The Outsiders on Storify is my live reading of The Outsiders by S.E.Hinton. I’m not sure why, but I’ve always loved this book and the 80s film adaptation. Maybe it was the Greaser look that was far removed from my own existence that attracted me. Not sure. Thinking about it, I think the reading could […]
The Daily Shoot #ds582 – illustrate heat, originally uploaded by Rowan Peter.
The Daily Shoot #ds581 – Find a list and make a photo, originally uploaded by Rowan Peter. Lists guide an eye in a linear way: menus, recipes, etc. As you’re out and about today, find a list and make a photo.
That’s right. It is happening again. This time, the ds106 digital storytelling course is taking place in summer. A summer of oblivion! I’m looking forward to meeting and making art with you all over the next 5 weeks. Regards, Rowan Peter
The Daily Shoot #ds580 – Make a close-up photograph of something, originally uploaded by Rowan Peter. Make a close-up photograph of something. Fill the frame with your subject if you can.
Llama’s VS Ninja’s pre-game warm-up recorded with Puck Cam. Featuring the skating of Rowan, Julian, John, Keely, Ben, Bruce, Annie and Rohan. Saturday Night Light (SNL) Inline Hockey League at Puckhandlers (Melbourne, Australia) 17 Oct 2009. I recorded this video with a Nokia N95 gaffa taped to an inline hockey puck. Further research into documenting […]
Starting work early on a wet winter morning to help meet a project deadline. Right select (Save Target/Link As…) to download the ds106 Field Recording 016 Starting work early (MP3, 1.2MB)
The Daily Shoot #ds573 – Make a photograph emphasizing a square or a grid today., originally uploaded by Rowan Peter. Make a photograph emphasizing a square or a grid today. Tennis racket on concrete.
The Daily Shoot #ds572 – Make a photograph with parallel lines today., originally uploaded by Rowan Peter. Parallel lines draw the eye. Make a photograph with parallel lines today. Bookshelf, air-conditioning vent and comic book lines.
I really wanted to go to this years Northern Voice conference. The schedule looked pretty impressive. I thought at the very least I would be able to play a game of pick-up hockey (with some random Canadian). The conference takes place in Canada, which is the undisputed home of ice hockey. Surely they’re playing hockey […]
Jason (@draggin) Toal’s ds106 skull and crossbones pixel-art reinterpreted with Scrabble tiles. ds106 skull scrabble, originally uploaded by Rowan Peter.
The Daily Shoot #ds566 – Make a low contrast photograph today , originally uploaded by Rowan Peter. Greenish
A couple of weeks ago, Jabiz Raisdana (@intrepidteacher) put out a call via Twitter for people to add their favourite WordPress plugins for teachers and students to a Google document he had created. I answered his call and submitted one of my favourite plugins. While I was there, I watched Jabiz work in real-time, furiously […]
The Daily Shoot #ds565 – Focus on an edge today and make a photograph, originally uploaded by Rowan Peter.
A lot of my experiments take place in my backyard. Here’s a test of a match move previsualisation of a before/after style effect for a component of sanitary plumbing e-learning resource we were developing at work. I shot the footage on my Nokia N95, exported 187 frames to Photoshop, painted out the ping-pong balls used […]
The Daily Shoot #ds564 – Illustrate symmetry in a photograph today, originally uploaded by Rowan Peter. Some symmetry in the mirror.
The Daily Shoot #ds560 – A photograph that features metal or a metallic surface, originally uploaded by Rowan Peter. From the wrong side of the train tracks.
Just finished the eT@lking: A Google gathering session. The session was well attended, with many examples of how Google Apps can be used in a creative educational context. Some of the Google apps mentioned by presenters were: Google Maps Street view story – Tell a story about a location or what happened at a location. […]
A public conversation with myself about learning is a collection and reflection on some of @todd_conaway’s tweets from #silt2011. One of the most interesting things for me is the familiarity of themes expressed in his tweets. Learning objectives with real-world application of skills, learning outcomes and competency based completion are all staple objectives in the […]
This was the first Shaker Box that I built. I repurposed a slightly worn contact mic I had prepared earlier. My reuse of the old contact mic may explain a few things about the shaker box’s performance. These photos first appeared on my Greetings from…Flickr stream.
This is my first attempt at building a simple True Bypass pedal. A True Bypass pedal can be used to bypass the audio signal of another pedal (eg an effect like distortion, delay, reverb etc) when it’s not in use. My pedal is based on the True Bypass layout designed by Beavis Audio Research. These […]
Visual assignment 48 brief Find a little figurine or a stuffed animal that you can carry around with you. Use that ‘buddy’ and take photos to document where you have gone together. ie: going out to lunch, going to the movies, etc. My Michelin Man I carried my Michelin Man buddy with me for a […]
Visual assignment 108 brief Take several pictures of one object movie. When the pictures are place together is will show the movement of the object. My ds106 lawn (de-ds106’d) It’s now autumn here in Melbourne, Australia. That means, the weather is wet, miserable and terrible for mowing. My ds106 lawn has become unkempt. Time for […]
A Friday night food story is about a couple preparing dinner on a Friday night. Asynchronous food events are interspersed to create a feeling of a ‘world going about it’s business’ without the characters awareness and consideration. My Friday night food story was inspired by the dischordant (in a good way) asynchronous learning experience of […]
What is it? A concept I had in 2009 for a mobile device that calculates your greenhouse gas emissions. What does it do? Calculate greenhouse gas emissions based on user input. Total emissions are expressed as black balloons that fill the screen of the mobile device. The black balloon campaign was an initiative of Sustainability […]
‘Spare me, Burke. I’ve had my psych evaluation this month.’ Ellen Ripley I was rummaging around my desk at work this afternoon and I found the result of my workplace DISC assessment from around 5 years ago. It got me thinking. I wonder if I would exhibit the same behaviour profile NOW as I did […]
Dear future ds106er So you’re not from around there huh? You live half-way around the world, in a different time and a different place. You follow the twitter stream of a guy called @jimgroom. By chance you find out about some digital storytelling course called ds106. The course is ran outta the University of Mary […]
What is it? A portable app for mobile devices that allows user to assemble a learning sequence of Learning Objects. What does it do? Provides an interface between a repository of data(learning objects) and a trainer. Mobile view provides a proxy version of LO to reduce data usage. The sequence created by trainer can be […]
What is it? It’s an air guitar app for mobile devices (iPad, iphone, droid phone) with an AR extension. What does it do? The air guitar app allows user to jam to their favourite songs. The app also contains a collaborative feature that allows other instruments to be added to the mix. For example, the […]
Design assignment 43 brief Create a TV/movie poster that captures the essence of the story through the use of minimalist design/iconography. The City of Lost Children I chose the film The City of Lost Children as the subject for this minimalist design assignment. Some of my favourite features of the film are the relationship between […]
