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Branded Forever

by Jolie Thomas
June 12, 2012

Today I decided to make leather pouches at the crafts table. Yet, I came across this piece of leather with a huge brand in the center. I was very deeply affected. This scar is still left years after everything else … Continue reading →
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Ain’t it though?

by Kerry Girard

| Syndicated
June 11, 2012

Day one of week four and I’m getting my grips on the Design Assignments. I tried the Lyric Typography Poster assignment, which can be found here. Waddya think? I chose
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Find Me in the Beach = )

by Kavon Johnson

| Syndicated
June 11, 2012

–>> To Find More “Where I Come From’s” <<–
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autobiography

by Kavon Johnson

| Syndicated
June 11, 2012

–>> For More “Cover of Your Autobiography” <<–
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Hungry?

by Kavon Johnson

| Syndicated
June 11, 2012

–>> For More “The Little Caption” <<–
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Why You Don’t Get Paid to Think…

by Kavon Johnson

| Syndicated
June 11, 2012

–>> For More “What People Think I Do’s” <<–
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Photography at Camp

by Abir Ibrahim
June 11, 2012

Photography has always been a way for me to express my most silent thoughts. Through photography I am able to tell stories, convey emotions that words cannot describe. Not even in a million years. Sometimes it is interesting to hear … Continue reading →
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What goes around comes around

by Abir Ibrahim
June 11, 2012

In today’s society most people, old or young, can relate to the generational difference between youth and their parents and grandparents. I feel today’s youth can benefit so much from the older generations. However, most of us are too caught … Continue reading →
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The Cinderella Story

by Abir Ibrahim
June 11, 2012

I find Kurt Vonnegut explanation of how people have such a need for drama in their life to be completely true. How people love to make up these stories, pass it on for generations and continue to believe them. The … Continue reading →
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Postcard Home: Week 2

by Abir Ibrahim
June 11, 2012

Dear parents, I was super behind on camp this week. What happened to Abir? People wondered. Did she fall off the face of the universe? Well that is pretty much what happened. I literally fell off into a new world … Continue reading →
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Letter Home Week 3

by Jasmine Anderson

| Syndicated
June 10, 2012

Dear Mom, I have learned a lot more this week than I let onto in the first letter, we have been focusing a lot of photography and what it means to be a good photographer. I learned that you don’t … Continue reading →
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Exhausted!

by Kerry Girard

| Syndicated
June 10, 2012

Great great great third week here at CMM. I learned my way around GIMP decently, and though it’ll be a long journey, I’m feeling pretty confident in my progress thus
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Maybe this makes me a creeper!!

by Jasmine Anderson

| Syndicated
June 10, 2012

I am truly in love with Jacob Black from the movie/book saga Twilight. I know I am a little to old to be obsessing over tween movies.. However, he is super hot! I simply cut my face out of a … Continue reading →
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9 Lives

by Jasmine Anderson

| Syndicated
June 10, 2012

It is amazing to see how much you change over the years… Even if you do not go as far back as a baby book, yo can still look at things such as: … Continue reading →
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Love: In Three Frames

by Jasmine Anderson

| Syndicated
June 10, 2012

This particular assignment meant a lot to me….. It really does say it all (although she wasn’t happy about the bunny). The story behind this story was that I got pregnant at the very end of my High School career, … Continue reading →
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Caught Mid Action

by Jasmine Anderson

| Syndicated
June 10, 2012

I decided to take a picture of my daughter running, trying to escape a monster wave. I was amazed how I caught her mid-stride.
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My Dream

by Jasmine Anderson

| Syndicated
June 10, 2012

Marry my dream guy, with my dream ring and wedding dress. I am a bit of a romantic! As far as school and careers go, I consider them goals that I must achieve and not dreams. Dreams are just icing … Continue reading →
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The Eye Exchange

by Jasmine Anderson

| Syndicated
June 10, 2012

The story behind this is that I am a ballet dancer. To start off I took a picture of my eye, and then got a picture of pointe shoes and cropped them into a circular shape and placed it over … Continue reading →
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Draw It

by Jasmine Anderson

| Syndicated
June 10, 2012

This is a picture of me looking out of a family members apartment in the Upper-East side of Manhattan. To get this style picture I used a simple photo editing application called draw to trace all the lines in the … Continue reading →
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Warhol Something

by Jasmine Anderson

| Syndicated
June 10, 2012

I took my daughter’s school picture and turned it into Pop Art. I used a simple photo editing software that allowed me to change the entire picture by simply clicking on “Pop Art”.
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Comic Book

by Jasmine Anderson

| Syndicated
June 10, 2012

I loved doing the comic picture, because I grew up reading soooo many comic books. To get this effect on the picture I went to an online photo editing site and clicked on “comic” and it made the whole picture … Continue reading →
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Week 3 Letter Home!

by Katie Douthitt

| Syndicated
June 10, 2012

Hey Mom and Dad! This week has been CRAZY. Our counselors are in full swing right now. They are teaching us how to tell stories through visual creations, such as photography. However though the load did get heavy, it’s … Continue reading →
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Letter Home: Week 3

by Mohamed T. Moaz
June 10, 2012

Dear Mom, I think I’m officially a hooked DS106er! I’ve learned and created so much this week. Make sure to check out my blog to keep up. I learned to make GIFs, take photos, edit photos, make my own currency, … Continue reading →
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My Visual Daily Creates for this week…..

by Mohamed T. Moaz
June 10, 2012

These are my daily creates (the visual ones) from this week. I really got to explore taking photos and editing them. I have never been one for photography or getting my picture taken. Only in the past 2 years of … Continue reading →
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Defamiliarize: A Stranger in My Own Room

by Mohamed T. Moaz

| Syndicated
June 10, 2012

For this visual assignment mission, I had to take 10 pictures of a place familiar to me and show them in a strange way, with odd zooms and effects. I took pictures of things around my room. Some of the pictures … Continue reading →
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Running away to Camp Magic MacGuffin…

by Mohamed T. Moaz

| Syndicated
June 10, 2012

I’m a relatively simple guy, this is all I will need as I retreat to camp this summer. The Essentials: Old Spice Deodorant (Can’t stink at camp lol) Hair brush My favorite pair of jean shorts (I cut them myself!!) … Continue reading →
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Activities of Week 3

by Kevin Murphy

| Syndicated
June 10, 2012

Dear Mom, I accomplished a ton this week at camp, I had some fun to. This week we started photography which is interesting to me and I had to do a bunch of assignments and some fun daily creates. The … Continue reading →
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9 Lives

by Kevin Murphy

| Syndicated
June 10, 2012

This assignment was a nice trip down memory lane. I really enjoyed looking up older pictures I didn’t have any real plan or method to which pictures I chose. Most of them are from elementary school and from vacation or … Continue reading →
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Donald Duck sighted at the X-Games?!

by Mohamed T. Moaz

| Syndicated
June 10, 2012

I have never made a GIF before, but I really like them and have seen some amazing ones. So I figured why not make my first one now? I didn’t want to do the usual GIF of myself or a … Continue reading →
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Littlefoot on the Move

by Kerry Girard

| Syndicated
June 10, 2012

Staying on the trend of making .gifs in an attempt to master them, this gem took me only a few minutes. Over the holiday break I got a new camera
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