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The Wayback Machine

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6 votes, average: 4.00 out of 56 votes, average: 4.00 out of 56 votes, average: 4.00 out of 56 votes, average: 4.00 out of 56 votes, average: 4.00 out of 5
  • So far 1 people have completed this assignment.
  • It has 1691 views.
  • Submitted by: Tim Owens
_cokwr: Remember what the web looked like in 1997? You might not, but it was retrofabulous! For this assignment take a modern website or web service and downgrade it back to 1997 standards., _cpzh4: Design, _cre1l: http://www.todayandtomorrow.net/2011/12/08/once-upon/, _chk2m: Tim Owens, _ciyn3: 215, _ckd7g: , _clrrx: , _cztg3:
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The Big Hip Hop

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11 votes, average: 1.82 out of 511 votes, average: 1.82 out of 511 votes, average: 1.82 out of 511 votes, average: 1.82 out of 511 votes, average: 1.82 out of 5
  • So far 26 people have completed this assignment.
  • It has 2309 views.
  • Submitted by: Tim Owens
_cokwr: Take any photo from The Big Picture http://www.boston.com/bigpicture/ and overlay it with lyrics from a Top 100 song. Similar to The Big Caption project., _cpzh4: Design, _cre1l: http://www.timmmmyboy.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/sickofbeingserious.jpg, _chk2m: Tim Owens, _ciyn3: 12, _ckd7g: , _clrrx: , _cztg3:
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Find Yourself

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7 votes, average: 1.86 out of 57 votes, average: 1.86 out of 57 votes, average: 1.86 out of 57 votes, average: 1.86 out of 57 votes, average: 1.86 out of 5
  • So far 18 people have completed this assignment.
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  • Submitted by: Chris Randles
_cokwr: Find your name in the environment around you. Look for your first name, parts of your first name, or even the individual letters that make up your name in the environment around you. Take photos and crop them together. Share. Enjoy!, _cpzh4: Visual, _chk2m: Chris Randles, _ciyn3: 119, _ckd7g: , _clrrx: , _cztg3:
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Based on 1-Quote-A-Day Project!!

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4 votes, average: 2.25 out of 54 votes, average: 2.25 out of 54 votes, average: 2.25 out of 54 votes, average: 2.25 out of 54 votes, average: 2.25 out of 5
  • So far 51 people have completed this assignment.
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  • Submitted by: Rimi 'Kookaburra' Morita
_cokwr: First of all, see this following link (assignment introduced by mome). http://ds106.us/2011/10/16/1-quote-a-day/ Quotes could be nice only by its own, but it might go further when it went beyond written words. Read your quote for a day out loud, and record it! Do not forget to give an appropriate feeling to it. Tone of voice could be a helpful hint for answerers to guess where your quote came from. Mimicking the original tone could be nice enough, but you also can add your own feelings to it as well. :), _cpzh4: Audio, _cre1l: http://morita-tuj.blogspot.com/2011/11/based-on-1qad-part12-soundcloud-direct.html, _chk2m: Rimi 'Kookaburra' Morita, _ciyn3: 210, _ckd7g: , _clrrx: , _cztg3:
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Phake Tweets

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  • So far 15 people have completed this assignment.
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  • Submitted by: CogDog
_cokwr: Use the Twister tool from ClassTools (http://classtools.net/twister/) to generate a series of images representing the voices of past figures if they could express themselves in twitter. Notch it up, and recast a historical event with a new plot line, and notch it up again, but making it a back and forth between two figures (use @person!) - my example is not developed as a fanfic, but should give you an idea of what to do (okay, okay, I will do a real assignment, sigh)., _cpzh4: Fanfic, _cre1l: http://cogdogblog.com/2011/03/17/phake-tweets/, _chk2m: CogDog, _ciyn3: 99, _ckd7g: , _clrrx: , _cztg3:
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Messing with the MacGuffin

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9 votes, average: 2.22 out of 59 votes, average: 2.22 out of 59 votes, average: 2.22 out of 59 votes, average: 2.22 out of 59 votes, average: 2.22 out of 5
  • So far 64 people have completed this assignment.
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  • Submitted by: Michael Branson Smith
Wikipedia defines the MacGuffin as "a plot element that catches the viewers' attention or drives the plot of a work of fiction." For this assignment forever change the plot of a movie, tv show, etc. by changing a single line of dialogue. Put this new line of dialogue below a screen-cap of the moment in the movie you're changing. Credit to Tom Woodward for posting an example of this idea in the #ds106 Twitter stream.
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Infographic Life

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9 votes, average: 3.89 out of 59 votes, average: 3.89 out of 59 votes, average: 3.89 out of 59 votes, average: 3.89 out of 59 votes, average: 3.89 out of 5
  • So far 1 people have completed this assignment.
  • It has 1947 views.
  • Submitted by: Tim Owens
_cokwr: First, begin by spending a set period of time documenting things about your life. How much coffee are you drinking each day? How many miles do you walk/ride/drive to work/school/bars? You can use http://www.daytum.com to capture this data, or go old school with pen and paper. Now, take inspiration from infographics all over the web, including the Feltron Annual Report, and create something beautiful and interesting from all that data., _cpzh4: Design, _cre1l: http://feltron.com/ar10_04.html, _chk2m: Tim Owens, _ciyn3: 52, _ckd7g: , _clrrx: , _cztg3:
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Mashedup Children’s Book

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4 votes, average: 3.00 out of 54 votes, average: 3.00 out of 54 votes, average: 3.00 out of 54 votes, average: 3.00 out of 54 votes, average: 3.00 out of 5
  • So far 26 people have completed this assignment.
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  • Submitted by: Jim Groom
_cokwr: Mashup a children's book based on another cultural artifact. For example, framing Dr. Who as a children's book in the aesthetic of a Dr. Suess's work. See example from College Humor here: http://www.collegehumor.com/article:1811404, _cpzh4: Mashup, _cre1l: http://7.media.collegehumor.cvcdn.com/86/51/ba8e6e3655723f8e0564073d70e0e195.jpg, _chk2m: Jim Groom, _ciyn3: 56, _ckd7g: , _clrrx: , _cztg3:
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We’ve Found Your Match

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8 votes, average: 2.25 out of 58 votes, average: 2.25 out of 58 votes, average: 2.25 out of 58 votes, average: 2.25 out of 58 votes, average: 2.25 out of 5
  • So far 12 people have completed this assignment.
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  • Submitted by: BRobenson
_cokwr: Take a picture of one of your closest friends and put it beside their celebrity look-a-like. , _cpzh4: Visual, _cre1l: http://www.flickr.com/photos/brobenson/5451916224/, _chk2m: BRobenson, _ciyn3: 66, _ckd7g: , _clrrx: , _cztg3:
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1 Quote a Day

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  • So far 24 people have completed this assignment.
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  • Submitted by: mome
_cokwr: Quotes are awesome. They recall a time, a trend or can identify you with a certain group. , _cpzh4: Writing, _cre1l: http://twitter.com/#!/search/realtime/%231qad, _chk2m: mome, _ciyn3: 189, _ckd7g: , _clrrx: , _cztg3:
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