For this assignment, I gave myself a challenge of sorts: try not to use any sounds you can find online. I ended up failing my own challenge because after half an hour of attempting to create a realistic gunshot sound… Continue Reading →

This was a pretty interesting assignment: create a character and have a short interview with them about their day to day lives. I’ve always been a fan of character work, so I enjoyed completing this quite a bit. I decided… Continue Reading →

The second Audio Assignment I chose from the DS106 Assignment Bank is Poetry Reading, a 2 star assignment that requires you to: Poetry is meant to be read aloud. Select a poem – it can be a personal favorite or one you find randomly – and read it aloud in a way that itself makes it a story. … Continue reading More Sylvia Plath

Weekly Summary To start off, I want to address what I have learned this week of ds106. I was really interested in learning about the audio component of storytelling and what goes into making a truly captivating, interesting audio story. Ira Glass really gave me a lot of knowledge about how to format a compelling audio story […]

Week 3 is over and this was my favorite week to date. I love working with audio and really tried to improve on my storytelling. It appears we are doing audio next week too so I am looking forward to more audio editing! I did not think the Ira Glass videos would be interesting but they held […]

This Daily Create was really fun to make! The assignment was to create a short story behind this photo! Since it is summer, many people are worried about their physical appearance. I believe this is no different for many animals as well! So my short story has everything to do with getting that beach bod […]

The daily create assignment I chose for this post was creating an interesting crappy book cover! My friend and I have an ongoing joke about Old Gregg. If you have not seen or heard about Old Gregg, I hate to say you have not lived. However, you can fix this problem simply by watching the clip linked above. […]

I chose this Daily Create because I got to do a simple recording of a phrase I  use all the time- OH YEAH! I usually say “oh yeaaaaaahh” when I get a super cute dress on sale or free food. Whatever the case is, if I am gaining something or receiving a positive message, I will say […]

You can find the daily create here. I chose this daily create because I liked the idea of taking a photo of my shadow in an interesting pose! Who knew I would end up creating a new concept I hope many of you will try out! While contemplating what pose to do, I decided to […]

Week 3 has come to an end and may I say I am impressed. I am impressed with Audio and every little detail that goes into the works of a great story. First let me start by summarizing what I learned this week. I don’t know where to start because I have learned so much […]

I’m not exactly sure if the feedback we are reflecting on is about our comments on others blogs or the comments left on ours. That being said, I will do a little bit of both. This week I have had the most contact with the other members of this course via the blogs. I’m not […]

I thought both Glass’ and Abumrad’s comments on gaps in the creative process and writers block were very useful to keep in mind when doing audio storytelling. I’ve always had a big problem with throwing in the towel when my… Continue Reading →

For my other audio assignment, I made a song with Audacity using random household items. This assignment was worth 4 stars. I’ll start by explaining a little bit about what I used for this assignment. When I read the description, I knew I had to do this! I love the idea of using non-music items to create […]

What did I learn this week? This week I had to look back on the mistakes I made previously and try and rectify them. I did visit blogs from other course participants and learned a lot from them. I am hopeful that much of the changes that I brought in to this week’s work are … Continue reading So how was week 3?

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4.5 Stars Assignment Length of audio: 44 seconds Please click here for assignment page This was a challenging assignment. I had to tell a story without words. So I thought of a scary night where a person gets into a haunted house. There he finds out that the house is possessed by a scary creature. … Continue reading The scary night, with audio effects only

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2 Stars assignment Length of audio: 17 seconds Please click here for the assignment page I downloaded the Audacity free audio editing software and installed it on my computer. Then I downloaded and installed the required Audacity plugin to convert audios to mp3. First I thought of sentences that I wanted to say as a … Continue reading Me as the RJ for DS106 Radio

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Summary of Dissecting Joanne Rosser, Papermaker I made the following notes from the Dissecting Joanne Rosser, Papermaker Show that proved useful when I was listening to the radio story and then making a summary of it. An audio presentation must have simplicity on surface and a lot going on in the background, Paragraphs arrange the … Continue reading Insight into radio storytelling

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Ira Glass According to Ira Glass, there are two building blocks of audio storytelling: Anecdote: According to what I understood from the video Anecdote is a sequence of actions like one thing happening next to other in audio storytelling. This is an example of the whole thought process that must be in a correct sequence … Continue reading The art of audio storytelling

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I provided real feedback comments to other bloggers from my summer class. They were not at all “you are great” kinds of comments :).  I have provided feedbacks to restaurants, retailers, salespersons, online website and many more but have never provided a feedback of my feedback. So this was a challenging blog post to write … Continue reading Feedback of my feedback

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For my first audio assignment, I created a story only using sound effects. Having some previous experience in iMovie, I was able to make the audio story there and then upload it to sound cloud. This assignment is listed as 4.5 stars. You are out of town for the week on vacation in Florida and you have someone […]

I didn’t look forward to audio week at first. I really hate the sound of my voice and having to listen to it over and over in order to edit isn’t my cup of tea. However, when I learned we would be listening to podcasts this week I was ecstatic. I listen to podcasts almost … Continue reading Week 3: Real Life And School Life Collide

#dailycreate @ds106dc Once upon a time there was a monkey and a dog…… #tdc1645 #ds106 pic.twitter.com/EtYoufxZro — Katie Rauchwarg (@kerauch8) July 10, 2016 For the daily create for today, this picture was used to create a story for this image. For everyone that doesn’t know from my previous post about animals, I am a dog person. But […]

I got to explore different genres of podcasts I have never experienced before this week. Even though at first I was dragging my feet a little (I’m very particular about my podcasts), in the end I actually enjoyed myself. That was the positive of this audio introduction, however, there were some negatives. I’m having troubles … Continue reading If I Have To Say One Thing…

The Song Itself Before you read anything else, listen to this song. You’re not going to understand if you don’t. Close your eyes for the full effect. Lyrics For reference, here are the lyrics from bobdylan.com: Crickets are chirpin’, the water is high There’s a soft cotton dress on the line hangin’ dry Window wide … Continue reading An Interview with Myself

When I found out that we would be critiquing each other’s blog posts, I was a little nervous. I share a lot of personal stories on my blog and that would make anyone vulnerable to criticism. But, I knew that it was all going to be constructive and in good taste so I had to … Continue reading Please, No One Drag Me

Below are the three podcasts from The Truth Podcast that I listened to. I really went blindly into each one and I selected these three mostly by their titles. I’ve never listened to a performance art podcast before, so this was a new experience all together. It was odd at first to remember that this … Continue reading I Mention Cheese, Again

Getting Away With It is episode 477 for This American Life. After the reflection this week on Ira Glass and learning from his videos about Audio Storytelling, I thought I would choose my audio story for the list of episodes of This American Life. As I began listening to the episode, it was clear I needed to shut off every background […]

Hello DS106 subscribers, these are my thoughts on Radiolab’s production called Ghost Stories. The production starts off with a story by Mary Roach. Some of the sound effects were hit or miss for me. I thought the newscast spliced in about the death of Thomas Bradford worked very well. There was a lengthy moment of […]

Its strange to think, but one year ago I had no idea what college was like, and two years ago I didn’t know what college I would end up attending. Just applying to college is a stressful process fraught with complications, and in the midst of the process I didn’t have much time to reflect … Continue reading Colleges