Recently I have been applying for internships and some of the companies I was looking at didn’t have visible information about internships, so I emailed the person in charge of the career I want to pursue. I had to do this for several companies and I was using the same content but obviously changing who […]
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Working With Pages
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1) What I did: Today I focused on adding and editing pages on my blog. I added a Contact Me page to give my blog a professional appeal. This weekend I will be thinking of submenus I will add under my About Me page that show things that are important to me. 2) Why I […]
Peer Review for Project 2
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1) What I heard in Peer Review: My blog site fulfills all requirements thus far. I received positive feedback about my theme, widgets and pages. 2) What I need to do: It was recommended I add some pictures to my About Page to make it more personal. Also, check format of Site Information Page, change […]
About Page
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What I did: I looked at the examples for creating an about page and decided to have 3 paragraphs: about the class blog, my education and a little about who I am. It seems to be long so I may ask that as one of my questions for peer review. I also created a Colophon, […]
Multimodal Dig
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Multimodal texts: Water (visual, linguistic) Textbook (visual, linguistic, spatial) Earbuds (aural, visual) Planner (spatial, visual, linguistic) Instagram (visual, aural, gestural, spatial, linguistic) Picture of my dog, Izzy (gestural, visual) Weather Channel app video (visual, aural, gestural, spatial, linguistic) Jump drive (visual, linguistic, spatial) Band-aids (visual, spatial, linguistic) Main screen of my phone (visual, spatial, linguistic) […]
Making it my own
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1) What I did: Today I created categories for the projects, a little about me section and a calendar on the side of my site. 2) Why I did it: I created categories for the projects to keep everything in one place. I made a quick about me section to add some character to my […]
Choosing A Theme
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1) What I did: Today, I watched the videos for “Changing The Appearance of Your Site.” I learned how to choose a theme, use menu bar settings and widgets. After watching the videos, I needed to pick a theme and apply what I had learned. 2) Why I did it: The theme I chose is, […]
Setting Up My Blog
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1) What I did: I created my blog today! I chose a name and tagline, which are temporary. I plan on brainstorming over the weekend to come up with something more unique. Today, I learned what WordPress is and became familiar with its functions and how to use it for future posts. 2) Why I […]