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Tell a Stellar Story
So far, 7 people have completed this assignment and it has 2300 views.
For this assignment, use the app Steller (free from the App Store) to tell a visual story. Steller lets you incorporate photos, text and video into an interactive storytelling format. Use Steller to tell a story. You can use it to narrate a recipe, talk about a vacation, play with videos, or document something exciting. You'll need to sign in with Twitter to use the app, but when you're done, tweet your results using the #DS106 hashtag!
Three Moon Wolf Stories
So far, 11 people have completed this assignment and it has 2648 views.
Your challenge here is to inject a story into the comment space of a product a web site such as Amazon or ebay much in the vein of the Three Wolf Moon t-shirt on Amazon (see the back story). More examples include the BIC for Her pen reviews or the Diamond Braided HDMI Cable Find an item that is ordinary and has not been given this treatment by anyone else. The point is to see if a comment can carry the essence of a story and if others will feed into it. Now when you do this, do not be ...
Way Back Time Machine
So far, 0 people have completed this assignment and it has 3748 views.
Using the Way Back Time Machine website on Internet Archive, take screen shots of a favorite website overtime. Then, look at how the website has changed for better and worse. Blog about what makes a website effective and how that changes. See some examples of sites like McDonald's and Best Buy as they looked in 1996 https://www.msu.edu/~karjalae/internet96.htm?hoho
What They Might Have Done in Social Media
So far, 39 people have completed this assignment and it has 7251 views.
Too bad Facebook was not around for most of history! Use the Fakebook tool to make a Facebook profile for a historical figure and make a fake tweet for the same character using the Twister tool. See for Abaraham Lincoln the example of a fake facebook profile and what he might have tweeted. Make sure what you create is coherent with the person's background, and explain what it might have meant for that person to use Facebook and twitter "way back then". Include screen shots and links to what you created, and elaborate on what their use of social media ...
You’re a Pinteresting Character
So far, 48 people have completed this assignment and it has 3873 views.
Build a Pinterest page of at least 20 pins for a character of your choice. Search for pins that relate to your character and things that he or she would want to pin for themselves. Use X-Ray Goggles from Hackasaurus to modify the board further to personalize it for your character. Bonus points if you build a page and have visitors to your blog guess which character you picked!
Your Own Creepy Reddit Forum
So far, 5 people have completed this assignment and it has 1328 views.
Unique to the web, forums provide some of the most interesting modern myths and horror (think Slenderman). For this assignment, create a Reddit account and create a post about your very own creepy story telling of your encounter with a legend. It can be based on an existing legend/myth or a legend you make up yourself. It can as 'true' as you want it to be, whether it's a creepy story that actually happened to you, or one you make up for this assignment (be creative!). See how the community and the rest of the class reacts to your scary ...