3/27 I liked the application Trello. It reminded me very strongly of Pinterest, which I am a frequent user of. However, one feature that Trello offers that Pinterest does not, is the ability to make lists easily and efficiently. I like that you can move items between lists like “To do” to “Complete.” However, I […]
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3/23 Presentations
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Today we looked at 7 different applications that were interrogated by the students of Writing and Digital Media. I did not see any particular application jump out at me and that I will be downloading soon, but I did find one that I was extremely intrigued by. This application was X-ray Goggles. If I were […]
3/20 Peer Review Activity
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What I heard in Peer Review Nadia peer reviewed my project. The most constructive thing she told me regarding my power point presentation was that the words I was using (under 5) were not significant enough to include on the slides. I realized I was just trying to use five words per slide, even when […]
3/18 Timeglider Progress
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What I did… Why I did it…
3/16 TimeGlider Progress
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What I did… Today I had to work on the Writer/Designer Analysis Questions for Project 3 Interrogate an Interface. In my original schedule I had hoped to complete these questions on 3/6, so that I could begin drafting my essay today. Although Spring Break was a great week off, I know now its time to get back into the […]
3/6 TimeGlider Progress
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What I did… This week I have been working to create my own TimeGlider timeline using materials from a past class, that I would have used in order to prepare for an exam. I have also began to work on my initial list of affordances and constraints based off my own experience using the interface. […]
3/4 Schedule for Interrogate the Interface
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3/4 Create a login for Timeglider 3/6 Create my own Timeglider timeline and begin to work on Writer/Designer Analysis Questions Create an initial list of affordances and constraints for the interface Write a blog post that shares my progress 3/16 Use information gathered to start organizing an initial draft of the project Collect screen shots from […]
3/2 Interrogate the Interface Example Essay
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Today in class we viewed a very in-depth student example for our next project, interrogate the interface. Overall my group thought that the student work was a great example for us as we embark on our own projects, and gave us a few ideas to take our projects to the next level. Two things that […]
2/27 Timeglider
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What I chose… Today I chose Timeglider as my tool to analyze for project 3. Why I chose it… I was drawn to Timeglider because as an Art History major timelines have been really important to my studies over the past 4 years. I can image using this tool mostly being used by students and […]
2/23 Autocorrect & Autocomplete
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Autocorrect and autocomplete are two tools that are meant to be extremely helpful, but can sometimes end up doing more damage then good. When it comes to my text messages, I appreciate that autocorrect catches my spelling errors. Texting is an informal medium for communicating so if a word is misspelled it’s not a huge […]