Today we looked at different examples of Interrogate the Interface projects. I think the most important strategy that I learned was to have someone else use my site and go through my project before I turn in the final product. Using some of the example sites was confusing and took my attention away from the […]
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Choosing a tool
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Today we signed up for the tools we will investigate for Project 3. I chose Inklewriter, a tool for writing interactive stories online. This was my first choice because the tool is easy to use and has a lot of tutorials to teach me, it will be helpful for the final project for this class, […]
Adventures in Autocorrecting
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I have a group message on my phone with my roommate from freshman year and my best friend, who lived across the hall from us. We all have iPhones, and we have all messed up a message from time to time, but none were really memorable until one of us tried to type the word “bitch” […]
Finishing Touches
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What I Did: Today I created a gallery with pictures of my dog and linked it to my About page. I also edited my menu to include the categories for each of our projects, as well as a miscellaneous category for anything that doesn’t relate to our projects. Why I Did It: This blog is […]
Peer Review
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What I Heard in Peer Review: My partner was really encouraging about the work I’ve done on this blog. There are some small improvements that I need to get done, but all of the big posts were reviewed well during class time. What I Need to Do: I need to read through each post and […]
Creating a Site Info Page
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What I did: Today I created a Site Info page based on the examples provided on the class website. I included as much about the blog as I could, although I am not as familiar with some of the coding parts. I linked the site info as a widget underneath my About page, which I […]
Multimodal Dig
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Today’s class assignment included digging through our bags to find at least ten examples of multimodal texts. I found: Burts Bees Lip Balm (V, L, S) A Vera Bradley Wallet (V, L, S) A Nalgene water bottle (V, L, S) A packet of Barbie tissues (V, L, S) A couple of Organic Throat Coat tea […]
Categories and About Pages
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What I did: Today’s post is about details. I categorized all of my posts and created categories for future projects. I also edited my About page to include more about my identity and my personality. Now that I’m comfortable with the layout of my blog, I’m going over everything that I’ve done so far and editing […]
Exploring Menus and Widgets
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What I did: Today I added a Menu sidebar to the main page of my blog. I also added a follow button and a link to an about page that I created. I included basic facts about myself and the purpose of this blog to the description on the about page. I explored other themes, but […]
Creating a blog
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What I did: Today I created a blog for my Writing and Digital Media class at Virginia Tech. After setting up the basics of the blog, like privacy settings, website title, and username, I named my blog I Woke Up Like This and changed the theme and colors. The theme I chose is called Minnow, and […]