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Tag Archives: ds106zone
Make it stop!
Because I love Scottlo! We all know nothing could be further from the truth given the cool, mellifluous tones of the great Scottlo, but I want to poke fun. This is the Comic Book Effect assignment, which is pretty straightforward. … Continue reading
The Invaders Meme: Misunderstood Diskman
I love this assignment by Brian Short (which he blogged here) inspired by this assignment by UMW #ds106 internaut Charles . So I tried a few, and I am giving myself two more stars cause I can 😉 I wonder who … Continue reading
ds106 Zone Animated Trading Cards: The Invaders
Inspired by Andy Forgrave—as I so regularly have been recently—I tried my hand at an animated ds106zone trading card. I cooked up a quick 4 star example of the animated movie trading card assignment for the beginning of many ds106zone trading … Continue reading
The Invader with Warhol Effect
This is an easy on inspired by Katy Chase, who did an Invaders-inspired version of the Warhol Something assignment. I haven’t done it yet, so I figured what the hell! I simply cropped out an image of the “alien” from … Continue reading
Classic Twilight Zone Animated Vintage Clipart
Riffing on Brian Bennett’s awesome version on the “Graphic Gift” assignment, I downloaded his template and put in the reveal moment for of the classic “The Invaders” episode for a quick three stars (recommended): This was pretty simple (standing on … Continue reading
The ds106zone Broadcast: Overview of Photo Editing Tools
Link to video. In this broadcast of #ds106zone, Tim Owens and I sit down to talk about some basic concepts behind photo editing, such as layers and various other tools, as well as specific tools available, GIMP and Photoshop being … Continue reading
The ds106zone Broadcast: Introduction and Syllabus Review
Link to video At 2:00 PM (EDT) this afternoon, I sat down for a live broadcast at ds106.tv to give the class a rough overview of what to expect more generally from #ds106zone, as well as the specifics requirements for … Continue reading
Submitted for Your Approval: ds106zone Week 1
Introduction/Overview Welcome to the ds106zone! Please read the following email in its entirety. Please note that all the assignments/tasks listed below are due no later than Sunday (5/26) night at midnight, though I can’t tell you enough that if you … Continue reading
ds106zone: You are About to Enter Another Dimension
It’s been a long time coming and I hope you can forgive the delay, but as Luther would say in 48 Hours “I’ve been busy!” That’s right ladies and gentlemen, this is the long awaited—at least by Scottlo—post about ds106zone, the … Continue reading
The Great Wall of bava
I’ve got about 10 posts to write on uwmdomains faculty initiative, ds106zone, the bava film festival starting this Tuesday, and much, much more. But the family from Long Island has descended on Fredericksburg, and I am losing ground every moment … Continue reading