DS106 Confidential 2012-07-09 21:12:00
CAMP MACGUFFIN DIRECTOR SPOTTED IN AREA 51 SHED!!!! The mystery surrounding Camp Magic Macguffin and its parent organization CVI deepened this week as DS106Confidential reporter Joe Beets, on...
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View Articleds106: The Breakfast Club Edition
On Monday I started teaching five students as part of the Summer Enhancement Program for high school age students. I proposed a Digital Storytelling class—surprise, surprise—that spans two weeks and...
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I did the above GIF on the fly while showing the Breakfast Club edition of ds106 how to make animated GIFs using MPEG Streamclip and Photoshop. Today was a thoroughly enjoyable class—and the students...
View ArticleFirst Time Teaching Animated GIFs
I just blogged about the animated GIF I made while showing the Breakfast Club edition of ds106 how to make animated GIFs. What struck me after writing that post was that it’s the first since teaching...
View ArticleName that 80s movie #4
Experimenting a bit with The Noun Project and Illustrator before today’s Breakfast Club edition of ds106, and figured I would throw out another 80s movie 4 icon challenge because I can! The Noun...
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The Noun Project Credits: Football designed by Saman Bemel-Benrud Rocket designed by John O’Shea Tree designed by Saman Bemel-Benrud Palace designed by Okan Benn
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The Noun Project credits: Community by Mike Endale Beach Ball by Tim Piper Cap by Oliver Guin Bicycle by Ugur Akdemir
View ArticleJaws Alternative Book Cover
I have a ton of awesome design work to show off from the Breakfast Club edition of ds106 (a.k.a the K12 edition ), but I want to take a quick moment and feature two alternative book cover assignments...
View ArticleGreetings from the Overlook Hotel
Inspired by the work of the Breakfast Club edition of ds106 on their design assignments today (more on that anon), I took a shot at the Postcards from Magical Places assignment—3 stars! I spent the...
View ArticleDS106 Confidential 2012-07-13 09:46:00
OUTSOURCED MEMES, ROGUE HOLOGRAMS, AND “DISAPPEARING” CAMPERS: CAMP MAGIC MACGUFFIN CONTINUES TO UNRAVEL!!! In this first of a three-part series, DS106Confidential editor Red Beets unveils key aspects...
View Articleds106 Breakfast Club Edition Post-Mortem
Teacup Pigs And now for something totally tiny, as opposed to massive. Yesterday I finished up a two-week whirlwind class of ds106 (which I fondly refer to as the Breakfast Club edition) with five...
View ArticleMetal Mushrooms in Stereo
I have been dying to do the Wiggly Stereoscopy assignment by Bill Genereux—it basically uses the animated GIF method to create a 3D effect with just two images. It sounds easier than it really...
View ArticleIntegrating FeedWordPress with BuddyPress
I am writing a larger post about open architectures and the implications of what appears to be a more general move away from a focus on open as in sharing, collaboratively building, and collectively...
View ArticleBootlegs Volume 1: the Soundlab Sessions
Admittedly, this is the Casa (not Soundlab), but that is the 12 string Grant was playing in the Soundlab recordings). Originally dropped in Alan Levine’s Storybox, which I think was supposed to remain...
View Articleds106 Assignments: Designing for Engagement in Online Learning
ds106 Assignments: Effective Engagement in Online Classes from Jim Groom on Vimeo. Alexandra Pickett, who’s having students create an engaging online course space, asked if I would share some quick...
View ArticleThe Credit She Never Gets
Earlier today I posted a quick video about using the ds106 assignments repository to create engagement in an online learning experience. To be clear there are many things that go into such an...
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