About raptnrent: I got the name from my keys - R Apt and R Ent for the back door to my apartment and the back door to the house. I liked that they were also words: Rapt, meaning enthralled, riveted, captivated, and Rent, meaning torn asunder, violently wrenched. I thought it made for an interesting juxtaposition, open to all kinds of interpretations.
Tag Archives: mission106
Rats! Foiled again.
While I’ve been taking care of business, the agents have been investigating. The ds106 polls have yielded some interesting information so far. Agent Bongo has been involved in some top level coverups lately what is likely his next PR campaign? … Continue reading
Final Mission: The ds106 ultimatum
For your final project, you are going to tell a story across multiple categories of media. You’ve done writing, photography, audio, video and design. You’ve remixed and mashed up. You’ve done big projects and group projects. You’ve connected different stories. … Continue reading
Week 12: Remix & Mashups
4/7/17 – 4/14/17 Make a Tutorial This week’s main focus will be on mashups and remixes, but we also need to make tutorials. You may have noticed these in the Assignment Bank. Some assignments have them, some don’t. Was there … Continue reading
Help out a ds106 classmate
One of our ds106ers is collecting data for a psychology project, “a study about parenting, romantic relationships, and life satisfaction.” I have been told “This study is for academic purposes only and the data that is collected will only be … Continue reading
Agent Orange
In reviewing the agent interviews, I’m noticing some common answers. Everyone who has responded to the animal question has said tiger, and everyone who responded to gorilla question said 7-11. the thread that ties the two together is the color … Continue reading
Week 11: Mission: Moviemaking
We are doing a second week of video. We’re bringing it all together in these last few weeks. This is almost entirely taken from the Open ds106 Unit 10: Video the ds106 Way Focus on the storytelling aspect of your … Continue reading
Week 10: Reading movies
3/24 – 3/31 Reading movies This week we’re moving from audio to video. We’ve been looking at related aspects – photography, sound, design – all along, but now we’re going to look at cinematic camerawork, and how it all comes … Continue reading
You Only Broadcast Twice
For our second night of ds106 radio shows, we had another trio of tales, all very different. I don’t have much commentary right now, as the hour grows late and I have to head off to the Active Covert Reconnaissance … Continue reading
Goldradio
The radio show project is my favorite part of ds106. There are usually some complaints about the difficulty of working with audio and collaborating online, but almost everyone does great work and is justifiably proud of their creations. We had … Continue reading
Week 9: Broadcast and Web Storytelling
3/17/17 – 3/24/17 Everyone worked through major projects these past weeks, so we’re going to reflect on what the class has accomplished. Radio Shows Broadcasting Schedule Monday – Miami Spy Convention, Cloak and Dagger, and Group 5 Tuesday – Sexspionage, Agents on Air, and … Continue reading