories. Honestly it was beginning to bore me, but then I thought, “Hey, he’s saying … Continue reading →
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  13. cogdog

    The New T-Shirts Are Here! The New T-Shirts Are Here!

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    September 18, 2012
    People do get excited when things are delivered… @timmmmyboy Hard rain falling here. Got my #ds106 shirt yesterday. THANK YOU @jimgroom What about the socks? :) — Ben Harwood (@BenjaminHarwood) September 18, 2012 @jimgroom Received my #ds106 t-shirt yesterday. Yay! Thank you! :) — linda3dots (@linda3dots) September 12, 2012 #ds106 tshirt! Yay! — David Kernohan (@dkernohan) September 18, 2012 Technicolor #POVme sporting my #DS106 t-shirt.flic.kr/p/dc4Hra — GNA Garcia (@DrGarcia) September 19, 2012 Just got my ABSOLUTELY FABULOUS #DS106 T-shirt and stickers for my contribution to their @kickstarter project WAY COOL! @jimgroom @cogdog — Shannon D. Smith (@Smithstorian) September 17, 2012 Yep, one could say that these people are animated about receiving their ds106 kickstarter t-shirts. UPDATE: September 26, 2012 I added some more folks, but my Photoshop file is getting weird, and I am losing older animations- so this new one has additions of David Kernohan, Ben Rimes, and George ...
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  15. bparsons

    Listening to Sherlock Holmes

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    September 18, 2012
    Out of the list of stories, I was compelled to pick Sherlock Holmes. I have always been a big fan of mystery and have watched numerous movies and read many of Sherlock Holmes’ books. The first story I listened to was the 1954 version of A case of Identity. It was the second story on ...
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  16. bparsons

    Listening to Digital Storytelling?

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    September 17, 2012
    These days I am not much on listening to the radio. We now have iPods and things to listen to just music. I’m the type of person who has never really cared too much for radio talk shows. If by chance I am listening to the radio I always change the station when the morning ...
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  18. Paul Waltsak III

    Givin’ Some Love

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    September 17, 2012
    I always like to give attention to bands that I come across that really hit something special within me. I would like to introduce Young the Giant here on my blog, performing a live version of their song “Islands”, which is one of my personal favorites. I highly encourage anyone to give this a listen and ...
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  21. shenika1987

    Week 3 Summary

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    September 16, 2012
    My idea on Storytelling is the same and I don’t think it will change. I do how ever think that it will grow as I see how others view it. http://shenikarich.com/what-storytelling-means-to-me/%20%E2%80%8E Kurt Vonnegut Story made complete sense when I was analyzing my movie.  I even thought about all the movies I had seen lately and how they ...
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  22. Paul Waltsak III

    Weekly Summary # Three: What a Busy Week!

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    September 16, 2012
    This week was filled with lots of fun activities, including four daily creates, our input on what storytelling is, an activity using either five photos of your own or random photos, or two photos from the Daily Create archive to create a story. Although it was time consuming and a lot of work, I enjoyed ...
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  23. ericgreenlaw

    Weekly Summary

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    September 16, 2012
    I really enjoyed the daily creates this week, they were alot of fun.  Here is a link to my daily creates post http://omaraminzay.com/wordpress/daily-creates/ I also thought the picture story was pretty cool.  It was fun making something so simple, but at … Continue reading →
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  24. shenika1987

    Kurt Vonnegut

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    September 16, 2012
    This assignment was the hardest for me to do because I never thought of a story this way.  But it makes so much sense… I seem to think all the time while watching a movie that it is predictable and often I Wiki the ending of movies before it reaches the climax or end of ...
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  25. Paul Waltsak III

    Kurt Vonnegut inSPIRED: The Shape of Stories

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    September 16, 2012
    It’s pretty cool how Kurt Vonnegut explains this whole concept that stories have a shape to them. He is correct, because many stories follow this model, moving from beginning to end, with a main character usually fluctuating on the “Good-Ill” spectrum, depending on the plight of that character, and the events that unfold within the ...
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  26. aetherbunny

    EVERYTHING IS STORIES AND NOTHING HURTS

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    September 16, 2012
    This week has been all about stories for me. It started with a post about storytelling told in the form of a story. I was shocked at how much attention that post received, and found the requirement to solicit at least five comments on a post completed before I’d had time to process how I ...
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  27. shenika1987

    Exploring Daddy’s Hat

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    September 16, 2012
    I found this to be a very fun Assignment. I looked to the example provided on Professor’s blog and I had my light bulb moment.  I was sure since I am a mom that I captured 5 photos for one single event and that I had it in my phone and of course I was ...
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  30. lacyhoward18

    Weekly Summary #3

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    September 16, 2012
    Technically this is my first weekly summary since I fell behind the first two weeks. http://laceface18.com/?p=37 -What is storytelling?  My opinion of storytelling is basically the same as the beginning of the week.  I’m learning more about digital stories and appreciating … Continue reading →
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