ds106 live broadcast 7-18-11: Press Conference with Detective Kim Droom

Today’s press conference with Detective Kim Droom starts to shed some light on the events of Camp Oblivion this past weekend. There is a suspect in custody. Also, both Jim Groom and Dr. O’Blivion are alive and well and being treated for minor injuries—though the same can’t be said for far too many of the #ds107ers. Detective Droom has linked the event at Camp Oblivion to larger global conspiracies like the NFL Lockout, Google+, and News Corps Phone Hacking—but there is no solid evidence of any of these links as of yet. More details will be delivered throughout the day tomorrow as they come available. Stay tuned to ds106.tv/live.

One more extremely important thing for all the UMW for-credit students, as Kim Droom noted in his press conference each and everyone of you need to archive your blogs as part of the on-going investigation into this case—which is quite complex with lots of ins and outs. What does this mean for you? Well, you need to have your blogs archived on an external site like http://umwblogs.org or http://wordpress.com. Instructions for archiving your blog can be found here. Keep in mind you must archive your blog no earlier that July20th and no later than July 21st—if it is not archived correctly I will not submit your grade until it is. See the instructions on archiving your site for all the details—please read that post in its entirety.

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DS107 CARNAGE

DS107 CARNAGE from Jim Groom on Vimeo.

A trailer for a film not yet made….

Take the jump for an overview of the process, thoughts on why iMovie 8 sucks, and a bit about Mario Bava. Continue reading

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Not a ds106 post


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Old news I know, but I just discovered it. I really enjoy how unabashedly the Mail Online article frames this Great White as a monster. That’s the old anti-shark spirit we are at risk of losing, along with the sharks.

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ds106 on EDUCAUSE Now

Audio from an interview with Gerry Bayne of EDUCAUSE Now about ds106

A couple of days ago I had a discussion with Gerry Bayne of EDUCAUSE Now fame about ds106, the digital storytelling course Martha Burtis and I have been experimenting with at UMW. It’s a useful overview of the course and I think I capture the spirit of the experiment, the only thing it really misses is just how many people around the web helped to make this course so fun. In February Alan Levine, Martha Burtis, Gardner Campbell and I had a discussion with Gerry about ds106 that was a much more intense and free wheeling, unfortunately that one has gone missing and I really hope it shows up again because that interview was a ton of fun.

As for ds106, it has been a total panic to teach, and the Dr. O’Blivion experiment this Summer has been epic in many regards. What’s more, the whole teaching face-to-face, online course, and entirely open, invitational online courses has been a huge shot of energy for DTLT more generally. We are swirling with ideas, we have been experimenting like never before, and we are having a ton of fun. I can;t think of anything better for a cutting edge instructional technology group like ours, and I highly recommend it to others. All that said, I for one am absolutely burnt out. Of the 210 posts I wrote over the last 7 months, 200 of them have been about ds106 (including this one). It has consumed me and my blog entirely, and I think I need a little breathing room from the whole thing to try and understand it a bit. I was recently given the opportunity to teach ds106 again at UMW this Fall, but I think I am gonna have to pass it up just so that I can become a normal human being again. I have two more days of class before I finish the Summer of Oblivion, and right now that is more than enough to keep up with. But in the end, ds106 has been the greatest thing that has happened to me as a teacher, instructional technologist, and web denizen to date—it was a total b-movie blast and the coolest thing I have ever done professionally. #4life!!!

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ds106 live broadcast 7-14-11: Andy Rush on Video

In today’s live broadcast Andy Rush provides in-depth look at the tools of the trade for video. With an examination of codecs, compression, video editors, DVD ripping tools, and other strange transformative tools. If you are in need of an overview of web video resources to get started on your project, think of this as a must see. What’s more, the corresponding resource page wherein you can find links to the various resources discussed in this video can be found here: http://video.umwblogs.org

Also, during today’s session the live chat gave forth some excellent options for free, trial video editors for the PC. Both Sony Vegas and Adobe Premiere have free trial downloads. Additionally, if you are using Linux OpenShot may be a good option for you.

You should all have the video assignments by now, and keep in mind both videos are due by Tuesday, June 19th.

Next Monday’s live broadcast will be looking over video examples from the class thus far, talking mashups, fan fiction, as well beginning the course wrap up. Tuesday will be our final live broadcast in which the course narrative will hopefully come to a head. Wednesday is a reading day. Thursday will be the final exam period for which there will be an assignment to be named shortly.

One last thing, Tim Owens discovered this video by Ze Frank in 2006 that speaks volumes to what ds106 is all about. It is about the UGLY!

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ds106 Live Broadcast 7-13-11: Introduction to Web Video

Live chat for this live broadcast can be found here.

Today’s live broadcast was an introduction to a wide range of examples, genres, and possibilities with web video. The talk was based on Tom Woodward‘s list of videos here as well as the presentation for ds106 he delivered last semester—which you can listen to here. Be sure to check out those resources and be sure to watch the video included above of the live broadcast.

The assignments for the video portion of this class are as follows:

Don’t like any of these assignments? Make up your own video assignment, blog about what you’re going to do by Saturday 7/16, and make sure to submit it as an assignment idea on the main DS106 site.

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Summer of Oblivion Radio Shows

July 12th Student Radio Showcase by timmmmyboy

Above is an archive of the Live Broadcast of the Summer of Oblivion radio shows that aired yesterday, July 12th, 2011, on ds106radio from 1:30 PM (EDT) until 5:30 PM (EDT). It was a solid four hours of radio, and fine work to everyone involved. One show went missing on SoundCloud, but has re-emerged today and you can listen to it here.

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Oblivion Camp Radio Show (Part 1)

Oblivion Camp Radio Show (Part 1) by jimgroom

This is the first part of the Oblivion Camp Radio Show slasher serial, it is the first in a three part serial. Part two will start to wrench up the blood boys and ghouls. Bring on the pain!!!

Audio Credits:
http://www.freesound.org/samplesViewSingle.php?id=1055
1055__RHumphries__rbh_mocking_bird

http://www.freesound.org/samplesViewSingle.php?id=3179
3179__Pingel__PassingCar01

http://www.freesound.org/samplesViewSingle.php?id=94305
Fiat Punto

http://www.freesound.org/samplesViewSingle.php?id=61322
News end signature

http://www.freesound.org/samplesViewSingle.php?id=33685
FM FLip

http://www.freesound.org/samplesViewSingle.php?id=23977
News Intro

http://www.freesound.org/samplesViewSingle.php?id=15376
GW Bush – AN EMpire of Oppression

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Forbidden O’Blivion

There is some serious madness happening in ds106’s Summer of O’Blivion, and Michael Branson Smith’s video editing has been amazing as the above Forbidden Planet remix video bears witness to. Just in time for the video section of this course, and if you haven’t seen The Excorcist remix, you really shouldn’t miss it—despite how hard it is to watch.

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Oblvion Camp: A Course To Dismember!

This ds106 radio show may very well be your last!

The 1:00 minute bumper promoting the ds106radio show that will decisively end the #ds107 insurrection, once and for all!!
Ds106-oblivion-camp-bumper by jimgroom

The :30 second bumper that will put an end to this #ds107 mess once and for all!
ds106 Oblivion Camp :30 Bumper by jimgroom

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