Over the weekend I found some new resources that will be great for my story. I pulled out all the information that will fit into my story. All that I need to do now is go on Pinterest and search for all the information I have gathered and put it in the correct board. Yay! Everything is coming together and I’m on track to be ready to give my presentation next week.

I can now say I have experience with WordPress. I am planning on creating my own personal blog. I have also wanted to have a blog but never made one because I didn’t know how to use it. This class have been a great way to learn about maintaining a blog. I now have a new skill that will be beneficial in the workplace. Thank you professor Gardner!!!

It is important I have enough information to display the goal of my project and my presentation is slowly approaching. I need to have my research and resources all figured out by the middle of next week so I can begin adding all the information to the boards.

Organization of the Pinterest account.

• What design choices were problematic and how can I revise these?

Since I am using Pinterest everything is organized a clean, neat fashion. Combining different boards by moving the the pins from one board to the other. This can be done by using the “move board” button and then the pins from one board are transferred to the other.

• What rhetorical choices seemed out of place in my draft and how can I better attend to my audience, purpose, context, and genre?

Some of the boards, such as music and invitations seem like they will be difficult to find content. They will be more focused on modern time elements and what is included during Christmas dinner.

• What multimodal elements can I add or revise to strengthen the rhetorical effect and credibility of my project?

I am providing links with the pictures so the audience knows where the information came from. To enhance credibility I am getting most of my information from external sources such as, the library or databases.

• What are the most important changes I need to consider as I revise?

Adding enough content to all the boards for the audience to have their own Christmas dinner.

• What can I reasonably revise before the next due date? What else would need revision that I don’t have time to complete, but should?

Finding more content for all the boards. Research in depth everything that took place at George Washington Christmas dinner at Mount Vernon so every detail is represented.

Pinterest is used for daily inspiration based on your likes, although some content is linked back to credible sources much of the information comes from a variety of places. People tend not to use Pinterest as their main source of news but it is still important that people know where the information comes from. I will provide MLA format to my sources by including the website, title of article and their name, if given.

I have attached a photo below of the account: 

I have created a Pinterest account. I created boards (no content yet), name of the account and followed general boards to help me along. I still want to add a profile picture for the account.

Further Research- 4/14-4/28 

My next step is using the resources I have gathered to research the history of Mount Vernon and the Christmas dinner that was put on my the Washington for their family and friends. In order to fully portray a modern Mount Vernon Christmas dinner I need to cover all the details, from invitation design to attire and everything in between.

Assest List- 4/17

I have three main resources I will use to complete this project. I will use the assest list questions to insure my resources are credible and useful to my story. Also, I will pull out necessary information that will fit within the content of my boards.

Rough Draft-4/22

My rough draft will be an example of how my story will look, so I can receive any feedback from my classmates that might help in any changes.

Revising- 4/24

I will take any feedback into account and begin to edit my project and revise any look it over to see if I have followed the requirements.

Project Due- 5/6

After I complete my project, families will be able to throw their own Mount Vernon Christmas dinner. 

What I did:

Since class I created a Pinterest account for my story. I created boards and followed other boards that are related to the content I will be pinning. I created a timeline to stay organized on time with my project.

Why I did it:

I created boards that are appropriate to the content I will be discussing. Pinterest is made to organize your interests by topic so you know exactly where your collections are located. The timeline will help me stay on track with due dates.

1. Christmas at Mount Vernon: http://www.mountvernon.org/research-collections/digital-encyclopedia/article/christmas-at-mount-vernon/

2. Founding Fathers Library Consortium Catalog: http://mv.ptfsinc.com/cgi-bin/koha/opac-search.pl?q=christmas&limit=branch:MV

3. Recollections and private memoirs of Washington: https://archive.org/details/recollectionsan00lossgoog

• appropriate platform

• details/features from the story

• making words come to life

• relatable to today’s times

  What makes a good digital story:

  Look at the 12 examples and talk about which one you felt did the best job of digitizing an existing story. Support your opinion with some details from the examples and/or some comparisons to other examples.
  Focus on the technology behind the story.

“What Happened to Little Red Riding Hood”? was definitely my favorite for Remix A Story project. Both the stories I was considering are based on this project: TV show, Pretty Little Liars and a Disney movie. I thought it was really cool how they used Pretty Little Liars and twisted it to seem like a mystery Disney movie. The design and story flowed very well together. I thought Prezi was an appropriate platform to use to explain the story.

Stories I am considering:

Brainstorm a list of 3 to 5 stories you might focus on, and say a little bit about why you are considering them. If you feel that you already know exactly what you want to focus on, you can talk about your choice. (My goal here is to help you start focusing on your project’s topic).

1. Pretty Little Liars

2. Disney movie

3. The Bachelor

4. American Idol

5. Hallmark movie