The Best Day Ever on Facebook

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What if Spongebob and Patrick could use Facebook? To document the Best Day Ever, I’m using the What They Might Have Done In Social Media Web Assignment.

I followed the instructions on the Fakebook page to build the foundations (name Spongebob’s page, fill out his profile, give him friends, etc). Then I started to type in the story via conversation.

I came to some frustration when I tried to change the photo in my soundcloud widget to reflect that Patrick supposedly made this for Spongebob. It worked on my Soundcloud page, but I still had my photo showing up within Fakebook. I’m not sure why. But then, as the page crashed occasionally (I learned to hit the save button (again) meticulously), and reloaded, the Patrick picture appeared in one soundcloud widget, and the entire widget disappeared and turned to a dysfunctional link instead. And of course, you can’t just edit anymore (where did that edit button go that was there before?!), and you can’t rearrange comments once they’re made. So I had to delete the comments below it and that post, re-insert the widget code and the comments following it, and save again.

And it’s a good thing I saved. When I went to embed flickr photos next, it threw the entire page off. Fakebook wouldn’t allow me to delete the post once it was made, it told me instead to contact the webmaster. I had to reload the page to the last saved version. So, the only thing I can do with photos in Fakebook, unfortunately, is to link to them. That’s kinda lame, but it’s what I had to do. At least the links work (or did at the time when I made this). Hopefully none of my previously-working widgets or links break again on a reload.

So I finished embedding all of my media that I intended to use for the day of (12/10/12), and was about to post a few follow-up comments and posts for the day after, including the Google History map to show that Patrick and Spongebob got off of Facebook for the rest of the day, but wanted to show everybody the next day all the places they had been. I also wanted to post a few videos and clips with some more dialog just for fun. It remains to be seen if I’ll be able to do that or not, since the entire site crashed, and crashed my entire web browser (thank God I saved this summary in progress this time and my work in Fakebook). Either way, assuming the site is working when anybody goes to check it out, here is Spongebob’s Facebook page. I haven’t had a chance to take screenshots yet, but I will come back and add them if the page comes back up any time soon. Enjoy!

I figured it out. Since I needed a fake Twitter also, I used that as Spongebob’s day after post. Kinda lame that I can’t embed the media again, or even make the link clickable, but if you copy and paste the link within the tweet, it works, and takes you to the Google History Map I created. Score.

And I’m back into Fakebook. Remember that you have to read it from the bottom to the top in terms of thread, top to bottom within each thread, because this is old style Facebook. Here’s the shots. I put them in order the best I could – preferably, though, the link above will work and you can just read it through it the way it’s intended.

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Meme Wars

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Living it up in modern day style, as part of my Final Project, Spongebob and Patrick will spend part of the Best Day Ever in a meme war. To do this, I’m using the Caption That assignment. To be perfectly honest, though, I felt the assignment was too easy for two stars (either that or I’m getting better at this…and we know *that* can’t be), so, I decided to make a bunch of them.

The entirety of my story will be tied together through a Fakebook I’m creating, or at least that’s the idea. I admit to being a bit nervous about my grand plan now, since as of last night it wouldn’t let me into the page I had created using the link they gave me to do so. So I may be re-making it today, although this makes me nervous as to whether it will be accessible for others to see once I’ve completed it. I’m not sure what else to do but to cross my fingers, however, and maybe take a bunch of screen shots of the work I complete on it. It’d be a shame if none of the links are able to be clicked on, though, as the whole idea was to tell the whole story and embed *all* of the media I’ve created onto this Fakebook, woven into the conversation to help build the story…the way a Facebook stalker would view it. But, if it doesn’t work, at least all the media will still be accessible through my blog – I’ll link to the Fakebook page as well as each of my own blog posts containing the original media I created for it. Here’s hoping that’s enough.

But I digress. Back to Caption That.

To get themselves pumped up for The Best Day Ever, Spongebob and Patrick begin posting memes back and forth. To do this, I found a few images on Google and right-clicked to select Save Image As. I saved them into my Caption That Assignment Folder, and then went to GIMP. Once there, I resized the images if necessary, and selected the text tool and changed the font and size. I settled on Segoe Print Bold, 18 for some of the memes, 14 for the last. I selected the text boxes once the text was entered and selected the align tool and played with those settings to see what I liked best for each meme.

Finally, I saved a workable copy (as a .xcf), just in case I needed to get back to it in GIMP, and then exported each file as a .png. Here you go!

The conversation will make it funnier. I think. …I hope. At least in my head it did.

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Tutorials

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PhotoFunia_Tutorial

For this section, I chose to do tutorials for the assignments I’ve created. The first tutorial is a video, getting the through the software (website) PhotoFunia. I explain everything in the video below. Enjoy!

Y.O.L.O is the Motto!

Creating this video was fun but very time consuming. If you were thinking about doing this video, I would give yourself at least an hour to productively finish the assignment. I’m not as quick or technologically savvy when it comes to some software’s so I just went with my safe bet.

I used…

YouTube to get the videos I wanted

Keepvid to download youtube videos into MP4

MPEG streamclip à to trim the videos I uploaded from YouTube

IMovie to put the videos together

Google Image for some pictures I used in this project

Step 1: Finding material to use!

If you are thinking about using other videos on YouTube already created then mashing it up to whatever you want your project to be I would first go through videos that relate to what ever way you want to show what Y.O.L.O means to you.

i.e. I chose to use about five videos so I can upload it to MPEG stream clip and trim just the parts I wanted.

Step 2: Downloading and MPEG streamclip (Trimming the clips)

After downloading the videos through http://www.keepvid.com/ , I used MPEG Streamclip to trim just the scenes I wanted from the YouTube videos.

I.e. Save the trimmed copies as new files so that you can upload them into iMovie however you want it.

Step 3: iMovie

After trimming the clips and saving it as a new file, I uploaded my new files onto iMovie and started rearranging it. I wanted to start my video with a couple of images of Y.O.L.O therefore; I uploaded the images onto iMovie by dragging the images from my desktop and dropping it in there.

I then imported all the videos in the order I wanted and kept adding the images after every other video.

Step 4: Adding Music

After I finished assembling my project into what I wanted it to look like, I wanted to give it a sound track. I then uploaded music my clicking the music note icon on iMovie and getting the music from my iTunes.

I.e. make sure the music follows the scenes (strips of film you just want the music to play on) and not the whole project. (If that’s what you want to do)

Step 5: EXPORTING and downloading it on YouTube

After you’ve completed the assignment, go to the share button on the top on your iMovie and export your file into whatever mode you want it to be. (I saved mine as HD) Then after that’s complete, you can then upload your project on YouTube.

Here is the final product….

Hope my tutorial helped! Enjoy doing the assignment.

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Assignment Ideas

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PhotoFunia (Software Angel)

I chose to do a pay it forward type of assignment where the students who have taken this course and experienced the hardship of what software’s to use can help those who may take this course in the future.
Through this assignment, students will not only be sharing their experiences and favorite software’s but will also be introducing others to new softwares which then would lead the new students viewing this assignment to go ahead and share what they know with whomever comes after them.

http://assignments.ds106.us/assignments/software-angel/

Y.O.L.O

For starters, this acronym has been used so many times that the actual understanding of this acronym has lost it’s meaning
Since this is the most overused term in our generation, I thought I’d dedicate an assignment for all the idiotic things people do because of this acronym

http://assignments.ds106.us/assignments/y-o-l-o-is-the-motto/

The End!

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Archer Meets Spock

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The gang finally gets up into space. Woohoo! Their training ended up being entirely inadequate, as Archer is incapable of doing anything anyone tells him to do. However, while up there, they stumble upon, you wouldn’t believe it, Spock himself. Spock drops some knowledge on Archer. Archer doesn’t really understand what he is saying at first, but as he starts to grasp the concepts, he begins to get really excited. Have a listen in on the conversation overhead by those on earth (Houston, can you read me?)

[soundcloud url="http://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/71187910" params="" width=" 100%" height="166" iframe="true" /]

To create this video, I took audio clips from the last two episodes of season three of Archer–the two where they do travel into space (also my inspiration for this project, but we’ll get to that later). I found a clip of Spock from Star Trek on YouTube under some random search that I did (I am not Star Trek savvy) and took the first thing I could find. Using audacity I mashed up the two to create a type of dialogue.

This was one of the toughest assignments (Dialogue Mashup from the audio assignments repository) that I have done–well worth the four stars, if not five. Using the tools and finding the clips that I wanted were not the most difficult part, surprisingly. Rather the thing that I had a hard time with was putting the audio together to create a coherent(ish) conversation. But I did it.

This assignment tops off my final project, bringing me to a whooping 16 stars. And adds the third genre to the mix. Let me know what you think.

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Youtube it Your Way! Tutorial

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To begin this assignment first go on Youtube and choose the video page that you want to alter. Next go to this webpage and follow the directions on how to add and use X-ray Goggles on your computer. (This is the tool that will help you alter the webpage):

X-Ray Goggles

After completing this go back to the Youtube page and begin editing the page to confuse viewers. In my example I changed the name of the video, its description, and the comments. I left the rest of the page the same so that viewers would be confused on about what they were actually looking at.

After you have completed this, open a new browser and pull up the original webpage with the unaltered Youtube video.Next open another new browser and look online for a tool to use to take a screen shot of your two webpages. I use Google Chrome, so the tool that I used is called Webpage Screenshot.
Here is the link to the webpage I got it from:

Tool

Once you have found one install it so that it is saved as a tool in your preferred Web Browser. Take a screenshot of each webpage and save both images to your computer and upload both of the images to Flickr.Make sure you take a screenshot of the whole page for each of your photos!

Viola and you are done!

Here is the link to my example of this assignment:

YoutubeitYourWay!

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Google Map History of The Best Day Ever

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To help summarize Spongebob’s Best Day Ever, we’re using the all-powerful magic of Google through the Google History Maps Story Web Assignment.

I simply went to the site and followed the tutorial, and used a bit of creative license, and TADA! Spongebob’s Travels on his Best Day Ever.

View Spongebob’s Best Day Ever in a larger map

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Hit It! Tutorial

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To begin this assignment you must first choose a image that you think will be situable for this assignment. Make sure that image is saved on your computer.Remember that if you choose to use an image off the internet make sure that it has no text already on it! Here is the link to the website that I got my photo off of:

FunnyPhotos

Next, find a website or a program that will allow you to add text to your photo. I used this website for my example. (It is free and you do not have to download or even register to it!):

PicMonkey

Add the funny phrase into the photo using the tool. Make sure that the font size and color are appropriate for your image, otherwise anyone who views the picture will not be able to see the text! Save the new image to your laptop or computer and upload it to Flickr.

Viola and you are done!

Here is the link to the example that I did;

HitIt

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Patrick’s Second Try

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As another part of my Final Project, I decided to give Patrick a second try at cheering Spongebob up (not being allowed to go to work is horrifically depressing for the best fry cook of all time).

So to do this, I used the Onomatopoeias! Audio Assignment, and it was completed in the same way the Uninteresting Story was, which also happens to be the same way I approach most Audio Assignments. I got a clip of a bunch of Patrick jokes on Youtube. I downloaded it to my computer using my ‘Keep It!’ Keepvid.com button on my toolbar, and saved it as an mp4. Then, I imported it into MPEG Streamclip, which I only used to Export the Audio from the file.

Then, I hopped into Audacity and imported that sound file, along with the Small Group Laughter clip I used with Uninteresting Story. I clipped off the rest of the 4 minutes of audio or so from the original joke reel to leave behind just the one joke I wanted to work with, and zoomed in until it was able to be clipped. I then found a Tada Trumpet sound effect on freesound to try to help introduce the joke, which I had to lower the volume of quite a bit to make it fit. Then, I layered the small group laugh on top of Spongebob’s laugh to help make it sound canned and cheesy, which again, is my goal here. Finally, since Spongebob’s laugh is the ultimate sound I was going for here, I amplified it a bit, copied it, and echoed it.

Sounds like Patrick was a bit more successful this time around. What do you think?

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Poor Uninteresting Patrick

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To add to my Final Project Story, I decided to take on the Audio Assignment called Uninteresting Story.

To do this one, I found a YouTube video of Patrick telling Spongebob a story. I grabbed it using my ‘Keep It!’ Keepvid.com button on my toolbar. I downloaded it as an mp4, and then uploaded it into MPEG Streamclip. From there, I exported the Audio into my Audio Assignments file on my computer, under a new folder I’d made for this project. Then, I uploaded this clip into Audacity.

From here, I went to Freesound and grabbed a few sound clips I wanted to round out the piece. I used The Crash, the Epic Fail clip, the Fall clip, a Gaspy clip, and the Small Group Laughter clip. Each of these I edited to grab the parts I wanted from them, and, after clipping the original story clip at the necessary parts, placed each clip accordingly.

Once satisfied, I exported the file from Audacity, and uploaded it to soundcloud. Enjoy!