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Category Archives: digital storytelling
ds106 Salad Days
I’ve been admiring assignments like the Shakespearean LOLcat for a while now, and this time I decided to stop analyzing and start paralyzing with my awesome art! I knew the quote I wanted to do right away. It’s a line I’ve repeated regularly … Continue reading
Wire 106: Week 6 – The Design of Things
Wire episodes: Season 2, Episodes 9, 10, and 11. DailyCreates: 3 Video Discussions: If the following times don;t work for you, let us know times that do for future weeks. Also, you have to be part of at least three video … Continue reading
Red Moon
I went through the assignment bank to see what hadn’t been done yet, and I was surprised to see the “Image Manipulation and Historical Narrative” hadn’t been done, so I decided to fix that. I figured I would take one … Continue reading
Noise Pollution!
Today’s Daily Create “Noise pollution!,” submitted by Sandy Brown Jensen, asks you to stand still and record the ambient sounds where you are. It actually specifies you do this in the middle of your day, but by the time I sat down … Continue reading
From Radio to Television to Wire 106 or, Why I teach
I already blogged a bit about the Wire 106 listen along last week, and this week’s watch along, but I want to take a moment to reflect on these particular course activities. The shared object of attention for this course … Continue reading
Atari 2600 Joystick
Another awesome Daily Create today (thanks Mariana!), this one was imagined by Tom Woodward and has you picking a patent image and cleaning it up to make it look cool. I couldn’t find a patent image I was in love with, so … Continue reading
Wire 106 Twitter Watch Along
Last week was focused on introducing audio so we did three Wire 106 Listen Alongs via ds106radio that focused specifically on audio. This week we’re introducing visual/photography, so we wanted to switch it up and have folks watch and not … Continue reading
Cropped Road Signs: Fallout Fan
I love today’s Daily Create, namely taking a cropped road sign and provide a different context. My idea of turning a nuclear fallout sign into a fan was quick and easy, although not nearly as creative as some of the others. … Continue reading
Wire 106: Week 5 – Taking a Closer Look
This week we will be exploring visual elements of storytelling. And below is a quick list of things to do, followed by some more extensive resources: The Wire Episodes: We will be watching episodes 6, 7, and 8 of Season … Continue reading
Wire 106 Listen Along on ds106radio (#4life)
Its so different to just listen to an episode…#wire106 — John Meadows (@Physx28) September 17, 2014 Week four of Wire 106 was dedicated to listening to audio. Given that, Paul Bond suggested we load three episodes of season 2 of The Wire that we assigned … Continue reading