Dear Sixteen year old, me
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This could really be a video or audio. But write a letter to your 16 year old self. Talk about anything you want. (I.E: Don't cut your hair, you will look crazy. Or, don't stress out about college, you will get it!) Just talk about things that you wish the 16 year old version of you knew back then.
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Submissions So Far
Dear 16 Year Old Me…Spy Version
This video is what my spy, Margaret de la Tour wish she knew when she was 16! To make this video, I pieced together clips using iMovie. I used time lapse mostly for the whole thing. I incorporated various angles and such to make it more interesting than if I …
Letter to the Past
For my last assignment, I did “Dear Sixteen Year Old, Me” for 4 stars. It was 4 1/2, I rated it a 3, and it dropped a half star. For me, the hardest part was the thinking. What did my 16yo self need to know? Definitely that life gets better …
A video letter to my sixteen year old self
Have you ever thought about what you would do differently in life if you had the chance to go back? I know I have… I luckily came across this video assignment which allowed me the opportunity to do just that. The assignment required that I do a video letter to …
DS106 Video Assignment: Dear Sixteen Year Old, Me
This DS106 Video Assignment didn’t take too much time to record, but it did take a while to think about what I was going to say. Most of it is light, but I do talk a bit serious for a couple of moments. Recorded this with my iMac webcam, cut …
Hi 16 Year Old Maryna!
Hey guys!
Video making magic for weeks 11&12
The Assignment
This assignment is called “Dear Sixteen Year-Old Me” and it is worth 4.5 stars. The exact instructions are: “This could really be a video or audio. But write a letter to your 16 year old self. Talk about …
Dear Sixteen Year Old Me
This is a Video Assignment and it is worth 4 Stars. This assignment gave me the task of creating a letter for myself if I was given the opportunity. I started out by actually typing up the letter and reflecting on my life. It actually took longer than I thought …
Dear 16 Year Old Chantel
http://cmoton.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/me.mp4
Being 16 is not always easy. For me it was the time when I wanted to grow up so fast and be done with high school but looking back there are definitely some things I wish I knew then that I’ve learned over the years.
This assignment required me …
Dear 16 y/o me (ps you’re an ass)
Sorry for the rather crude title, but I didn’t mention much in the video how much I actually hate 16 year old me. Seriously, she was actually the worst. She probably would have believed in reverse racism. The. Worst.
But, I still talked to her today in this video.
For …
Dear 16 year old me…
I saw this assignment and instantly knew that I wanted to do something with it because there’s a lot of advice that I could give a younger me. However, I decided to reign it in and focus more on keeping my head in the game regarding schoolwork in college.
For …
Rewrite This Story
This assignment, worth four stars toward my weekly total of eight, was a bit more personal than I thought. That’s because this particular task involved the creation of a “letter,” in either audio or visual form, to our sixteen-year-old selves.
This could really be a video or audio. …
Hey Kid!
Four years ago now I was sixteen! Crazy! During that time my biggest hobby was programming, I used to do that all the time. Those were the good old days… not really. Looking back I wish I knew a lot of things, that I know now, but there is really …
16 Year Old Me
http://www.roylando.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/toMyself.mp4
This assignment was to make a video to my 16 year old self. There is so much I want to say. So many things I want anyone who is 16 to be prepared for but at the same time life is about learning things about the world, many times …
16 me has always been right, Hmmm?
I wrote this letter for myself, for 16 year old me. This assignment is worth 4 stars. I have been question myself a lot lately about my decisions and wondering what could I have done differently that would change were I ended up right now. I wasn’t blaming myself …
Letter to Little Ole Me
For this assignment, I decided to cinematically write a letter to my 16 year old self. It was a different time back in my younger years and looking back I made a lot of mistakes but, hey, you live and learn right?…
Note to Self.
Dear 16 Year Old Me,
Take a moment to listen to what I have to say. Because everything, and I mean everything, is about to change. If only you had known that at the time … the value of that knowledge would have been way beyond a mere four stars…
Dear Sixteen Year Old Veronica
4 stars
Although 16 was not too long ago for me… 6 years to be exact. A lot has changed in my life and in the world. In this letter to a younger me I tell myself to keep with my passion of singing and not to let anyone tell …
whats up loser?
wow look at this thing. i did the letter to your 16 year old self assignment
i wanted to record myself saying the letter to myself but something’s going funky with the audio on my computer. it only plays a crackling noise and i don’t know whats up but i’m …
Dear 16 year old me
http://www.tylerdaig.com/Blog/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/16-year-old-letter.mp4
For this assignment, I videoed myself reading a short letter to 16 year old me. I used windows movie maker to create this video. I extremely enjoyed this assignment even though I hate recording myself. I have always wished I could go back and tell myself a few things. …
Dear 16 Year Old Tiffany (4 stars)
So for my final video assignment this week I chose to write a letter to my 16 year old self then make a video about it. I chose to do this assignment because there is so much I would tell myself to do and what not to do if I …
Dear Sweet 16 Year Old Me! (4 Stars)
Oh the things we wish we knew then that we know now! To be able to go back and do things differently!
I chose this assignment (4 Stars) because I liked the idea of being of to look back and tell myself what I wish someone would have told me …
“This Glory Road Is Coming To An End”
For another one of my video assignments I decided to Letter to the 16 year old me (4 stars). This was a very interesting assignment for me and it brought up so many old emotions. I had a really fun time putting together what I would say. A lot of …
Message to my 16-Year Old Self
Original Assignment (4 Stars)
The next video assignment I decided to do was the “Dear 16 Year Old Me” one. This assignment had me thinking quite a bit, because I was trying to figure out what to say that would be significant towards my sixteen year old self. Then I …
A message to the young me
I decided to do the assignment Dear Sixteen Year Old Me worth 4 stars. I don’t think that I made a ton of mistakes but I wanted to warn myself of a few things and also prepare myself for the future a little bit. Overall I wouldn’t want to change …
Dear 16 year old me – 4 stars
This was really self reflective for me. I really liked this assignment.…
Dear Sixteen Year Old Brittany…
For my next video assignment this week I did “Dear 16 Year Old Me” (4 stars). At first I was like eh, I don’t really know about this one. It seems interesting but I don’t know how much I would have to say. Then I realized that I …
A Message to My 16 Year Old Self
If only this could really happen. Things would be a bit different for me. I would still have enlisted in the Marine Corps though. I could have made this video funny, and made jokes, but I decided to take it a bit seriously just in case some damn cosmic phenomena …
I am YOU from the Future!
https://assignments.ds106.us/assignments/dear-sixteen-year-old-me/
Today I decided to leave some advice for myself, if I could send something to the past. Anyways, this video was made using the video recorder on my laptop (I’ve been experimenting with what works better for recording today). After I recorded, I used Window’s Media player to tweak …
Video letter to my 16 year old self
So this video assignment challenged me to record a letter to my 16 year old self. Basically I just recorded myself telling my 16 year old self thing he needed to know and what was going to happen in the future. Check out what I said to myself!
So that …
Dear sixteen year old me
For this assignment (https://assignments.ds106.us/assignmen…) I was to write a letter and video tape myself to my 16 year old self giving myself advice. I actually recorded this on the software that is already on my computer (Dell Webcam central) and it actually turned out pretty good! This was …
My masterpieces
In addition to two tutorials, we had to create two brand new assignments to share with DS106.
The first assignment I created is called “Dear sixteen year old, me“! I feel very official having a DS106 assignment out there with my name on it! Basically all you do …
Dear 16 Year Old Me…Spy Version
This video is what my spy, Margaret de la Tour wish she knew when she was 16! To make this video, I pieced together clips using iMovie. I used time lapse mostly for the whole thing. I incorporated various angles and such to make it more interesting than if I …
Letter to the Past
For my last assignment, I did “Dear Sixteen Year Old, Me” for 4 stars. It was 4 1/2, I rated it a 3, and it dropped a half star. For me, the hardest part was the thinking. What did my 16yo self need to know? Definitely that life gets better …
A video letter to my sixteen year old self
Have you ever thought about what you would do differently in life if you had the chance to go back? I know I have… I luckily came across this video assignment which allowed me the opportunity to do just that. The assignment required that I do a video letter to …
DS106 Video Assignment: Dear Sixteen Year Old, Me
This DS106 Video Assignment didn’t take too much time to record, but it did take a while to think about what I was going to say. Most of it is light, but I do talk a bit serious for a couple of moments. Recorded this with my iMac webcam, cut …
Hi 16 Year Old Maryna!
Hey guys!
Video making magic for weeks 11&12
The Assignment
This assignment is called “Dear Sixteen Year-Old Me” and it is worth 4.5 stars. The exact instructions are: “This could really be a video or audio. But write a letter to your 16 year old self. Talk about …
Dear Sixteen Year Old Me
This is a Video Assignment and it is worth 4 Stars. This assignment gave me the task of creating a letter for myself if I was given the opportunity. I started out by actually typing up the letter and reflecting on my life. It actually took longer than I thought …
Dear 16 Year Old Chantel
http://cmoton.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/me.mp4
Being 16 is not always easy. For me it was the time when I wanted to grow up so fast and be done with high school but looking back there are definitely some things I wish I knew then that I’ve learned over the years.
This assignment required me …
Dear 16 y/o me (ps you’re an ass)
Sorry for the rather crude title, but I didn’t mention much in the video how much I actually hate 16 year old me. Seriously, she was actually the worst. She probably would have believed in reverse racism. The. Worst.
But, I still talked to her today in this video.
For …
Dear 16 year old me…
I saw this assignment and instantly knew that I wanted to do something with it because there’s a lot of advice that I could give a younger me. However, I decided to reign it in and focus more on keeping my head in the game regarding schoolwork in college.
For …
Rewrite This Story
This assignment, worth four stars toward my weekly total of eight, was a bit more personal than I thought. That’s because this particular task involved the creation of a “letter,” in either audio or visual form, to our sixteen-year-old selves.
This could really be a video or audio. …
Hey Kid!
Four years ago now I was sixteen! Crazy! During that time my biggest hobby was programming, I used to do that all the time. Those were the good old days… not really. Looking back I wish I knew a lot of things, that I know now, but there is really …
16 Year Old Me
http://www.roylando.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/toMyself.mp4
This assignment was to make a video to my 16 year old self. There is so much I want to say. So many things I want anyone who is 16 to be prepared for but at the same time life is about learning things about the world, many times …
16 me has always been right, Hmmm?
I wrote this letter for myself, for 16 year old me. This assignment is worth 4 stars. I have been question myself a lot lately about my decisions and wondering what could I have done differently that would change were I ended up right now. I wasn’t blaming myself …
Letter to Little Ole Me
For this assignment, I decided to cinematically write a letter to my 16 year old self. It was a different time back in my younger years and looking back I made a lot of mistakes but, hey, you live and learn right?…
Note to Self.
Dear 16 Year Old Me,
Take a moment to listen to what I have to say. Because everything, and I mean everything, is about to change. If only you had known that at the time … the value of that knowledge would have been way beyond a mere four stars…
Dear Sixteen Year Old Veronica
4 stars
Although 16 was not too long ago for me… 6 years to be exact. A lot has changed in my life and in the world. In this letter to a younger me I tell myself to keep with my passion of singing and not to let anyone tell …
whats up loser?
wow look at this thing. i did the letter to your 16 year old self assignment
i wanted to record myself saying the letter to myself but something’s going funky with the audio on my computer. it only plays a crackling noise and i don’t know whats up but i’m …
Dear 16 year old me
http://www.tylerdaig.com/Blog/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/16-year-old-letter.mp4
For this assignment, I videoed myself reading a short letter to 16 year old me. I used windows movie maker to create this video. I extremely enjoyed this assignment even though I hate recording myself. I have always wished I could go back and tell myself a few things. …
Dear 16 Year Old Tiffany (4 stars)
So for my final video assignment this week I chose to write a letter to my 16 year old self then make a video about it. I chose to do this assignment because there is so much I would tell myself to do and what not to do if I …
Dear Sweet 16 Year Old Me! (4 Stars)
Oh the things we wish we knew then that we know now! To be able to go back and do things differently!
I chose this assignment (4 Stars) because I liked the idea of being of to look back and tell myself what I wish someone would have told me …
“This Glory Road Is Coming To An End”
For another one of my video assignments I decided to Letter to the 16 year old me (4 stars). This was a very interesting assignment for me and it brought up so many old emotions. I had a really fun time putting together what I would say. A lot of …
Message to my 16-Year Old Self
Original Assignment (4 Stars)
The next video assignment I decided to do was the “Dear 16 Year Old Me” one. This assignment had me thinking quite a bit, because I was trying to figure out what to say that would be significant towards my sixteen year old self. Then I …
A message to the young me
I decided to do the assignment Dear Sixteen Year Old Me worth 4 stars. I don’t think that I made a ton of mistakes but I wanted to warn myself of a few things and also prepare myself for the future a little bit. Overall I wouldn’t want to change …
Dear 16 year old me – 4 stars
This was really self reflective for me. I really liked this assignment.…
Dear Sixteen Year Old Brittany…
For my next video assignment this week I did “Dear 16 Year Old Me” (4 stars). At first I was like eh, I don’t really know about this one. It seems interesting but I don’t know how much I would have to say. Then I realized that I …
A Message to My 16 Year Old Self
If only this could really happen. Things would be a bit different for me. I would still have enlisted in the Marine Corps though. I could have made this video funny, and made jokes, but I decided to take it a bit seriously just in case some damn cosmic phenomena …
I am YOU from the Future!
https://assignments.ds106.us/assignments/dear-sixteen-year-old-me/
Today I decided to leave some advice for myself, if I could send something to the past. Anyways, this video was made using the video recorder on my laptop (I’ve been experimenting with what works better for recording today). After I recorded, I used Window’s Media player to tweak …
Video letter to my 16 year old self
So this video assignment challenged me to record a letter to my 16 year old self. Basically I just recorded myself telling my 16 year old self thing he needed to know and what was going to happen in the future. Check out what I said to myself!
So that …
Dear sixteen year old me
For this assignment (https://assignments.ds106.us/assignmen…) I was to write a letter and video tape myself to my 16 year old self giving myself advice. I actually recorded this on the software that is already on my computer (Dell Webcam central) and it actually turned out pretty good! This was …
My masterpieces
In addition to two tutorials, we had to create two brand new assignments to share with DS106.
The first assignment I created is called “Dear sixteen year old, me“! I feel very official having a DS106 assignment out there with my name on it! Basically all you do …
Help Someone Else Do this Assignment
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Tutorials So Far
These are the steps I took to make the video “letter” to my sixteen year old self.
I first used Photo Booth on my iMac to record my video. In Photo Booth I used the comic book filter (that’s my favorite). I then opened up iMovie to begin editing.
I …
I thought that since this was one of my favorite assignments of the class that I would give a run down of how I approached this assignment!
Step one: Open up a word document. When you are writing a letter to yourself in the past there is no way that …