What I Did: Today I finished my Remix and created my presentation! Why I Did it: I fixed the layout of my remix project project because it was a little hard to read. I chose Google slides as my presentation tool because I already had my story in a Google slides presentation. I think it […]
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In class work day
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What I did: Today I designed a site on my blog for my Remix project. I imported all of the tweets and the facebook posts onto the page and wrote narrations for the story. I started working on the design of the site itself, especially the layout of the pictures. Why I did it: I’m […]
In class work day
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What I did: Today I designed a site on my blog for my Remix project. I imported all of the tweets and the facebook posts onto the page and wrote narrations for the story. I started working on the design of the site itself, especially the layout of the pictures. Why I did it: I’m […]
Revision Plan
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Today we had a peer review day, and my partners really helped me figure out some options for the format of my project. I have all of the basic elements, but the Google Slides presentation doesn’t do my project justice. My partners suggested I try creating a site on my blog so that the updates […]
Making a Rough Cut
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What I Did: Today I started putting all of my images into a presentation format. I tried out Prezi, but I decided I wanted to use Google Slides instead. Why I Did It: With peer review quickly approaching (next class!), I knew I needed to start pulling together different parts of my project into one […]
Documenting and Presenting Decisions
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What I Did: Today I created a fake Facebook wall for my characters and started filling in events and dates. I still haven’t decided on what kind of presentation tool I’m going to use, although I think I’ve narrowed it down to using either Prezi or Google Slides. I like the documentation example about music […]
Mock-ups and Storyboards
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What I did: Today I made an outline for the entire project. I also finished creating the tweets for the princess and I started and finished creating the tweets for the prince. Why I did it: I wanted to have the tweets finished because they are the basis of the project; they tell the original story. […]
Planning out my Remix
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What I Did: So far, I have started making fake tweets for my princess and planning out the story. Why I Did It: I just wanted to test out the fake tweet websites, and I really like them, so I think I’m going to keep creating tweets until my story is complete. Mock-up or Storyboard […]
Informal Proposal
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For my Remix a Story project, I have chosen the story of The Princess and the Pea. I chose this story because it’s a short story and I think it’s a funny story. I think it will be fun to remix. My general plan for this project is to create a twitter account for the princess in […]
Looking at P4 Examples
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What makes a good remix A good remix uses an existing story and transforms the telling of the story, not necessarily the outcome. A remix can take parts of other stories, like characters, and use them in the re-telling, but the basic elements of the original story must remain intact enough for a reader to […]