Use the Historic Tale Construction Kit to generate an image that depicts a challenge you have overcome or something else you might place in your portfolio or online representation as a metaphor for something you have done. The elements in the tool are from the Middle Ages era Bayeux Tapestry that depicted the 1066 Battle […]
Monthly Archives: January 2015
What is Your Blog’s Wordle? #ysdaily17
What words stand out in your You Show blog? Run it’s URL through Wordle.net and share a screen shot of the results. What does it say about your blog? What does it not say? Tweet a link for your response to @youshow15 and be sure to include the hashtag #ysdaily17
What’s Your Flag? #ysdaily16
If you owned a country, what would your flag look like? Design a flag for The Country of You (lifted from a DS106 Daily Create). Tweet a link for your response to @youshow15 and be sure to include the hashtag #ysdaily16
Frame Your Day in One Word #ysdaily15
What one word stands out to describe your day? Create a graphic version of that word in no more than three colors- draw the letters (do not use type tools!) and put a frame around it. Amy Burvall’s visual #oneword practice: On my plane ride last night I had a thought – what if I […]
Describe Yourself in Four Icons #ysdaily14
Make a four icon collage of symbols or icons that describe you or your interests. Try to find ones that are graphically uniform in design- the ones above are from the Noun Project. Share a link to your image (can be uploaded to twitter or on your blog, the latter is better because you can […]
Where’s the you in your kitchen? #ysdaily13
Take a photo of something in your kitchen that is a visual metaphor for you or something important to you. Tweet a link for your response to @youshow15 and be sure to include the hashtag #ysdaily13
Fit a Big Ambition on a Post It #YSdaily12
What is your biggest dream for your career? What are you hoping to accomplish that can maybe change the world? Who would you like to meet? What is your dream job? Write it on a real post-it note and take a photo. Inspired by a ds106 Assignment created by Amber, a 2012 student at UMW. […]
Determine an image for a random John Cage Indeterminancy #YSdaily11
Use the web site that yields a random excerpt from John Cage’s Indeterminacy: New Aspect of Form in Instrumental and Electronic Music and see if you can find or take a photo to represent a selection that appeals to you. This is probably best done in a blog post so you can share the link […]
Take a photo that metaphorically represents contrasting ideas #YSdaily10
Tweet a link for your photo to @youshow15 and be sure to include the hashtag #YSdaily10
Something you read that inspired you to enter a discipline #YSdaily9
Take or find a photo of a book or article that inspired you early on to enter your current field of study or career interest. Tweet a link for your photo to @youshow15 and be sure to include the hashtag #ysdaily9
