Despite being undoubtedly busier than the previous week, I found most of this week to be straightforward. This week gave me a lot of freedom to express my creativity in my daily creations, assignment bank, and course character design. I began this week’s proceedings on Monday by meeting with Professors Bond and Groom. It was a pleasure to meet them and hear their thoughts on their course. Regarding the assignments, I began by reading Alan Levine’s essay on how we should be completing our writing assignments. This will be incredibly helpful for the remainder of the semester because I will always have something to refer back to. The first Daily Create of the week, which is available at https://social.ds106.us/@leese27/111801892015318316, is what I went and finished next. The assignment for my first Daily Create (Monday) was to compose our own fibonacci poem. Since ice cream was the first thing that came to me, I chose to write about that. Tuesday’s Daily Create prompted us to construct our own version of the Voynich manuscript, which you can find here: https://social.ds106.us/@leese27/111808413863558161. The Wednesday Daily Create, which can be accessed at https://social.ds106.us/@leese27/111813892625066418, instructed us to visit the California weather cams and compose a poem based on what we observed. Then, Thursday’s Daily Create instructed us to create our own internet-based emergency exit sign, which may be found at https://social.ds106.us/@leese27/111819235152635127.Lastly, we were asked to make a “Books For Everyone” design for Friday’s Daily Create, which can be found here: https://social.ds106.us/@leese27/111823029960853269. Every Daily Create was a short, simple task that helped me think creatively and got my mind going. I also had the opportunity to view other class members’ interpretations of the assignment by browsing through other DS106 posts on Mastodon. I next proceeded exploring the assignment bank, browsing all the various categories and discovering a plethora of interesting assignments. I began with a writing assignment that led me to complete a Wellness Check (you can find it at https://peterleese.net/ds106/wellness-check-101/) about myself. The graphic design of ice cream with the contradictory phrase “Eat Healthy” was my second assignment bank task, which you can find here: https://peterleese.net/ds106/eat-healthy-or-dont/. My most recent assignment, which you can view here: https://peterleese.net/ds106/reality-of-philadelphia-sports/, was another design of Philadelphia Eagles fans in which I discussed the realities of being a Philadelphia sports fan. Following this portion of the week, I continued to update my blog, renaming it “Mastering the Art of Storytelling” because it sounds so much nicer than “Peter Leese’s Domain.” Along with adding a photo to the backdrop and slightly altering the colors, I believe the final product looks much better than it did initially. To increase my involvement, I left comments on several of my classmates’ blogs. It was a great chance to connect with classmates and learn about their work from week two. Creating the course character was the next project for this week, and it was a lot of fun.I created Julius Lawrence, a Monroe, Louisiana-based investment banker. This semester, I hope to write a lot about Julius since it’s wonderful to have a character that I completely created. After that, I read The Techno-Optimist and made comparisons and contrasts with Iron Man. Dr. Oblivion agreed with most of my comments when I questioned him about my response to The Techno-Optimist Manifesto. With Dr. Oblivion’s assistance, I completed rewriting my movie review following that assignment.
I had no issue completing the assignments this week. I did, however, find it a little difficult to generate ideas when working on the Daily Creates. Making the Course Character was my favorite part of the process. It was a lot of fun to create my own character because I could give him traits that I wish I possessed. Hopefully, this semester will allow me to interact with Julius Lawrence more.
To be honest, I wouldn’t change a thing. I believe that I fulfilled each task to the best of my ability and in a unique way. What will we do with our course character in the future is the one question I have. Other than that, I have no questions. Right now, there aren’t any significant problems with my work; everything was completed correctly.
