When I first started listening to the DS106 Radio (unfortunately not live …)  I was the only listener.   #ds106 currently the only listener on @ds106radio — Casey (@caseyragg) February 10, 2013 It started with 3 songs and then went into a story about running.  I enjoyed the back and forth interaction the …

This week I only managed to get three Daily Creates done. Wednesday The task: Retitle a movie poster to make it more accurate. WAIT! This was my suggestion! I was so excited to see it up there, and then when people started posting their movie posters, I got even more excited! I’m so glad people ...

The mission of today’s work was to make a DS106 radio bumper. I spent the first hour or so fumbling through my itunes looking for a the perfect 10 or so seconds from a song to use as part of the bumper. After skimming through several songs I chose the beginning portion of “She Moves ...

I’ve never been a fan of pickup lines…but some of them can be just plain hilarious. For this assignment I had to caption a picture from Franco Accornero’s postcard pack called “Unbridled Passion.” I got this horrible pickup line from one … Continue reading →

Okay, so this was much easier than everything else I’ve done in this class and the least stressing. To be honest, I had fun, weird right? Definitely not used to that just yet, especially since I wasn’t aware that was allowed to be happen just yet. Anyways! I was watching the movie Space Jam over the ...

Sorry, that title was a bit tacky. But it seems perfect for this weekly summary which is all about audio week, and what a week it was! I was cordially introduced to Audio, and we hit it off right away. This princess has invited audio to my kingdom so we can hang out together sometime. (continue reading...)

My first try at an audio story with just sound effects.  Its only 30 seconds long, but I used a lot of different sounds! I knew I wanted o use foot steps as one of my sounds for my story.  From there it just kind of took off.  Originally I …

Well, Ladies and Gentlemen, this was an enlightening week in ds106.  Definitely had some opinions changed about a couple things.  I thought that the audio thing was going to be the hardest, most annoying process about all of this, especially because of my voice, but that was completely untrue.  This was actually my favorite week  [ Read More ]

Such glamor can only be attained by a canine of exquisite tastes. This is my lovely hound, Caesar. His hobbies include strutting his stuff on the runway, signing autographs, and going to photo shoots like the true model he is. … Continue reading →

Super frustrated this week! Every time I had time to listen to the DS106 radio, there was either weird music or a story. The stories were interesting, but I always seemed to miss the first half. I eventually made it to two stories this week. Listening to DS106 Radio I was going to use another ...

I’m not really sure what my reaction to this was.  I listened to Radiolab’s piece on “Words” and I felt cheated.  An odd reaction to a piece of radio, but it was just odd to me.  I’m not used to listening to radio in this manner, and by that I mean how the whole thing  [ Read More ]

Check this out! It’s called a bumper and could be used on the DS106 Radio! Having a “how to” video was super helpful when I went about doing this with sound files and audactiy.  At first I thought I might just use a sound or sounds, but then I thought …

Yes you heard me, the fire alarm. Luckily for me, the ds106 show was moved to Monday so I was able to catch it live*! The asterisk is there for a reason since I had to leave at some point because the fire alarm went off so I had to evacuate the building (as you could hear (continue reading...)

Many people have different views on how storytelling is and how stories should be told, but they all have at least something in common. When I listened to Ira Glass’ Series on storytelling (Part 1 and Part 2), he mentioned a lot of interesting point like about how all stories have building blocks which are totally different ...

When I was told that I would need to listen to ds106 radio this week, I was not sure what to expect. I had seen talk on twitter about it, but, having never listened to internet radio before, I went in with no real expectations. I decided to listen in on Wednesday night after being ...

Well I tried… That’s about all there is to it.  Unfortunately, I was unable to get onto ds106 radio during a live show this week–as far as I could tell.  I tried to get on three times, at various times of day, all week, but was unsuccessful.  I think I ended up listening for a  [ Read More ]

Ira Glass Part One: Ira Glass’ part one on storytelling brought up a major point about half way through about the concept of creating “bait” for the listener/viewer.  The significant point he made was that even within what he considers a boring background story, that the story still managed to have a bait factor in ...

Tuned into #theds106radio show on #ds106radio —or is it #theds106 show on #d106radio ?Listening to @bellekid and @foxylee13 @dzim1 — The Focus Zone (@TheFocusZone) February 4, 2013 I was a ds106 guinea pig of sorts this week, that is that this week was the first week that students co-hosted the ds106 show with cogdog, and ...

So here’s the story, about a story. I’m listening to The American Life radio show episode 484 about Doppelgangers. Yes that is right, listening. As in I am doing it right now. Looking at the overview I saw that there was a prologue and two acts. So I decided to reflect on each different part (continue reading...)

I think audio is extremely effective in telling a story.  The words, tones, sound effects, and so much more help to create the story and influence how the listener perceives it.  It makes the story interesting and make sense.  Audio can make ideas clear, emphasize points, grab the listener, create suspense, paint a picture, …

For one of the first assignments this week, I had to watch a few videos on audio storytelling and write some “nuggets” about them. I watched these earlier in the week, but forgot to post about them, so I rewatched them and am posting them today! Ira Glass First thought: wow his voice is wonderful ...

I tried on and off all week to try to catch ds106 radio in a live broadcast, but it seemed like I could never listen when it was live. I started listening to it around 1:05pm. I took a picture … Continue reading →

Monday: Create an acrostic poem that includes item of clothing that you’re currently wearing. Watch Written by Owl Be Reading on February 4, 2013 7:45 pm With you no longer Around To laugh and Cry with I am left to Having you with me in time. Thursday: Hum your first musical …

Okay, so here is the deal. I  wanted to mix things up and make a post of all of the daily creates I did, but honestly it will never be happening again because it stressed me out way too much. So this is my first and last post that includes all of my daily creates, (continue reading...)

This week involved a GREAT DEAL of listening. Videos. Sound effects. Sounds around me. The sound of my voice. The sound of a story from my point of view. Sound. Sound. Sound. ——————————————– Watching the Ira Glass and Jad Adumrad videos made me think of things in a new light.  I happen to love Ira ...

Angela, in dire need to get medicine for her dying mother, makes some unwise decision on the streets of Naples on how to get the 20 lire- the opening bit of the 1929 silent film, Street Angel. I’m watching this movie, well at least the first bit, as part of the Coursera open course on The Language of Hollywood: Storytelling, Sound, and Color. In the scene above, she is sentenced by judges who don’t seem to care a whole lot about her or her story, she’s just another on a treadmill, and the guard who brought her in escorts her out. It’s a nice full cycle, perfect for beng GIFfed Given my previous track record of less than one week duration in Coursera classes, I had already let most of the week slip by before showing up for class. I cannot say I am thrilled at the courser design. The ...

The assignment: Create a sound effect story. This is a challenge to tell a short story (no longer than 60 seconds) using nothing but sound effects! —————————————– Well here she is folks!  This is my story about the end of a long day.   This was really fun.  The hardest part, after actually DOING it, was ...

Another one of out assignments this week was to listen to an audio story. I already discussed a little bit about what an audio story is this week so I was excited to apply what I thought to a real story.   For my … Continue reading →

Last week we were asked to think about the question what is storytelling? This week we were asked to expand a bit about what what exactly is audio storytelling.  To help us get some basic ideas about this we were given Ira Glass’ … Continue reading →