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Category Archives: digital storytelling
Some Sounds from my Past: Ordering Food on Long Island
When I was a senior in high school I worked for a Pizzeria in Freeport, Long Island called Raimo’s. They had awesome food—in fact, they still do because a quick search suggests they’re still going strong—and it got so busy … Continue reading
Avarizia: a joke about greed, apples, and Italians
I always liked the “Make ’em Laugh” audio assignment which charges you with telling a joke in a language other than your native tongue. But rather than telling a joke in another language, I actually recorded Antonella telling a joke in … Continue reading
Stories always matter
Back in Fall of 1997 I taught my first college classes. I had just come back to NYC after seven years in California because I got into the English Ph.D. program at the CUNY Graduate Center. My whole reason for … Continue reading
This Week in ds106: Intro to Audio (Week 6)
This is a video from last night’s class which introduces my section of ds106 at UMW to audio. The class includes an overview of the power of sound, real-time student-produced foley, a look at some basic radio conventions, as well … Continue reading
Turn up the Audio: Assignments for Week 6
Image credit: “On Air” by OCV Photo Here’s what is expected of students in UMW section 1 for our next class and the rest of the week. The deadline for all work is midnight on Sunday, February 26th. Come to … Continue reading
Guilia Forsythe talks Sketchnoting
Last Thursday we had the great pleasure of having Giulia Forsythe discuss the art of sketchnoting (a.k.a. visual note-taking) during class. She didn’t come in live, rather she made a video wherein she shared an overview of what visual sketchnoting … Continue reading
They’re Here!
I loved Linda McKenna’s assignment to make a ds106-themed movie poster, so I started searching through some of the classic horror movie posters over the years. I didn’t have much time because I still have an Animated Comic Book Cover … Continue reading
Just for fun: A coupe of 4 Icon Challenges
I was looking through the icons in The Noun Project, and while others might have already used these icons for similar reason, I couldn’t help but reproduce a couple of classics for The Four Icon Challenge assignment (one of the … Continue reading
Spreadsheet Invasion: Animating Pong
After seeing the inspiring work so many ds106 folks had done with the Spreadsheet Invasion assignment, I knew I eventually had to try it myself. I’ve been on an Atari 2600 kick for some reason lately, so I was originally … Continue reading
Isolating Animation with Masked Layers in GIMP
Last May or June I went on a sick tear animating GIFs, and even isolating pieces of those GIFs so that only certain parts of an image would animate. However, turns out I forgot everything I figured out less than … Continue reading